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RHONDA SANDERSON
CAREY GILLE
FRANCHISE FASTLANE President & Co-Founder www.f ranchisefastlane.com
SANDERSON PR Founder CEO www.sandersonpr.com
Rhonda is one of the most accomplished PR practitioners in the business and she launched the Original Franchise PR in 1985. She built the franchise PR model for franchisors and has continually been innovating the craft of PR. There is no man or woman in franchise PR more respected than Rhonda.
Carey Gille is an accomplished serial entrepreneur who has co-founded four start-ups and has extensive experience both as a franchisor and franchisee. She co-founded and now leads as the CEO of Franchise FastLane, and most recently, even became a franchisee of EverLine Coatings and Services. Paving the way for women in franchising, Carey’s leadership has helped explode Franchise FastLane in six short years to the #1 FSO in the country: ranking on the INC. 5000 list and on Entrepreneur’s Franchise Supplier list for four consecutive years.
BETH NILSSEN
GREAT CLIPS Director of Franchise Development www.greatclips.com Beth Nilssen, CFE joined the Great Clips franchise development department in 2007. She has been the Director of Franchise Development at Great Clips since 2013. She is the first female to have this role and is currently the youngest director at Great Clips. Beth has helped grow Great Clips to nearly 4500 salons in the US and Canada. Standing a striking 6’2” tall, she has been recognized as one of the brightest rising stars in franchising. When asked, her peers rarely comment on her multiple professional achievements, but rather on her willingness to help lift others within the franchising community. WWW.FRANCHISEJOURNAL.COM | MARCH 2026
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