Meet Our Team

Jeff’s entrepreneurial experience includes owning, operating, and selling multiple franchised and independent businesses including hotels, restaurants, and bars. Jeff also has executive management experience in the construction, manufacturing, publishing, and technology industries.

Jeff knows firsthand the challenges of owning a business and recognizes that business owners (talented as they may be) still require expert guidance and extensive relationships outside their network of contacts when it comes time to successfully buy or sell a business.

When Jeff represents you, you leverage both his business expertise and First Choice Business Brokers’ national network which has listed and managed the sale of over $7.5 billion in businesses for sale.

Kwadwo (Kojo) is currently a business owner for several years and has over a decade now in the healthcare industry, serving people and managing teams. He brings a well-developed work ethic, a strong sense of duty to his clients and is goal oriented.

As an MBA graduate from the University Northern Virginia and a franchise business owner, Kojo comes with a unique perspective of both the buyer and seller in navigating the selling and acquisition of a business.

As your representative, he will be leveraging his business experience and First Choice Business Brokers’ extensive national network to effectively guide you through the process.

Tonia is excited to join the team of FCBB.  She is native of Raleigh, NC.  She comes with 25 years of accounting and customer service experience in the state government industry.  With occasional retail sales experience, she has a passion for serving customers.  During her time in the retail industry, she learned the importance of building rapport.   Selling candles on the side and attending networking vendors events has brought out her passion for owning her own business.  She currently owns her bookkeeping and accounting business also offering strategic advising and many other business services.  She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Degree with a Concentration in Accounting.  She is also holding her life and health insurance license.  She looks forward to serving the business owners in the community.

Stephen Stack has more than 38 years of experience providing financial guidance to Individuals and families, including those with complex situations such as privately-held business ownership, appreciated farmland, foreign holdings, and potential estate tax liabilities. Stephen holds a Masters in Financial Services.

Michael Thompson started his exciting American adventure moving from the NE of England in 1988 on a full soccer scholarship. Not long into his college experience he started his first business, a soccer camp company, and has since founded or co-founded small businesses in the mortgage, title insurance, and soccer industries.

Being a small business entrepreneur for 30 years he has earned extensive experience in finance, marketing, and operations including the process of selling a business. This unique perspective as a business owner enables him, as a Business Broker, to understand the emotional attachment his clients have to their business. He strives to manage all aspects of the sales process and help, support, guide and protect his clients as they move from initial meeting to close and post close.

Michael is proud to have called NC his home for the last 28 years currently living in Holly Springs. He is married with three children and still loves soccer as well as reading, gardening, other sports and beekeeping.

• B.S. Business Administration
• Retirement Income Certified Professional ®  
• Certified Estate Planner ®   
• Certified Social Security Claiming Strategies
• N.C. Notary Public

Marcus Best presents a unique set of still as a financial consultant and business owner for 8+ years. He is a military veteran with a strong ethical background. He started his first business while attending East Carolina University where he graduated with a Bachelors in Business Administration with a concentration in Operational Supply Chain Management and Marketing. As a small business owner, business was put on hold during his tour to Afghanistan. After his return home he pursued higher education at The American College of Financial Services and began helping businesses owners and 1099 employees develop strategies to be successful in retirement.

Marcus has the experience and education to help translate the value of a business into the specific needs accurately and efficiently. He has a track record of helping others and is extremely dedicated to helping you be successful.