TERI GALVEZ (District of Columbia) – Teri Galvez is President of Paradigm Event Management, a marketing, special events, and conference planning company which she launched in 1996. Among her clients are Fortune 500 Companies, Non-profits, and National Associations. Teri serves on the Advisory Board of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, is Vice Chair of the District of Columbia Republican Party and served as a delegate to the 2004 Republican Convention. In 2008 she was a member of the Romney for President National Hispanic Steering Committee and was a “Women for Mitt Romney” Vice Chair. Teri is no stranger to the Miss America Organization. In 1983 she held the title of Miss Stanislaus County and competed in the Miss California Pageant. As a beneficiary of the Miss America Scholarship Program she felt it important to volunteer and help other young women prepare for great careers and reach their goals. To that end, Teri now serves as Executive Director of the Miss District of Columbia Scholarship Organization.

SANDY NICKLAS (Illinois) – Sandy made the shift from contestant in the 1960’s to pageant supporter in 1997, serving as Business Manager to Kate Shindle, Miss America 1998, when Kate was Miss Illinois. She is an accredited Miss America judge and has judged numerous local and state preliminaries coast-to-coast, as well as national and state dance and cheerleading competitions. Additionally, she has judged the National Sweetheart Pageant. Sandy earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art Education and Masters Degree in Special Education prior to beginning her 40-year career with United Airlines. During those 40 years she has been a Flight Attendant, Supervisor, Trainer, and Headquarters Project Manager. As Supervisor of Appearance at United Airlines Flight Attendant Training Center in Chicago, Sandy oversaw all grooming and poise requirements for thousands of trainees. Sandy has also served as a company consultant on cultural diversity as well as international and domestic etiquette and protocol.

ASHLEY BYRD (South Carolina) – Ashley Byrd, a native of the Palmetto State, is Executive Director of the Miss Hartsville Pageant. A member of the Miss South Carolina family for 15 years, Ashley has previously served as a Field Director in addition to serving as a local pageant board member. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of South Carolina and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Francis Marion University. Having been an Adjunct Professor of Business at Coker College, Ashley is currently an Account Executive with Sonoco Products at their global headquarters in Hartsville, SC, and is a former President of the Darlington County Mental Health Association. In July, his local titleholder, Kelly Sloan, was crowned Miss South Carolina 2009, a perfect culmination to the Miss Hartsville Pageant’s 70th Anniversary Celebration. Ashley is on the Miss America accredited judges list and has judged numerous local preliminaries in three southeastern states.

HUNTER DANIEL (Texas) – Hunter Daniel has been involved with the Miss America Organization for the past eight years. He is currently the Executive Director of the Miss Dallas Scholarship Organization and Co-Director of the Miss Grapevine Scholarship Organization. An accredited Miss America judge, Hunter has judged on both the state and local level including serving on the local panels that crowned Miss Texas 2008 Rebecca Robinson and Miss Arkansas’s Outstanding Teen 2008 Sloane Roberts. On the state level, Hunter judged the 2008 Miss Oklahoma’s Outstanding Teen Pageant. As a print model, he is recognized for his national ads for Abercrombie & Fitch, Armani, and Redkin. You might even recognize him as a top-five finalist on the national male model reality TV show, Manhunt. Hunter is currently employed with Radisson Hotels at their Dallas/Uptown location as a marketing and sales specialist.

BRYANT REID (Georgia) – Though originally from Cincinnati, OH, Bryant Reid now calls Atlanta home. He is President & CEO of B Street Entertainment, a multifaceted company that handles music, television, film, artist and producer management as well as music and television consulting. Bryant is also the creator and executive producer of one of the top rated programs B Street Live, a weekly half-hour music series that reached over 9 millions homes on the former regional network Turner South. Bryant is the former head of Artists & Repertoire at LaFace Records and former VP of A&R at Atlantic Records. He assembled the writers and producers to work on mega-star Toni Braxton’s multi-platinum selling debut album as well as mega-selling group TLC. He also discovered the Grammy Award winning and multi-platinum superstar Usher and hit producer Jermaine Dupri.