Management & Business Technologies Faculty
Full Time Instructors
Sarah Bumgarner
Professor, Management & Business Technologies; Coordinator, Entrepreneurship
205 Little Hall
(910) 695-3751
bumgarners@sandhills.edu
Sarah Bumgarner received a MBA from Appalachian State University (84) and a BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Asheville (82). She has been teaching Economics, Finance and Management Courses for over 20 years. Although students and teaching have always been her primary focus, Sarah has maintained an active consulting practice in teacher training, retention strategies, and small business consulting. Prior to joining the »Ê¹Ú×¢²á faculty in 2008, Sarah has been a full time instructor at ASU, Hood College, and 13 years at UNCA. While at UNCA she received the Distinguished Teaching Award (99), Student Affairs Faculty Appreciation Award (Ëœ97), and was recognized nationally for her student advocacy and development of the university First-Year Experience program (01) by the National Resource Center for First-Year Students.
Victoria Collins
Professor, Management & Business Technologies
204 Little Hall
(910) 246-4118
collinsv@sandhills.edu
Victoria graduated from North Carolina State University in 1988 with a double major in Business Management and Economics and she is currently pursuing an MBA through UNC-Pembroke. She graduated from Georgia State College of Law in 1991 and has been an actively licensed member of the Georgia Bar since. She joined the District of Columbia Bar in 1992 and the Louisiana State Bar in 1994. Over the years of her legal career, she has prosecuted in Fulton County, Georgias Solicitors Office; served as a staff attorney for the Christian Legal Society, a non-profit legal advocacy group; worked as a litigation consultant for Patterson Insurance Company; and worked privately as a Wills and Trust Attorney. Her most crowning achievement, though, has been moving around with her Air Force husband and raising three children. January 2016, she joined the Management and Business Technologies Department as a full-time faculty and law professor.
Felita Livingston
Professor, Management & Business Technologies
203 Little Hall
(910) 695-3755
livingstonf@sandhills.edu
Felita Livingston received a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration degree with a concentration in Human Resources from Strayer University in 2006. She also received a Masters of Public Administration (2009) and Master of Education Management (2011) from Strayer University. She is currently pursing her Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership at Grand Canyon University. She has been teaching Leadership and Management, Business Math, and Human Resources courses for over ten years. January 2017, she joined the Management and Business Technologies Department as a full-time instructor. She teaches courses in Office Technology, Medical Office, and Human Resources.
Felita has over 10 years of financial banking experience with Wells Fargo (formally Wachovia Bank) in Charlotte, NC. She has held various positions in the areas of Human Resources, Payroll, Risk Management, Account Services, and Corporate Communications. She also held positions in Human Resources Administration, and has taught Career Technical Education courses at Charlotte Mecklenburg »Ê¹Ú×¢²ás.
Kirk Lynch, Ed.D.
Professor, Management &Business Technologies; Program Coordinator, Accounting
207 Little Hall
(910) 695-3866
lynchk@sandhills.edu
Kirk Lynch received a Bachelors of Science degree in Economics from Colorado State University in 1982. At that time, he went into the corporate world with America