My name is Steve Densham, and I am your VTSBDC Area Advisor for Chittenden and Franklin Counties. A little info about me: I have two degrees from the University of Denver; a BSBA in Hotel & Restaurant Management and an MA in Economics. I served two tours in Vietnam as a Marine Corps Infantry Officer.

I have owned and operated a successful wholesale meat & seafood business; 10 successful restaurant operations across several cuisines and levels of service (and one less than successful frozen yogurt venture!!); travel agency; fulfillment business; operational restaurant consultant and Adjunct Faculty member at Johnson State College, Champlain College and New England Culinary Institute teaching Strategic Planning & Mgt, Creativity and Innovation (entrepreneurship), Critical Issues in Leadership, Basic Hotel and Restaurant Accounting, Hotel Supervision and Management, Corporate Finance and Purchasing, Accounting and Finance and Introduction to Public Speaking both in the classroom and online.

I am a partner in a 3 star hotel in Oakland, Ca. and active real estate investor. In my career as an independent consultant, I have assisted several new start-ups, fixed many "broken" operations and have shown many successful operators how to "jump the curve" to accelerate growth and develop manageable exit strategies. I live in Richmond, VT and have three grown children.