Jeff Good is the President of Mangia Bene Restaurant Management Group, the owner/operators of BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar, Broad Street Baking Company, and Sal & Mookie's New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint - three unique and successful restaurants located in the city of Jackson, Mississippi. The restaurants operate a full service catering business Mangia Bene Catering, with

partnerships in dozens of venues throughout the Metro Jackson area.

He is also a principal with Dollars & Sense Creative Consulting, a business-consulting venture specializing in processes, procedures and playful marketing for small to medium sized businesses in

retail, restaurant and customer service-related industries.

Jeff moved to Jackson from Salt Lake City, Utah in the summer of 1980, when his father became the Dean of Students at Millsaps College

Jeff completed his senior year of high school in Jackson Public Schools attending

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Murrah High School

He attended

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Millsaps College and graduated in May of 1986 with a degree in Business Administration.

That summer after graduation, Jeff married his college sweetheart, Debbie McGregor, and started a career as a computer salesman for the NCR Corporation, a Fortune 100 technology company, calling on accounts in the manufacturing and distribution industries. Jeff's wife Debbie is a High School Latin teacher with St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. They live in the Fondren neighborhood of Jackson, and are proud parents of twin teenage girls, Alex and Carly.

In 1992, after NCR merged with AT&T, Jeff discussed the idea of opening a restaurant with his best friend from high school, Dan Blumenthal, and they started a two year journey of creating a business plan, soliciting investors and acting as general contractors for the opening of their first restaurant, BRAVO! in the spring of 1994.

Dan and Jeff went on to open Broad Street Baking Company and Café in December 1998, and Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint in April 2007. In between these two events, they opened, and subsequently closed, two small versions of Broad Street in the downtown Jackson area: Broad Street Express – an experimental “grab & go” concept, and Broad Street Downtown, a smaller version of the flagship Broad Street brand. They also operated a wholesale baking business for a number of years, serving over 20 local restaurants, hotels and private clubs with bread, dessert and pastry selections, baked fresh and delivered.

BRAVO! Opening Night April 7, 1994 (l to r - Dave Blumenthal, Jeff Good, Dan Blumenthal)

Jeff Good Community Service / Summary of Achievements

Named the 1998 Restaurateur of the Year for the state of Mississippi by the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association

Honored as one of

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Mississippi’s “Top Forty Businesspeople under Forty” by the Mississippi Business Journal

A vocal advocate of marketing Jackson as a tourist spot, Jeff has been awarded the “Friend of Tourism” award three separate years by the

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Jackson Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.

In 2004, Jeff, working with the Mayor of Jackson and a team of business leaders, took a very public “pro-Jackson” position supporting the sales tax referendum to fund a Jackson-based Convention Center. The referendum passed with a 66% voter approval.

Jeff currently serves as one of the nine commissioners on the Capital City Convention Center Commission

- the entity charged with building and operating the Jackson Convention Center Complex.

Jeff currently serves on the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership

Jeff has served multiple terms on the

Board of Directors. This is his second tour of duty with the Chamber, the first being in the early 2000s.

Fondren Renaissance Foundation board where he was instrumental in organizing the Fondren Central District retail businesses into a formal cooperative merchants association – fab - The Fondren Association of Businesses

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Lead Organizer Zippity Doo Dah Parade® Festival Weekend. Working with New York Times™ #1 best selling author and humorist Jill Conner Browne and the Sweet Potato Queens, created a three day festival with bands, outdoor events, a car raffle, porta potty decorating contest, a children’s carnival, and a lit night parade all for the benefit of the Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital. We raised $65,000 in our first year (2011).

Recipient 2005 Corporate Star Award Southern Christian Services for Children & Youth. Singled out for committed energies spent for the betterment of this social safety net organization.

Goodwill Industries Volunteer Award – 2009 Awarded this central Mississippi honor recognizing the large amount of volunteer work performed in the community. Only 10 of these are awarded each year at the annual Goodwill Industries Awards Dinner.

Restaurant of the Year – Jackson Convention & Visitor’s Bureau BRAVO! – 3 years, Sal & Mookie’s -1 year

Recipient 2000 Novia Spirit of Diversity Award. Along with business partner Dan Blumenthal, shared the stage with Wallace Connerly of UMC and Charles Doty of Lextron, co-recipients of this award given to recognize outstanding practices in bridging the racial divide in the workplace.

1999 Metro Jackson Chamber Super Achiever Award. Along with business partner Dan Blumenthal, shared the stage with a half dozen large and small businesses singled out for excellence in operations and commitment to community.

Fondren Business Person of the Year. Honored as the best business person in the growing hub of Jackson’s creative economy, the Fondren district.

Best Business Person – Jackson Free Press Annual Awards – 4 years in a row. Honored to be voted by the public as Jackson’s best business person and/or best business (Mangia Bene) for four years in a row. This is a testimony to the reach of our corporate brand of customer service excellent and product quality, balanced with community activism and involvement.

Co-Chairman of the Leadership Committee for the capital fundraising campaign

for the Mississippi Children’s Museum. Worked with members of the Junior League of Jackson securing large capital campaign pledges to fund the construction of a world-class children’s museum to be located in LeFleur’s Bluff Park.

Past President of the Mississippi Restaurant Association, the statewide trade

association for the hospitality and restaurant industry. Served in multiple board positions ending with President in 2000/2001. Duties included representation of interests of hospitality industry to local, state and national governmental and regulatory bodies. Co-founded and launched the MRA $25,000 draw down, an annual fundraiser for the Education Foundation. Assisted Executive Director in a top-to-bottom reorganization of Board and

Staff functionality, reducing board from 80 members to 55 and streamlining staff from a regional model to a centralized one.

St. Dominic’s Hospital Advisory Board. Served for five years on this community board, which was a sounding board for the hospital’s leadership to discuss, long-term hospital plans, intermediate business decisions and the impact on community these might have. I was the thought leader for an internal/external survey instrument to access the hospital’s charitable impact on targeted communities of service.

Founding/Charter President, Jackson Police Foundation. Created idea for and started this non-profit support organization with the sole purpose to enhance the viability of the Jackson Police Department. Kick off event was a “town meeting” featuring Chief Richard Pennington, Chief of the New Orleans Police Department held at the Crowne Plaza to a crowd of 600 people. I was the primary organizer and thought leader for this event, which launched the police foundation and secured $15,000 in pledges in one day.

Event Organizer, Chair for Tasty Bite Out of Crime. Served as co-creator/organizer/chairperson for this annual fundraising event for the Metropolitan Crime Commission. Tasty Bite out of Crime is an outdoor culinary party featuring the cuisine of 30 restaurants, bands, a raffle and various libations. Was responsible for organizing entire event along with sponsorship sales, ticket sales and media. Event has earned significant money for a number of specific crime-fighting projects, with all funds being channeled through the Metro Crime Commission.

Stewardship Chair, St. Andrews Episcopal Cathedral. Served as 2003 annual fundraising chair for this large downtown church. Created the slogan and worked on a team with vestry and clergy to launch the branding/outreach initiative “The Cathedral in the City” – a rallying cry to share the light of Christ by taking on the responsibilities associated with being a downtown church in a transitional urban environment.

Founding Trustee, MetroJackson SafeCityWatch. Charter trustee for this startup watchdog group focusing on reform of the MetroJackson Criminal Justice System. Responsible for initial branding and message development. Resigned from this board in December 2004.

Former Board Member Metropolitan Crime Commission. Served on Maple/Linder – City of Jackson task force. Served as primary negotiator for the $250,000 contract between the Crime Commission and the City of Jackson to finance the implementation of the Maple/Linder Police Department Study.

Past President, Fondren North Renaissance Board of Directors. Catalyst for the donation of a 9000 square foot building from a private business to be used as the new Precinct 4 for the Jackson Police Department. This was a first time ever private/public partnership of this magnitude, which quadrupled Precinct 4’s operating space and provided a more central base from which to operate.

Co-Author of plan to relocate Jackson Bandits Arena to Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. Co-author of plan to persuade the ownership of the Jackson Bandits to abandon their plans to build a stand alone sports arena in Pearl, in favor of constructing an integrated multi-

purpose sports arena inside the “horseshoe” of the Veterans Memorial Stadium. Work was “womb to tomb” with dozens of meetings between dozens of parties, creation of business plan, negotiation of contract, and successfully lobbying of State Legislature to provide a $6 million bond guarantee and the successful lobbying of the City of Jackson to provide a $6 million bond guarantee as well. Unfortunately the demise of the Jackson Bandits professional team meant the demise to this project.

Past President, Jackson Restaurant Association. Elected to serve as the public voice for this citywide affiliation of restaurants and hospitality organizations.

1996 Graduate of Leadership Greater Jackson Leadership Greater Jackson is a community-wide leadership program that develops existing and emerging leaders in the metro area. The program is designed to educate participants about major community issues and alternate approaches to solutions to community problems. Primary negotiator between the hospitality industry and the Mayor’s office during the 1997/98 restructuring of the Metro Jackson Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Successfully brought all parties to agreement to enlarge the

board, enhance the mission, and successfully guided legislation through the State Legislature providing for a 1% sales tax to fund the new organization.

Capital Campaign Participant, Salvation Army Center of Hope. Participated as a team member for the capital fundraising drive to fund the construction of the Center of Hope facility located on Presto Drive and State Street in Jackson.

Emcee, Southern Christian Youth Services Bottom Line for Kids Benefit. Have served 9 years in a row as emcee for this primary fundraising event for this outstanding charity benefiting kids from broken homes and abusive environments.

Past Vice President, Ballet Mississippi Board of Directors. Served on Ballet Mississippi for 5 years in various leadership capacities, worked on several special task forces to negotiate Ballet Mississippi through a number of difficult issues

International Ballet Competition, Co-Chair, International Village. Along with

wife, Debbie, served as on-site host for all competing dancers at Belhaven College - the room and board location for all competitors during the three weeks of the event.

Fondren Couple of the Year – 2010 Along with wife, Debbie, awarded the honor of the top couple dedicated towards community activism and participation in quality of life efforts in the Fondren neighborhood of Jackson. Awarded during the annual Symphony at Sunset event held on the historic Cedars property in Fondren.

Customer Service Awards and Speaking Engagements Mississippi Bankers Association Marketing/Communications Conference Asked to present customer service concepts to statewide audience of banking executives.

Results Revolution Webcast Speaker – “A Recovering Spammer Speaks Out on E-mail Marketing” – Featured presenter for a national webcast business program. Discussion was about email marketing dos and don’ts. I was asked to present because of the over-the-top successful 20,000-name database we have built over 10 years of email marketing.

PMQ – Pizza Magazine Quarterly – Cover story for this national trade magazine. Storyline was our focus on customer service and the way to inculcate this culture throughout all levels of the organization. A video documentary was shot as a part of the feature piece. This video truly captures the spirit between Jeff and Dan, their staff and their deep ties to community.

CONTACT INFO:

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Jeff Good 3317 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216

Phone: 601.982.4443, ext 11 Fax 601.982.4301 Cell 601.540.8111

jeffg@bravobuzz.com jeff@dollarsandsensecreative.com

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