Joe Bourdow Cfe Email & Phone Number

Since retiring as President of Valpak and Executive Vice President of Cox Target Media in 2010 after thirty-one years with the brand, Joe has been an active Board Member and Advisor to several national Franchise Brands - both franchisors and suppliers, has founded the innovative RadioStPete.com, a hyper local FM /Internet radio station/podcast platform and a national radio network broadcast of the East-West Shrine Bowl game featured on SiriusXM NFL Radio and hundreds of local radio stations coast to coast for the past nine years. RadioStPete.com is now also an FCC licensed FM radio station operating on 96.7 FM and a 501 c 3 nonprofit serving St. Petersburg and greater Tampa Bay. In 2016, Joe joined with a team of other franchise brand veterans to form Premier Franchise Advisors LLC. Joe has advised many national franchise brands including Benetrends Financial Corporation, Huntington Learning Centers, Big Frog Franchising, Soccer Shots, Click2Sell.com, identifi.net, Davo Technologies and Greybull Stewardship, a private equity firm with several franchise holdings. Over the past decade, Joe has also provided advisory services to College Hunks Junk and Moving, Mosquito Authority, Spice and Tea Exchange, Murphy Business and Financial Corporation, Front Burner Brands/Melting Pot restaurants. Joe served two terms as Board Member of the International Franchise Association and Chairman of the IFA's Diversity Institute and continues as a faculty member for their Certified Franchise Executive program.He is also active in the Tampa Bay community serving as Trustee and past Board Chair of Academy Prep St. Petersburg, Board Member and Treasurer of the Pinellas County Urban League, past board Member and Vice President of the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club and past Chair of the Tampa Bay Rays "Clutch Hitters." He recently joined the Board of the Thousand Island Park Historical Museum on Wellesley Island in New York State. Earlier in his career, Joe was a multi-unit franchisee of both Valpak and Fastsigns, principal owner of WKEU FM-AM in South Metro Atlanta and Station Manager of WTON in Staunton, Virginia. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.