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Julie Thomas-DocsInk

Julie Thomas is an expert in the healthcare industry with 23 years experience in the areas of practice management, revenue cycle analysis, medical billing, workflow efficiencies, chart auditing, EHR implementation, and Meaningful Use compliance. Her broad knowledge draws a demand for her to speak at Medical Society, MGMA, and other various conferences, as well as requests to consult for many hospitals and practices around the country. Driven by a passion to help providers maximize revenue, improve clinical communication, and reduce per capita costs, Julie co-founded DocsInk to address the contributing gaps in the industry.

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Jason Wheeler

Jason is a wealth consultant and founding partner of Pathfinder Wealth Consulting. He has been in the financial services industry since 1999.

He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional. He also earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary^® professional designation, awarded by the Center for Fiduciary Studies, which is associated with the University of Pittsburgh. He has received the center’s formal training in investment fiduciary responsibility, and he was the first AIF^® designee in the Greater Wilmington area.

Jason was born in Dayton, Ohio, and moved to Eastern North Carolina when he was seven years old. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 1999 with a BS in finance. He went on to graduate as Outstanding MBA student in 2003 from UNCW. In 2004, he received the Young Alumnus of the Year Award from his alma mater and is past chairman of the Board of Directors for its Alumni Association.

Jason teaches Corporate Finance in the Cameron School of Business at UNCW. He is a member of the Financial Planning Association, the Financial Services Institute, the Center for Fiduciary Studies, and the Coastal Conservation Association. He is also a member of Pine Valley Country Club.

Jason resides in Wilmington with his wife, Ashley; daughter, Merritt; and their two rescue dogs, Vader and Maya. He is passionate about surfing and loves to travel to new surf spots around the world. When there are no waves, he spends his time outdoors playing golf and competitive beach volleyball and boating with his family.

Megan Kopka

Megan serves as business development officer for the team’s wealth management services business. Megan was an educator before joining the industry in 2007 to help families with their financial planning and investment needs. Prior to Pathfinder, she was a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch. Megan is responsible for new business development for the team. She introduces prospective clients to the team, making sure their comprehensive wealth management needs are aligned with the firm’s expertise.

Originally, a native Clevelander, both college and the weather brought Megan to North Carolina, where she graduated from ECU with a BS in economics. Megan is an active participant in the community; she is a member of EWGA, Toastmasters, and the Cape Fear Elder Abuse Prevention Network.

Megan is married to Chef Keith Kopka, a Culinary Institute of America graduate. A chef is a great asset to a family that loves dining! Keith, Megan, and their two children, Bruce and Jaden, enjoy fine cuisine in their home. Megan and Keith happily claim their seats in the crowd as spectators at girls travel soccer for Jaden’s and for Bruce’s numerous positions for Ashley High School football, varsity wrestling, and pole vaulting for the Ashley track team coached by his dad, Keith. The entire water-loving family enjoys their down time at the area beaches and love living near the ocean.

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Scott Kanyok

Founded in 2012, UB Real, LLC is the brainchild of Scott Kanyok, a self-described “regular guy” turned avid outdoorsman and entrepreneur.

With his 40th birthday on the horizon, our founder was determined to get into the best shape of his life.  This former financial advisor was working to restore his health after being sidelined with a chronic upper thoracic injury for the better part of six years. Through countless hours of physical therapy and rehabilitation, Scott worked himself into good enough shape to participate in long-distance bike rides. Little did he know that this activity that he loved so much would change his life forever.

On January 29, 2008, while partaking in a 40-mile bike ride, Scott was struck by a box truck. Thrown violently from his bike, Scott suffered a fractured skull with a subdural hematoma and multiple other compound fractures. While Scott was in the intensive care unit, his family was told that he might not make it. Several surgeries later, with his body held together with titanium plates and screws, Scott was in for the fight of his life.

With a severely compromised body and immune system, Scott knew he had to make serious changes on his road to recovery. He applied a relentless work ethic in all that he did, including extensive physical therapy, developing proper diet, supplementation and hygiene practices. Still, no matter how hard he tried, his weakened immune system caused him to develop constant upper respiratory infections for up to one month at a time.

Scott took an out-of-the-box approach to cleaning up his diet. He started experimenting with antioxidant-rich superfoods such as organic freeze dried acai, then maqui berry, camu camu and acerola cherry. Despite the improved diet, he still couldn’t shake his constant sickness – but he would not be deterred.

Needing to find a permanent solution to his ailments, Scott sought the help of a formulation expert and now friend, Jason Mitchell. Then the head of Research & Development at Country Life Vitamins, Jason was able to help connect several missing links in the formulation. After four years of exhaustive research, trial and error, Scott and Jason developed a synergistic nutritional formula that combines superfoods, protein, organic vitamins, fulvic minerals, prebiotics and probiotics. Incorporating this meal replacement shake into his daily routine, Scott finally emerged from sickness – and he hasn’t looked back since.

That formula became the idea behind UB Super – a protein superfood nutritional shake made from the highest quality real ingredients found in nature. Scott is living proof that superior nutrition can have a profound effect on your health, and he is the embodiment of the old adage “you are what you eat”. Today, Scott’s focus is creating superior nutrition and hygiene solutions for real life.

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