Johnnie Garmon

JOHNNIE GARMON is founder and managing partner of The Perissos Group, a mission-driven consulting and investment firm that invests in and coaches purpose-driven businesses. With more than twenty years of experience in startup, growth, and leadershp development, Garmon's first entrepreneurial success included Providence Management Group, a consortium of mission-focused companies and non-profits built on the belief that exceptional cultures create exceptional results. Through his business and leadership ventures, he has maintained that when people come first, profits come as a result. When he's not inspiring growth within his clients and partners, he enjoys teaching entrepreneurship and organizational leadership courses at Columbia International University (CIU). His educational background includes an MBA from Webster University and a BS in organizational development from University of Mount Olive. Garmon lives, works, and writes from Seabrook Island, South Carolina.