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Jamie Bristow

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Jamie Bristow, a native of Greensboro, North Carolina, first arrived in Pensacola, Florida in 1998 and served as the first, full-time Executive Director of the African-American Heritage Society, Inc. She assisted the organization in development and capital campaign funds to re-build the historic Kate Coulson House on Church Street.

Jamie graduated from Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina and was a double scholar in political science and humanities. She majored in English with a minor in political science in 1990. She is a member of Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society. Although she prepared to go to law school, Bristow chose political consulting and nonprofit fundraising as her career focus. She created JB Enterprise Consulting in 1992 in North Carolina while working with the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce.

While in Pensacola, she joined the Escambia Federated Republican Women's Club, served as the Community Programs Coordinator for the Women's Sports Foundation, member of the League of Women Voters and member of the American Association of University Women local chapters.

As a seasoned nonprofit and political campaign consultant, Bristow has consulted on various political campaigns in North Carolina, Colorado and Florida. She also received political campaign training from Wake Forest School of Law while working at the YWCA of Greensboro. She served as a member of Colorado Black Republicans, National Association of Fundraising Professionals and National Association of Television Program Executives. She is a former member of The Links, Inc., Pensacola Chapter, Impact 100 and is a lifetime member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc.

Bristow returned to Pensacola in 2004 serving a second term as the Executive Director of the African-American Heritage Society, Inc. until 2007 when she relaunched JB Enterprise Consulting(now JBEC Group)consulting both small business enterprises and nonprofits in Florida, Georgia, Colorado and North Carolina. Bristow was the development consultant on Pensacola's 450th Celebration, Junior Achievement of Northwest Florida, Vision of Hope, Inc., HIV Care Center, Inc., Heartbeat International, Inc., TRIO Employment Network, Soloman Financial, 100 Black Men of Pensacola, Inc., Hope Center for Teens, Ray of Hope, Inc. and others. She actively served on the ARC-Gateway, Ballet Pensacola, Pensacola Museum of Art, Baptist Hospital, Santa Rosa Kids House and Pensacola Shakespeare Theatre boards.

She is currently the CEO and President of JBEC Group and Nonprofit Match, Inc., a global technology for nonprofits and donors globally. She is married to Pensacola native, Joshua Lavoie, COO of Nonprofit Match, Inc.