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Scott Deviney is the President and CEO of Chicken Salad Chick, serving in this role since May 2015 after partnering with a private equity firm to purchase the company from the founders. Since taking over, the company has grown from 32 restaurants in 6 states to over 245 spanning 19 states. Scott built a cohesive team focused on spreading joy, enriching lives, and serving others.  Prior to his tenure at Chicken Salad Chick, Scott was a Wendy’s franchisee for six years, owning and operating 24 restaurants throughout Atlanta, Georgia. Before purchasing the Wendy’s business, Scott held various positions over a 13 year period in the banking industry, including roles in restaurant financing and advisory.

Max Oligario is the Global Commercial Banking Market Executive for Georgia and has been with Bank of America since 2015.  The Georgia Global Commercial Banking team works with Middle Market corporations to deliver a wide range of custom solutions including credit, treasury, risk management, financial life benefits and investment banking services.  Prior to his role as Georgia Market Executive, Max was the National Client Acquisition Executive for Global Commercial Banking where he oversaw national initiatives and strategy around client acquisition.  Max began his banking career in 1998 and has extensive experience in commercial lending, commercial real estate lending and retail banking.

Within Bank of America, Max has served as Chair of the Tampa Bay Black Professional Group which under his leadership was recognized for the first time in 2022 as a 5-Star Chapter.  He is also served as Co-Chair of the Tampa Bay Black Business Initiative, and due to this work, the entire team are 2022 recipients of the Bank of America Global Diversity & Inclusion Award. Max has been recognized as an APEX award winner, the highest honor for Global Commercial Banking and is a former member of the Global Commercial Banking Diversity & Inclusion Council.

Max has a B.S Degree in Finance with a Minor in Communications from Florida State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of South Florida.  He currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors for the Florida State University College of Business and is Past National Board Chairman of the Florida State University National Alumni Association Board of Directors as well as Past President of the Tampa Bay Seminole Club, a regional alumni club, which under his leadership was named Florida State University National Seminole Club of the Year in 2015.  For his service to his alma mater, Max was inducted into the Florida State Alumni Association’s Circle of Gold as well as a 2015 recipient of the Florida State Alumni Association’s Unconquered Spirit Society Award, a distinction given to the Alumni Association’s top volunteers.

Max is a 2002 graduate of The Tampa Connection and Leadership Florida Cornerstone Class 38 and previously served on the West Central regional leadership committee for Leadership Florida.  He is Chapter Founder and Past President of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the National Black MBA Association and formerly served on the board of trustees of Florida Tax Watch.

Max holds NASD Series 7 and Series 63 licenses.  Max and his family relocated to Atlanta, GA in 2023 and in his spare time he enjoys spending time with his wife Amy and two kids (Max and Gabrielle) as well as watching college football and the English Premier League.