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Jeff Kubis - Vice President/ Co-Owner - jkubis@safgard.com
Jeff works hard to ensure our sale efforts, product selection, and services meet and exceed our customer’s expectations. His largest contribution is his ability to get the job done! He manages a sales territory, territory managers, mobile store managers, retail stores, inventory purchases, and a few HR responsibilities.
One of the greatest things about wearing many “hats” is that each day holds a new challenge for Jeff. He graduated from Appalachian State University-Boone NC in 1991 with a Bachelors Degree in Marketing.
God has blessed Jeff with a beautiful family! His wife Diana, son Chad, his daughters Audrey and Gracie are a huge source of joy in his life. Jeff’s hobbies and interests include working out, golf, church, and yard work.
What he tries to live by are God’s biblical teachings. One of Jeff’s favorites is Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your path straight.” |
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Gregg Kubis - Operations Manager/ Co-Owner -gkubis@safgard.com
Gregg can be found most days in the Greensboro office. Gregg concentrates on keeping the mail order and customer service teams on track and providing our customers the best shopping experience possible.
Gregg along with his wife Christy and sons Chase and Connor enjoy spending time with friends and family. Whether it is a weekend at the beach or a day at the lake, the Kubis’ enjoy spending time outdoors. Gregg and family are quite involved with their Church. Gregg volunteers as a Cub Scout leader for the Church sponsored Cub Scout Pack 600, while wife Christy uses her skills as a school teacher to help with Christian education. Chase is involved with the middle school youth, while Connor enjoys singing in the children’s choir.
Gregg is always ready with a hearty laugh, a smile, and helping hand.
“Be Prepared” – Cub Scout Motto
“Scouting is fun with a purpose” – Robert Baden-Powell – Founder of Scouting |
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Steve Parr - Controller/CFO - sparr@safgard.com
Steve has been with Saf-Gard for seven years and he is responsible for all aspects of accounting. When not working for Saf-Gard, Steve enjoys spending time with his wife Kim and their twins, Tyler & Megan. He also enjoys playing golf and watching his kids play sports. |
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John Kelly - Territory Sales Manager - jkelly@safgard.com
John has been with Saf-Gard for the past two years as a Territory Sales Manager. He brings to the table seventeen years of experience as a Sales Manager in the Safety Shoe business. He was a Business Administration Major at UNC Greensboro. John has been married for thirty four years to his beautiful wife Cathy. They have a grown son and daughter. In his spare time, John especially enjoys following Carolina Tarheel sports. |
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Ted Scott - Retail Store Manager - tscott@safgard.com
Ted has been running the Saf-Gard Retail Store in Greensboro and working with Inside Sales for the past three years. Ted is an extremely hard working person with integrity and he is one of the most genuinely friendly and helpful people that you may encounter. Ted is a volunteer Fireman in his spare time. He is married with two daughters and one son. Ted also has a farm with eight cows and a bull. |
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Becky Avin - Office Manager - bavin@safgard.com
Becky has been with Saf-Gard for seventeen years and she serves as the office manager in the Greensboro location. Her responsibilities include overseeing special billing accounts, correcting billing problems, set-up of new customers, updating current customers and assisting all customers and employees of Saf-Gard in any way she can. She was recently married on November 1, 2008 to her best friend Marty. She is a proud mother of three. Her daughter Heather and her husband live in Sumter, SC. Her son Gregg lives locally and works for Saf-Gard. Her youngest son Brandon is an angel in heaven looking over his family. Becky thinks that family should be number one and that children are our greatest treasure. She treats others as she would like to be treated and thinks one person can make a difference. She likes spending time with her husband and family. She enjoys helping others and being a part of the Saf-Gard family. |
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Jennifer Hodges - Inventory, A/P - jhodges@safgard.com
Jennifer orders shoes, sets up inventory and does accounts payable for Saf-Gard. Jennifer enjoys exercising, walking and eating chocolate and hot sauce but not together. Jennifer enjoys spending time at work and spending time with her husband Keith and son Richard who is sixteen and her beautiful daughter Makenzy who is eight. |
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Sherri Aaron - Inventory, A/P - saaron@safgard.com
Sherri has worked with Saf-Gard for two years in Inventory and Accounts Payable. Sherri has been married to her husband Randy for 22 years and has 2 daughters, Lindsay and Katie. The best times are those spent with family and close friends. Sherri enjoys sports, summertime at the beach, and watching the Carolina Tarheels. |
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Jenny Mitchell – Marketing Director - jmitchell@safgard.com
Jenny is our Marketing Director and she is responsible for coordinating all of the aspects of marketing and advertising for Saf-Gard and SR Max. Jenny received her BA in Multimedia and Graphic Design from Champlain College in ’04, and joined the Saf-Gard team in 2006 after relocating to North Carolina from Vermont. She loves spending time with her husband and their three rescued cats Widget, Cassie and Boone. Jenny loves her volunteer work at the Tanglewood Farm & Equestrian Center on the weekends. |
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Tracie Davidson - Marketing Assistant - tdavidson@safgard.com
As the Assistant Marketing Director, Tracie holds an Associate Degree in Advertising and Graphic Design. Tracie is the Mother of one beautiful son. Tracie loves to do any outdoor activities. She loves to read and watch movies, other hobbies are decorative hand writing. Tracie is very active in her son’s cub scouting activities. Tracie loves, loves, loves going to the beach! |
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Laura Horth - Marketing Assistant - lhorth@safgard.com
Laura joined the Marketing Department with Saf-Gard in ‘08 and has worked with Graphic Design & Multimedia Marketing for the past several years at Burlington Industries and The Greensboro Public Library. She holds an AAS in Commercial Art & Ad Design from GTCC, a BA in Fine Art from Greensboro College as well as a Masters degree from UNCG. In her free time she enjoys painting, photography and going to church. She loves spending time with family and friends outdoors and at live music events wherever her husband Marcus is playing guitar. Go Manchester United! |
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Paul Mitchell - IT Manager - pmitchell@safgard.com
Arriving at Saf-Gard in 2007, Paul is responsible for maintaining and upgrading the company’s hardware and software systems. He earned his BA in Networking from Champlain College in Vermont, and relocated to North Carolina in 2006. In his spare time, Paul enjoys spending time with his wife and cats, as well as hobbies of photography and camping. |
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Heidi Hammond – Mail Order Team - hhammond@safgard.com
Heidi started working with Saf-Gard in 2006. Heidi works in the mail order customer service department and is a first contact for most customers. She lets customers know when their orders have shipped and she lets them know when the order is not available and will have to be ordered from the vendor. Heidi enjoys riding motorcycles. She is a fan of Carolina basketball. “Go Heels.” |
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Amy Peebles – Mail Order Team/Vendors Orders - apeebles@safgard.com
Amy has been with Saf-Gard since early 2008 and handles the specials to vendors. Outside of work Amy spends time with her husband Ben and daughter Abby. Amy enjoys watching her daughter play soccer and will coach her team in the spring. She is now also involved with her daughter’s Daisy Scout Troop, enjoys photography and a good book but rarely gets a chance to sit down with one. |
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Feather Sneed - Customer Service - fsneed@safgard.com
Feather Sneed began working with SR Max in 2008 and works in the customer service department of SR Max and Saf-Gard. Feather enjoys spending time with her husband Albert and son Nathan, who is four. She enjoys watching Nathan play soccer and they enjoy going shopping and watching movies. When she has the chance she goes to the Turkey Shoot with her husband… and usually wins! She loves spending time at the beach and reading books. She is looking forward to having at least one more child – a girl! Well, another boy would be cool too! |
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Vickie Garland - Mail Order Team Member & Retail Invoicing - vgarland@safgard.com
Vickie is a freelance writer, songwriter, and performer that does volunteer work with those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Her work has been recognized internationally, and she has also been an honored presenter for the national conference of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. |
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Terrie Sutherland - A/R Manager - tsutherland@safgard.com
Terrie's responsibilities include handling all credit card accounts, posting payments, refund checks, and account problem solving. She is married to her husband John and has 2 daughters, Alison and Jessica. She enjoys cooking, reading and traveling. |
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Helen Scarboro - A/R Collections - hscarboro@safgard.com
Helen has been with Saf-Gard for the past year working in collections. She has two grown children. Helen enjoys spending time with her two grandchildren in her spare time. |
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Katrina Twitty - A/R Collections - ktwitty@safgard.com |
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Misty Rodriquez - A/R Collections - mrodriquez@safgard.com
Misty has been working in the collections department with Saf-Gard since 2007. During her time off she enjoys spending time with her husband and her Rottweiler mix Rambo. |
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Nicolette Hopper - A/R Collections - nhopper@safgard.com
Nicolette joined Saf-Gard’s A/R Collection team in 2009. Nicolette enjoys walking, watching scary movies, the color pink and spending time with her family. When time permits they enjoy as much time together either hanging around the park, going to the beach or going fishing. She also enjoys singing very loudly to music in her car, cooking for her family and baking, Duke Basketball, the Indianapolis Colts, and the family’s 2 adorable boxers, Gabby and Gus. Most of all, beside of her incredible family, beautiful children and her amazing friends, she loves photography. |
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Laurie Allen - A/R and Billing - lallen@safgard.com
Laurie joined the billing department with Saf-Gard in 2008. Laurie is married and she is a mother of four children. In her spare time she enjoys crafting. In addition to her children and husband, Laurie has three labs, two cats and six sharks. |
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Jason McEwan - Warehouse MGR
Jason is the Greensboro Warehouse Manager and is responsible for overseeing and assisting the warehouse team. When not at work Jason enjoys spending time with his wife Michelle. Jason's hobbies include kayaking, hiking, seeing live music, and watching sports. |
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John Wright – Shipping
John has been a loyal Saf-Gard employee for fifteen years. John’s ability to manage the flow of shoes through our headquarter operation is impressive. Day in and day out John has proven himself to be a reliable worker and positive influence for his co-workers. In his free time, John enjoys coaching his own kids and their friends at various sports. John also has a lifetime goal of a single digit handicap at golf. When not golfing or coaching, John enjoys relaxing with a good book. |
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Gregg Vaughan – Receiving
Gregg has been working with Saf-Gard for the past six years in Shipping and Receiving in the Greensboro warehouse. He is a sports fanatic. He is a diehard Duke fan and follows Carolina Panthers football. If there’s a sport game on TV he is watching it. |
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Patrick Senn – Returns / Customer Service
Patrick has been with Saf-Gard for the past two years working with Returns and Customer Service. In the past he worked for 38 years in the Electronic / Fiber Optic Industry, primarily with AT & T. He retired from General Dynamics in 2002. Pat has traveled extensively as a professional and then through missions work. In his spare time Pat enjoys reading, hiking, golf, traveling with a purpose and working part-time at Saf-Gard. |
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Marty Avin – Mobile Store Manager
Marty has been with Saf-Gard for fifteen years. He enjoys working with our customers and assisting in any way that he can. In his free time, he is an avid sports fan. His teams are South Carolina Gamecocks, Green Bay Packers & Yankees. Marty enjoys spending time visiting with family and friends. |
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Michael Bjerk – Mobile Store Manager
Michael has twenty years experience in retail shoes sales with twelve of those years at Rack Room Shoes as a Store Manager, four years with Thom McAnn Shoes as Store Manager and four years with Oshman’s Sporting Goods as Store Manager. Michael enjoys several outside activities including motorcycling, motorcycle racing, slot car racing, taking his sons to BMX Races around the southeast and fishing. Michael has been married for twenty one years to his fantastic wife and he has two sons ages 16 & 11 years old. |
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John Gouge – Mobile Store Manager
John joined Saf-Gard in 2005 after working for twenty years as a Manager for IHOP in Orlando, Florida. When John is not busy working, he can be found watching sports, working on his car or buying and selling electronics. John is an avid reader and he loves to read anything by Michael Connelly, Dean Koontz, Vince Flynn, Stephen White and Brad Meltzer, since they are his favorite authors. |
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John McKenzie – Mobile Store Manager
John has been a Mobile Store Manager with Saf-Gard for the past two years. He is a super nice guy and a very hard working employee. When he is not busy working, John enjoys spending time with his fiancée Tina and he is looking forward to getting married this October ’09! Some of his hobbies include horseback riding and camping. John is a Steelers fan. |
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Lee Mercer – Mobile Store Manager |
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Rick Nordquist – Mobile Store Manager
Rick has been with Saf-Gard overall for eighteen years and enjoys working as a Mobile Store Manager. He has been married for fourteen years and he has eight grandchildren. Rick is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was born and raised. Later he moved to NC and has been in NC since December 1988. Some of his hobbies include jogging, golf and watching movies. He is a big sports fan and loves to watch all sports. |
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Joe Woodson – Mobile Store Manager
Joe has been with Saf-Gard for the past nine years as a Mobile Store Manager. Joe is our helpful utility guy. He enjoys playing guitar in his free time. He plays country, blues, gospel and rock n roll. Joe plays tennis twice a week. He enjoys watching pro tennis and he is a Tarheels fan all the way! |
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Scott Garner – Store Associate
Scott joined the Saf-Gard family in ’09. He is married with two children, and his hobbies include reading, running and spending time with his family. Scott’s favorite Bible verse is from Psalm 37:4 - “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” |
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Michael Roberts – Warehouse
Mike enjoys working for Saf-Gard in the Warehouse Department. Teamwork is one of Mike’s top priorities along with getting the job done. When he is not at work, Mike enjoys pool. |
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Ryan Young – Warehouse Receiving
Ryan joined Saf-Gard in April of ’09. He enjoys working here at Saf-Gard. Ryan thinks that everyone here is very friendly and he finds that really makes the work day go by smoothly. He was born and raised as a Tennessee boy. Go VOLS! |
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Jeff Teetor – GSO Mobile Store Manager
Jeff joined Saf-Gard in ’09 as a Mobile Store Manager, and is a native of High Point, NC. He has one daughter and one son. Jeff enjoys camping and four wheeling. He also shoots Civil War Competition for a unit formed in 1861 called the Guilford Grays. In his spare time he enjoys metal detecting and artifact collecting! |
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Barry Haines - VP Operations - bhaines@safgard.com
Barry is the VP of Operations for the Northern Territory. Barry joined Saf-Gard in 2000 after twelve years of experience with another company in the safety industry. Barry always finds the positive in the people he works with. Barry enjoys spending time with his wife Kate, and his three children, Andrew (Millersville University) Amanda (University of Central Florida) and Alex who is in High School. Most free time is spent at their beach house in New Jersey or coaching Alex in Track and Field. |
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Tony Milan - Territory Manager – tmilan@safgard.com
Tony is the Territory Manager for DE, Southern NJ, Southeast PA and the Eastern Shore of MD. He has over thirty years of experience in the safety shoe business. He started with Knapp Shoes in 1977 as a Mobile Store Manager then moved into sales for five years. Tony worked with Iron Age as the Mid-Atlantic Operations Manager from 1986 to 1995 then went back into sales again until 2005. Pat hired him in July of 2006 as a Territory Manager for his current position. Tony says that Saf-Gard has been the very best career decision that he has ever made! |
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Susan Donaldson - Front Office Manager - sdonaldson@safgard.com
Susan has worked for three and a half years with Saf-Gard. Susan has been married for 27 years to a very understanding man. She has three grown children and a pug named Rocky, all of whom she likes to spend time with. During her free time she likes to read, travel and enjoy the outdoors. |
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Amanda Mihaly - Administrative Assistant - amandam@safgard.com
Amanda has been with Saf-Gard for two years. Amanda is attending the University of Delaware while working part time at Saf-Gard. She is majoring in Political Science and working very hard to earn her degree. In her free time she likes to hang out with her friends, listen to music and take pictures. |
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Bob Clark - Warehouse Manager
Bob has been with Saf-Gard for 9 years. Bob is married to his beautiful wife Nancy and has three wonderful children; Alyssa, Caleb, and his little princess Rachel. A combat war veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, when he is not spending time with his family you can find him hunting, fishing, or camping with his Boy Scout Troop where he is a Scoutmaster. |
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Albert Serrano – Warehouse Team
Albert has been with Saf-Gard for one year. Albert has a four year old son. He enjoys spending time with him as well as his girlfriend. He has a passion for cars and enjoys racing them. |
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Tracy Stinson – Warehouse Team
Tracy has been with Saf-Gard for 1 year. Tracy is an honest and understanding man, a good friend, and always around to help a coworker. He loves sports, seafood, and cooking. He also enjoys putting fish tanks together because it relaxes the mind and spirit. His job is everything to him, right along with his son. |
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Phil Grayson - Shipping Dept. & Returns
Phil has been with Saf-Gard for eight years. Phil is thirty years old and has been with the company for a good portion of that time. Some of his many interests include playing and watching sports, cooking, watching movies, listening to music, long walks on the beach, and ice cold Coronas (limes are optional). Go Tar-Heels! |
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Lisa Brabson - Shipping Dept. & Returns
Lisa has been with Saf-Gard for one year so far. Lisa enjoys spending time with her boyfriend, friends and her family. She likes to travel to new places, visit the beach and enjoys fixing up her house. |
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Carolyn Lannetta - Shipping Dept. & Returns
Carolyn has been with the Saf-Gard Company since November 2008. Carolyn enjoys gardening and loves to plant flowers. She also has a dog that she likes to spend time with. |
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Rosalia Serrano - Shipping Dept. & Returns
Rosalia has been with Saf-Gard since September 2008. Rosalia is married and has one son. She spends most of her time at home with family but also enjoys traveling to new places. Rosalia is very interested in history. |
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Scott Ashmore – Mobile Store Manager
Scott is currently a Mobile Store Manager. He has been with Saf-Gard for two Years. Scott has been working at Saf-Gard since April 2007 where he began working in the retail store at our Lancaster location and eventually became a Mobile Store Manager at the New Castle location in January of 2008. Scott enjoys working with the customers on site. |
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Bill Chaffee – Mobile Store Manager
Bill has worked at Saf-Gard since 2007. Bill has been selling shoes since 1983, first as a Retail Store Manager, then as a Mobile Store Manager for Iron Age from 1994 to 2007. He currently lives in upstate New York near Elmira with his wife, Colleen. |
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Keith Collins – Mobile Store Manager
Keith has been with Saf-Gard for 3 Years. Keith has a loving wife and a daughter named Riley. He is currently expecting another child. He enjoys spending time with his family, ice hockey, and watching Eagles football. |
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Howard Fellows – Mobile Store Manager
Howard has been with Saf-Gard for twelve years as a Mobile Store Manager. Howard typically serves accounts in and around Wilmington, DE and throughout New Jersey. Howard is beloved by his customers for his attention to detail and willingness to take every effort to find the correct shoe for each individual’s foot. Howard spends most of his time outside of work with his wife Sue. In their limited spare time they enjoy dining and traveling together. |
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Joe Firlein – Mobile Store Manager |
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Keith Milan – Mobile Store Manager
Keith has been with the company for two and a half years. Keith is a third generation salesman in the safety industry. He is a fun loving guy who enjoys a good joke or prank. In his free time he writes lyrics and music for local bands in his area and he also enjoys a good movie or book. |
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Keith Stockman – Mobile Store Manager
Keith has been working with Saf-Gard for the past three years. Along with working full time at Saf-Gard, Keith has been a volunteer firefighter for 23 years. He enjoys sports and a good comedy. He likes to spend the majority of his free time with his two sons, Ryan and Brendan. |