2021 Rockwall Veteran Business Alliance

Upon moving the TX to live close to family, I founded LaGrange Financial Group in 2019 in Rockwall.  I joined Murphy & Sylvest Wealth Management (Murphysylvest.com), a Registered Investment Adviser, in 2020.  I hold the Series 65, Investment Adviser Law License, General Lines (Life/Health) Insurance License in several states, and hold several Business and Emergency Management certifications (Project Management Professional, Six Sigma, FEMA Incident Command 300 & 400, etc.)   M&S's primary office is at Tower 1 adjacent to the Galleria Mall and I'm focused on building my part of the practice in Rockwall where Amy and I raise our three children.
-512-623-9966; https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnielagrange/ 

Curtis and I are US Air Force veterans.  We relocated to Rockwall back in 2011.  It was an easy desicion to buy a home in this community, with the availability of shopping, churches, excellent schools and community activities.  We have plugged into the community in many ways and now we are joining the small business community.

Fightin' Texas Aggie, US Marine Infantry OIF Veteran and purpose-driven consultant. I'm here to serve.

My family and I have lived in Rockwall Texas for 10+ years and this is our home. I truly believe in supporting local businesses, and local Nonprofits; this is one reason for the creation of The Local PR Firm and Social Kudo. I hope you take the time to visit our merchants and support them not only socially, but locally as well.

Mark Kipphut, USAF (retired) is the Commander of the Rockwall Terry Fisher American Legion Post #117 for 2018-2019. Our Post welcomes all veterans and we meet the third Thursday of each month for either a formal or social meeting. Our Post focuses on local community support with 98% of all donations received being put back into Rockwall County by assisting veterans, youth leadership programs, celebrating Americanism or remembering those who have served our nation.

Please contact me by email at mark_kipphut@msn.com, phone at 214-771-3136 or our post by email at rockwallpost117@gmail.com

Thank you!

Sideways is a local family BBQ restaurant located on The Harbor in Rockwall, Texas, owned by Josh Deaton and Jeff Cassar. Josh started off cooking in his backyard, eventually competing in BBQ Competitions. He won some, he lost some but eventually fine-tuned some crazy good BBQ. Jeff had an 11-year coaching career in the Major League Soccer Association and was the USA goalie in the 1996 Olympics. Both Jeff and Josh want to bring a new entertaining environment to the Rockwall community, that also involves enjoyable food. Weekly entertainment starts Tuesdays with open mic, Wednesdays are karaoke nights and Thursday-Saturday acoustic shows or live bands. Like our Facebook page for more information on shows and dates. This is a dream come true and the Sideways family is looking forward to sharing this experience with you. See y’all soon!!

Stacy Maynard is the Business Development and Marketing consultant for ADG Texas.  She is a Rockwall Chamber Ambassador and founding member of the Rockwall Veterans Business Alliance (RVBA).  ​Effective January 1, 2020, American Engineering Consultants became ADG Texas - a member company of ADG Engineering, a nationally recognized engineering firm since 1981. 

Formerly with American Engineering Consultants, Stacy formed AEC Solutions in 2019, as a general contracting and A/E/C industry business development agency and represents ADG Texas in the MEP engineering community.

 

Over 20 years of helping businesses grow through marketing and advertising.  We are a veteran owned and operated business.

Retired Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5 - CYBER Security/IT) with 30 years, 1 month and 19 days of honorable, Active Federal Service to our great Nation. 

Bryan grew up in Danville Virginia & Selma North Carolina where he graduated HS and joined the U.S. Army. Bryan spent 7 years as an Infantryman and after being injured he was medically discharged. Upon being discharged from the military, Bryan went to work for the Department of Defense as a Mobil Video Surveillance Manager and Covert Surveillance Investigator.

During Bryan's 23yrs of dedicated service with the Military and DOD, Bryan deployed 9 times and spent just over 14yrs in Contingency Operations in the Middle East. In 2008, Bryan was reassigned to Dallas Texas, leaving his last duty station behind, the Azores Islands in the Mid Atlantic. 

In 2009  Bryan met his future wife to be Tara and in 2010 they were married and had their 1st born, Cole and in 2013 had their daughter Mayzee. The Gibson's reside in Sachse Tx since 2012.
      

Gerald Hendrik is a financial advisor and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Professional (CDFA®) helping families manage their wealth.  He also sits on the Board for the American Lung Association and is an Ambassador for the Rockwall Chamber of Commerce and Vice Chair for the YPR or Young Professionals of Rockwall.  Gerald specializes in many different areas of the industry including Investment management, Divorce, retirement planning, estate planning, and overall comprehensive financial planning. 

Gerald graduated from the University of North Texas and holds his industry licenses. He is a Texas native and spends his time outside of work raising his daughter, twin boys, and mini schnauzer Emmitt, with his beautiful wife Melanie. 

Blue Fox Growth Solutions is a marketing and advertising agency aimed at helping you automate your sales and marketing tasks so you can get back to do what you best!