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title: "Titus Center for Franchising Advisory Board Adds 4 companies and 7 members"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/37068d38-bf3e-401a-acdd-109679ea9567
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20221010_titus_center_for_franchising_advisory_board_adds_4_companies_and_7_members.html
category: "Associations"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
segment: "Associations"
topics: ["Emerging brands"]
published: 2022-10-10T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:07:08.401Z
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# Titus Center for Franchising Advisory Board Adds 4 companies and 7 members

**TL;DR:** The Titus Center for Franchising Advisory Board has added seven new franchisor members, bringing the total number of companies and franchise executives to 59 and 70, respectively.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-10-10. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20221010_titus_center_for_franchising_advisory_board_adds_4_companies_and_7_members.html).*

## Story

Titus Center for Franchising Advisory Board at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida has added seven new franchisor members. The board now includes 59 companies and 70 franchise executives.

“We continue to enjoy tremendous growth on our Advisory Board and we’re extremely grateful to our members for their commitment to advance our mission, which is to engage, educate and inspire current and future franchise leaders,” said Dr. John P. Hayes, CFE, Titus Chair for Franchise Leadership. “The board provides guidance for our academic and professional programs including our unique concentration in franchising.”

- The new members are:

- Nancy Halverson, senior VP global operations, MRI Network

- Ross Black, founder, and Daniel Plourde, marketing director, Get Simple Box

- Thomas Scott, founder, Home Run Franchising

- Frank Toral, founder, Neighborhood Kids Schools

- Brandon Mangual, managing director franchise development, Batteries Plus Bulbs and

- Victor Daher, CFE, vice president, Batteries Plus Bulbs

Scott is returning to the board. Mangual and Daher replace Joe Malmuth for Batteries Plus Bulbs.

“We are extremely proud to add Daniel Plourde to our board; he is a recent graduate of PBA where he earned the concentration in franchising and a degree in marketing,” said Hayes. “He’s our second graduate to join the board. Kyle Foster, business development specialist at Retro Fitness, joined the board a year ago.”

Titus Center Advisory Board membership is open to franchise executives and companies that want to support franchise education. The board meets twice annually on the PBA campus. The next meeting will be Nov. 16, 2022. Guests are welcome. More information is available at TitusCenter.com.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20221010_titus_center_for_franchising_advisory_board_adds_4_companies_and_7_members.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/37068d38-bf3e-401a-acdd-109679ea9567).