Candanise Courtney

Education

• B.A., University of Southern Mississippi
• M.B.A., Belhaven University

Candanise Courtney has over eight years of business management, human resource, and entrepreneurship experience. She earned a Bachelor's in Psychology with a minor in Business Management from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is a Belhaven alumna, earning her MBA with a concentration in Human Resources. Currently, she is an ABD, completing her coursework at Liberty University, where she is obtaining her Doctorate of Business Administration degree with a specialization in Marketing.

Candanise is a Certified Business Counselor, a designation earned through her years as a Business Counselor with the Small Business Development Centers network. She owns a consulting company specializing in helping small businesses access capital & manage their finances, create systems/ processes for better resource allocation, start-up, and expansion assistance. She has consulted with over 130 entrepreneurs, facilitated in opening over 42 new businesses startups, and assisted clients in generating over $5.2 Million in capital formation for the state of Mississippi.

Mrs. Courtney has been married over five years and has three amazing sons.