ADENNILL EXPERT COUNSEL PARTNERS

Chad White is a member of Adennil as well as Managing Member of Blue Horn Consulting, LLC a firm that encourages entrepreneurs and business owners with realizing the value of their investment of time, energy, capital and effort through a proprietary process.   

White has nearly 25 years of entrepreneurial, manufacturing, operations, consulting and financial expertise. His background includes mergers and acquisitions, private placements, valuations, strategic consulting, turnarounds and business development.  During this time he has executed the roles of CEO, CFO, COO and Vice President of Business Development. 

White has an MBA in operations, finance and accounting from Vanderbilt University, an MS in taxation from Georgia State University and a BSE in biomedical engineering from Duke University. 

When he finds time to relax, White is a passionate sailor, singer / songwriter and is often found exposing friends and family to his latest take on French or Italian cuisine. 

Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D. is an accomplished researcher and scholar, including widely circulated white papers on communication during disasters. Dr. Bob is the author, co-author, and editor of nine books and more than 175 academic and professional articles and publications. An applied researcher and thought leader who is sought after as a subject matter expert and consultant on best practices. Highly regarded for his innovative insights and widely used practical templates such as the Chandler 3-3-30 Rule, 60 & 6 Principle, DA4 Emergency Notification Message Structure, Marks of a Leader, Chandler Message Map Model, The Chandler Crisis Lifecycle Model, and his most recent work on more effective leadership decision making. Dr. Chandler is also a frequent featured keynote speaker at professional conferences and symposiums as well as delivering popular national Webinars. He has extensive experience with businesses of all sizes, not-for-profit organizations, educational institutions, and public sector/government agencies. 

Robert Benny is a highly motivated executive with broad-based industry experience in business process design, supply chain resiliency and agility, network optimization and academic research in supply chain and cyber security.  

Robert is a well-known expert in re-engineering end-to-end supply chains to improve resilience, mitigate risks, and minimize cost while optimizing inventory and customer fulfillment. Experience ranges across 4 high-tech companies and covers all areas of the supply chain from Suppliers to Customers.  

Robert has spent 40 years in industry and 10 years in academia. He has a large list of key industry and academic contacts which he uses to keep updated on the latest industry problems and solutions. 

Jessica Hayes has more than twenty years of experience in nonprofit work - including six as a museum VP and nine as head of a private Montessori school. During her time as head of school, she doubled teacher salaries, built a strong training and professional development program for staff, and raised retention to a consistent 85%-90% year over year. Jessica led the school’s COVID-19 response which resulted in zero classroom closures and less than ten on-campus cases throughout the two school years. Since 2020, the school has implemented several new security features in conjunction with the creation of its first crisis management plan.   

Proven professional with over 25 years of experience in major event safety and security planning, physical security, personal protection, threat assessment and management, and fraud investigation.

• Senior US Secret Service Special Agent (Ret). 1991-2016
• Director of Security at Shalom Austin with Proven professional with over 31 years of experience in, Physical Security, Personal Protection, Threat Assessment and Management, Criminal, and fraud investigation
• Public speaker and consultant working with public and private organizations.
• BS Criminal Justice and Police Science

Jennifer’s early background is in communications, which she has drawn upon to make sure that client’s plans (especially Crisis Communication Plans) were clearly written, understandable and actionable.  Her disaster preparedness expertise stems from seven years with Firestorm, helping clients prepare for and recover from crisis. 

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from Miami University and a Master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communication from the University of Colorado. 

Guy served thirty years on active duty with the US Navy, creating and participating in numerous training exercises and actual operations.  As a flight test lead at the US Naval Air Test Center, he also developed test and emergency response plans in support of test operations for multiple aircraft.  Following retirement from the Navy, Guy worked for The Boeing Company where he was responsible for supporting global development and test operations, including developing and implementing plans to ensure complete network and system reliability during demonstrations for customers, including national government representatives.   

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Aero Engineering from the US Naval Academy and a Master’s degree in Aero Engineering from Columbia University.