Meet the Expert Team
Susan Stilwell
Susan brings with her over 30 years of hands-on, comprehensive brand management, franchise development and business development experience for leaders in franchising across diverse industries. Currently Susan serves as a Strategic Integrator making sure that our coaches have the tools they need to build a thriving practice by constantly enhancing our resources, prioritizing our biggest opportunities and ensuring the TES team remains steadfastly focused on helping them achieve success.
Before working at TES, Susan owned her own staffing company. She values spending quality time with her husband and two kids — whether eating out at the new restaurant in town, going on a two-week adventure through Italy, or touring a haunted cruise ship, you can always count on a laugh and a good story with Susan!
GREG COOK
Greg brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the table with 15+ years in the franchise industry, and he invested decades working with the International Franchise Association (IFA), the preeminent voice of franchising worldwide. Throughout his career, Greg has consistently delivered exceptional results and has earned a reputation for his dedication, professionalism, and attention to detail. His commitment to excellence and his passion for providing top-notch service aligns perfectly with The Entrepreneur’s Source values and vision.
Greg is most at home in the outdoors and is an avid fly fisherman and fly tyer. If Greg is out of the office, there is a high probability he is on a body of water fly fishing.
Dana Besbris
Bringing decades of business acumen and franchise operations experience, Dana develops and delivers training programs to help support emerging brands and those wanting to explore transforming their sales process into an Awards Experience.
Jackie Krochko
Client centric for over two decades, Jackie helps brands navigate the exciting and dynamic world of international franchise development. Jackie works with both small emerging brands strategizing how best to pass the 100 unit mark, all the way up to global brands with 45,000 locations in over 100+ countries. What she likes most is every brand has a story and she gets to help them achieve their unique growth goals.
More about Jackie, she loves to bake with her amazing children and her lifelong dream is to travel to Bora Bora and bask in the sun.