About Jonea Gene Boysen

Jonea Gene Sugishita is a mid-west native, born in corn-filled Nebraska, in a town with a population of approximately 200 people. From Nebraska, her family moved to Colorado, which is where she spent a majority of her childhood years – and where she competed as a 3-sport athlete in basketball, tennis & softball. During this time, Jonea received the CHSAA (Colorado High School Activities Association) & State Farm Insurance Company Active Scholar Award; the Presidents Award for Educational Excellence; The Denver Post & CBS News 4 Denver Academic & Activities Achievement Award; and was recognized as an USAA (United States Achievement Academy) All-American Scholar.

Sugishita then moved to California to attend college, receiving an International MBA in Marketing and Finance with honors and a B.S. in Business Administration with a double emphasis in Marketing and Management and a minor in Psychology, magna cum laude from California Lutheran University; and an International Marketing Global Business Program degree from FH-Joanneum in Graz, Austria (where Arnold Schwarzenegger is from), with high honors. Jonea also competed on the track & field team at her university, placing her in the university’s Top 10 all-time records for the hammer and javelin.

Sugishita has worked with multiple Fortune 500 companies in the Los Angeles area and while on the east coast has had the opportunity to work with real estate mogul, Ron LeGrand. Sugishita has been selected to be a part of multiple Who’s Who groups, including: Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders & Who’s Who Among American Women.

Sugishita holds the highest industry designations from the American Marketing Association and Business Marketing Association-the Professional Certified Marketer and Certified Business Communicator credentials respectively.

Sugishita serves as a board member at the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Small Business Committee at the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.

Sugishita's work has been published in the following Myrtle Beach area local publications: The Weekly Surge, Coastal Business Life, The Breeze, The Horry Independent & Coastal Sport & Recreation Magazine.

Jonea Gene is married to Thomas Flyer Sugishita, who is the company's other owner.