Magazine of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences

E n t r e p r e n e u r s

Family and Consumer Sciences has lots of entrepreneurs!
That's what we discovered as we began researching stories for this issue. Although we're able to feature only five, we've discovered FACS entrepreneurs all over the place. Below is a brief listing of graduates who are in business for themselves.
If you're an entrepreneur, please send an email to dhorton@arches.uga.edu. We would love to include additional listings in an upcoming issue of FACS Magazine.
- DENISE H. HORTON, FACS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Melanie Bliss (BSHE '97, Fashion Merchandising) is the co- owner of Bliss Clothing Store in Athens.
Terri Thompson Eager (BSHE '76, Furnishings and Interiors) is the co-owner of three Magnolia & Ivy tea rooms with her sister Kay Snipes. The sisters opened their first tea room in 1996. They have sold one site, but are opening another inside the Sandestin, Fla., Golf and Beach Resort. They also host conferences four times a year on how to open a tearoom for profit.
John Earl Dillard (BSHE '92, Hotel and Restaurant Management) works with his family in a business that dates back to 1917. The Dillard House includes the famous restaurant, 70 motel units and suites, over 25 cottages and chalets, and a modern conference center.
Mitch Hardeman (BSFCS '93, Housing and Consumer Economics) is the owner of Hardeman Enterprises, a residential building company, in Athens.
Shannon Walsh Howell (BSHE '95, Child and Family Development) is publisher and CEO of Athens Parent Magazine, which she began in 1998.
Ricky Lane ('92 BSFCS, Consumer Economics and Home Management) is the owner of an Athens-area home-building company.
Charlie Mustard ('97 MS, Foods and Nutrition) is the owner of Jittery Joe's Coffee Roasting Co. Charlie bought the roasting company in 1997. He now owns two Jittery Joe's coffee shops in Athens and has established another roasting business in Anderson, SC.
Rebecca Jane Slaton (BSHE '87 Home Economics and Journalism) is the owner of FX Paint Studio in Overland Park, Kansas. It provides fine interior painted finishes for residential and commercial clients in the Kansas City metropolitan area.