Team Page

Meet The HBi Collective Team

Leadership

Who is Daniel?

SPORTS TEAM: AFC Richmond
FOOD: What's a week without nachos?
MUSIC: Chill-Hop while making the kids lunches in the morning, 90's Rock pre-workout
MOVIE: The Man From Snowy River 2
HOBBIES: Forward Movement

Daniel Bizzell

CEO & President, HBi Collective

The Industrial Design Guy and visionary of our next generation products and business.

Service & Communications

Who is Tammy?

HIDDEN TALENT: Cosmetology
FAVORITE SONG TO DANCE TO: Let it Go (with her Grandkids)
TELL ME A JOKE: Why did the tomato blush? It saw salad dressing.
HOBBIES: Fitness, Reading, Singing, Photography

Tammy Carpenter

Accounts & Processing

The white gloves that monitors the team and process for your Online Wholesale and Direct To Consumer orders.

Who is Kendal?

Book: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by Charlie Fletcher
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Hiking
FAVORITE SONG TO DANCE TO: Candlelight by Relient K
QUOTE: "That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."- Samwise Gamgee

Kendal Coffey

Graphic Design & Content Creation

Showing the world the benefits and new features of our products through image and graphic content.

Who is Tristan?

SPORTS TEAM: Detroit Lions
BUCKET LIST TRAVEL LOCATION: Australia
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Presidential Service Award
FAVORITE BOOK: The Last of the Mohicans
NICKNAME: T

Tristan Varney

Inside Sales Lead, Specialty Accounts

Needing a personalized service for you and your customers? We give you Tristan, our field sport athlete and product guru.

Who is Jack?

FAVORITE MOVIE: Shawshank Redemption
HIDDEN TALENT: I have my Professional Triathlete License.
TELL ME A JOKE: Why couldn't the bike stand up on it's own? Because it was two-tired.
FAVORITE FOOD: Smash Burger
PIRATE NAME: Jack Sparrow

Jack DeWeerdt

Specialty Account Sales

With a run specialty, triathlon, and multisport background, Jack is excited to further establish HBI’s specialty accounts across the US. All while representing the HBI team on the race course as a USA triathlon pro.

Who is Karen?

FAVORITE QUOTE: If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.
TELL ME A JOKE: Why do ducks have feathers? To cover their butt quacks!
PIRATE NAME: Aurora
FAVORITE HOLIDAY: Christmas
FAVORITE SUPER HERO: SHE HULK

Karen Ramsey

Order Processing Specialist

Providing top-notch customer service to get your orders out the door as soon as possible.

Operations

Who is Esther?

SPORTS TEAM: Saints
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Fishing
PIRATE NAME: Cut Throat
BUCKET LIST TRAVEL LOCATION: Thailand
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Her son

Esther Lor

Plant Foreman

Utilizing years of production expertise to keep lead times low, communication high, our employees safe, and our customers happy.

Who is Grace?

FAVORITE SONG TO DANCE TO: Emotions by Mariah Carey
ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Rocky Road
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Hiking
MOVIE: Bridget Jones' Diary
SUPERHERO: Batman

Grace Roseman

Supply Chain & Purchasing Lead

Keeping us stocked up to fulfill your orders faster.

Who is Lindsey?

SPORTS TEAM: Duke Mens Basketball
HIDDEN TALENT: Can talk like Stitch
FAVORITE SONG TO DANCE TO: My Friends Over You by New Found Glory
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Scooby Doo. Yes, this counts.
FOOD: Potatoes (precious)

Lindsey Geddings

OEM & Online Product Manager

Key to modernizing our efforts and growth in both our OEM portfolio and Omni-Channel opportunities with our digital retail and industrial partners.

Who is Rhonda?

ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Strawberry
TELL ME A JOKE: How do trees get online? They just log on.
PIRATE NAME: Captain Sassy Pants
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Keeping 3 children alive until adulthood.

Rhonda Tankersley

Controller

The Analytical brain of the accounting department.

Who is Anna?

HOBBIES: Reading, Quilting
FAVORITE MOVIE: The Shawshank Redemption
TELL ME A JOKE: Some people eat snails… they must not eat fast food.
SPORTS TEAM: Duke
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Bunny

Anna Holloway

Accounts Payable

The bubbliest member of our team by far who's always ready to help.

Who is Cheryl?

HOLIDAY: Thanksgiving
ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Vanilla
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Cat
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Yard Work
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Having two sweet daughters

Cheryl Setzer

Accounting & Inventory Control

Receiving all work orders and making sure all product is accounted for.

Production Team

Who is Cliff?

QUOTE: Work smarter, not harder.
TELL ME A JOKE: Why did the chicken cross the road? To show the opossum it could be done.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Cycling
MOVIE: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
HIDDEN TALEN: Woodworking

Cliff Coffey

Distribution Center & Weaving Manager

A man of many hats, handling our yarn purchasing, recycling, and logistics for Hickory Brands, and of course our weaving department. Cliff brings his lifelong knowledge of the textile industry to our ever expanding team.

Who is Diane?

SPORTS TEAM: Carolina Panthers
FOOD: Salmon
BUCKET LIST TRAVEL LOCATION: France
MOVIE: The Notebook
HOLIDAY: Christmas

Diane Eaton

Packaging Department Supervisor

Boss Lady and our honorary first Employee of the Year for her outstanding leadership and utmost dedication to her team and the company.

Who is BJ?

HOBBIES: Working with animals
BOOK: Call of the Wild
NICKNAME: BiggDawg
QUOTE: A jack of all trades is a master of none but often times better than a master of one.

BJ Ward

Braiding Department Supervisor

Our resident expert of adorable Pitbulls (and braiding, of course). BJ manages the largest department in our Plant #3 facility with great care and long time expertise.

Who is Anita?

OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Gardening, Landscaping, & Hiking to Waterfalls
FAVORITE SONG TO DANCE TO: Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars
QUOTE: "What we do in life, echoes in eternity"- Maximus, Gladiator
FOOD: French Fries & Ice Cream

Anita Picklesimer

Shipping Manager

Anita ensures all of your product is shipped out on time and handled with care.

Who is Damir?

Damir is constantly innovating new machinery for our operations. He hopes you can plan a tour with us, so he can show what he is working on now and thinking of for the future!

Damir Softic

Facilities Maintenance Manager & Machinist

The man MacGyver strived to be. He keeps our original machinery moving and builds new ones to produce our future innovations.

Intern Alumni

Who is Ricky?

BA in Business Administration and MBA in Business Administration and Management from Lenoir Rhyne University.
2 Time Conference Champion for LR Bears Football Team.
Chi Alpha Sigma National Athlete Honors Society.

Ricky Hardson

HBi - American Legacy® Outdoor Sales & Key Accounts Intern Alum

Our brand and product representation for the 1923 American Legacy® Brand.

Who is Preston?

Graduated with he BBA in Management Information Systems from Lenoir-Rhyne University.
Starting Linebacker for LR Bears Football Team.

Preston Joseph

HBi - 10 Seconds® Team Sales & Key Accounts Intern & Apprentice Alum

Our Man for building opportunities with consumer retail and team products.

Who is Emily?

Working on her BA in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication and her BA in Sports Administration.

Emily Snyder

Social Media and Content Creation - Janie Brand® Intern Alum

Our hip and in-the-know intern from Chapel Hill.

Who is Victor?

Graduated Magna Cum Laude with BA in Marketing & Business Management and MBA in Global Business from Lenoir Rhyne University. Chi Alpha Sigma National Athlete Honors Society.
LRU Men's Soccer Team Captain.

Victor Cascon

European Businesses Development & Team Sales Intern Alum

Key contact and outreach for our growing international business.

Who is Brooke?

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Graduating High School with Associates degree at 17.
BUCKET LIST TRAVEL LOCATION: Bora Bora
SONG TO DANCE TO: Cotton Eye Joe
MOVIE: Napoleon Dynamite
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Dragonfly

Brooke Lawrence

Social Media & Marketing Intern Alum

Bringing a fresh perspective and marketing know-how to social media content.

Who is Dulcemaria?

HIDDEN TALENT: Correctly guessing what side a quarter will land on (99 out of 100 times)
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Alpaca
ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Moose Tracks
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston S. Churchill

Dulcemaria Coronado-Sanchez

Social Media & Marketing Intern Alum

Sparking interest in our collective brands through social media content with fun and flair.

Who is Gabe?

QUOTE: The bad news is time flies. The good news is time flies.
FOOD: Dumplings
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Snowboarding
SONG TO DANCE TO: September by Eath, Wind & Fire
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Graduation college with honors.

Gabe Morgan

Industrial Design Intern Alum

Pioneering innovative products through creative exploration within industrial design.

Who is Valeria?

QUOTE: You miss 100% of the shots you don't take – Wayne Gretzky – Michael Scott
HIDDEN TALENT: Playing Piano
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Graduating from college magna cum laude while having two part-time jobs.
PIRATE NAME: The Hilarious Captain Val

Valeria Calcamo Alonzo

Social Media & Marketing Intern Alum

Bringing our collective brands to life through social media content with her photography skills and fashion know-how.

Who is Nanette?

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: NCAA National Champion
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Turtle
QUOTE: You cannot control the wind, but you can direct the sail.
PIRATE NAME: Danish Viking
HIDDEN TALENT: Can crush a Military Pentathalon

Nanette Nikolajsen

Business Development, 2WiN Intern Alum

Our in-house NCAA National Triathlete Champion is bringing her performance apparel knowledge to help launch 2WiN to the finish line.

Who is Juan?

FAVORITE SONG TO DANCE TO: Macarena
BUCKET LIST TRAVEL LOCATION: Cancun, Mallorca, & Greece
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Soccer
FOOD: Sushi
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: SAC Champion

Juan Basabe

Marketing & Collaboratives Intern Alum

Digging into trends and our company heritage with the HBi Marketing Team to spread brand awareness through social media campaigns and our 100 Days to 100 Years Countdown.

Who is Nick?

FAVORITE SUPER HERO: The Flash
BUCKET LIST TRAVEL LOCATION: Iceland
FAVORITE SONG TO DANCE TO: Anything by Michael Jackson
ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Orange Sherbert
FAVORITE HOLIDAY: Thanksgiving

Nick Enriques

Track & Field Marketing and Sales Intern Alum

Combining athletic experience and marketing know-how to connect with track-and-field community and beyond.

Who is Alicia?

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: SAC first team double
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Tennis, Soccer, Hiking
FAVORITE SONG TO DANCE TO: Kan inte gå - bolaget
TELL ME A JOKE: What is fast, loud, and crunchy? A rocket chip.
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Eagle

Alicia Wahlberg

Court & Club International Marketing and Sales Intern Alum

Who is Anne-Marie?

FAVORITE BOOK: Little Women
NICKNAME: Tiny
FAVORITE SUPER HERO: Batman
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Making it to 21 y.o. with no car wrecks
FAVORITE FOOD: Apple Pie

Anne-Marie Frye

Corporate Communications & Public Relations Intern Alum

Bringing third-generation textile knowledge to communicate our new products to new markets.

Who is Jason?

OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: Kayaking & Hiking
HOBBIES: Photography, Ceramics, and Woodworking
BUCKET LIST TRAVEL LOCATION: Croatia and Fiji
QUOTE: When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change.- Aang, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Jason Liu

Industrial Design & OEM Partnerships Intern Alum

Who is Emily?

FAVORITE MOVIE: The Notebook
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Butterfly
FAVORITE QUOTE: "In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."- Robert Frost
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Boston Celtics

Emily Buie

Graphic Design Intern Alum

As a designer, Emily strives to make positive connections between the consumer and the product they are buying. By staying up to date with current design trends, she catches people’s attention and makes them more interested in what the product has to offer. Aka, Emily's on it.

Who is Jackson?

BUCKET LIST TRAVEL LOCATION: Greece
FAVORITE SUPER HERO: Iron Man
FAVORITE ICE CREAM: Cookie Dough
FAVORITE MOVIE: Saving Private Ryan

Jackson Roberts

Marketing & Videography Intern Alum

Jackson is known around here for his basketball videography, love of running and hiking, as well as being a Tar Heels super fan.

Who is Dan?

HIDDEN TALENT: Black Belt in Karate… in 4th grade!
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Alligator
FAVORITE QUOTE: "I don't stop when I'm tired, I stop when I'm done"- David Goggins
FAVORITE FOOD: Sushi

Dan O'Dell

Business Development Intern & Apprentice Alum

Our in-house Pro Triathlete, bringing you the latest and greatest in athletic gear and accessories.

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