Executive Management

Board of Directors
Sally Industries' board of directors is composed of leading businessmen from the region. In addition to Chairman Wood, the board also consists of  William Coleman, Vice President of Finance, and four independent directors: retired Sally President, Howard Kelley, president of Aspergantis LLC, Ronald Foster, president of The Stellar Group; Clarence Houston, attorney; and Robert Masterson, chairman of Ripley's Entertainment, Inc.

William Coleman
Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer
"Bill" Coleman began his career at Sally Industries as controller and was quickly promoted to vice president of finance. He is responsible for the day to day financial operations of the company in addition to corporate long-term planning.

Coleman came to the company following a long stint as vice-president and controller for Dicky Smith & Company, a regional general contractor.

His experience includes a number of years in public accounting as well as commercial financial operations.

Coleman is a CPA and a graduate of the University of Georgia.

Todd Gillrup
Vice President, Operations
As a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Todd Gillrup brought his academic training in industrial design technology directly to the Sally production department. While at the Institute he focused on special effects technologies. He began his career as a staff artist.

Over the past twelve years, Gillrup worked his way through the supervisory and management levels of production operations.

Today, he manages the company's production and fabrication operations.

Drew Hunter
Vice President, Design
With an award-winning background in art, theater, and music, Hunter leads Sally’s full-service design department in the creation of characters and story. He oversees a team of designers, sculptors, scenic and finish artists.

Hunter is a fine arts graduate of Centenary College of Louisiana with post-graduate studies in Rome. He has worked as a show designer, muralist, scenic artist, illustrator, fine arts painter, playwright, and actor. His experience includes: designer for Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museums, wax museum creative director, president of Vorta, Inc. and even television’s Bozo the Clown. Hunter is a founding member and director of the International Association of Haunted Attractions.

Hunter came to Sally as a specialist designer in haunted attractions and was promoted in 2001 to department director.

Donna Gentry
Vice President, Project Management
A summa cum laude graduate of La Grange College in Georgia, Donna Gentry came to Sally 19 years ago as a member of the art department. Since then she has held a succession of supervisory positions with the company. As internal project manager, she has been responsible for coordinating many dark ride and animatronic projects.

Gentry works directly with subcontractors, architects and engineers, also handling internal production coordination.

A member of the Project Management Institute, Gentry  is currently completing her studies for her Masters of Business Administration degree at the University of North Florida.

Ray Dominey
Vice President, Technical Services
Ray Dominey's 21 years in the U.S. Navy Submarine Force provided him with extensive knowledge of digital electronics. He began his Sally career in the Electronics department in 1994 and worked his way through supervisory positions to technical director. He has played a major role in the design and production of our interactive laser and digital control systems.

Dominey provides technical information to our clients, advises design and production personnel on technical and safety issues.  He manages subcontractors, outside engineers and manufacturers to coordinate the production of ride systems to meet client specifications and rigid safety requirements. 

He is a member of ASTM Committee F24 on Amusement Rides and Devices.

Jan Sherman
Assistant Vice President, Creative Services
Jan Sherman has played a major role in show design and creative production over for more than 26 years. Her award-winning work for Sally can be seen in dark ride and theater productions in the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, Belgium, Spain, and Indonesia as well as throughout North and South America.

Sherman provides script writing, sound track production and project supervision for many of Sally's projects. Her extensive entertainment background includes radio, theater and television experience in both the United States and the U.K. as an actress, writer and director-producer.

In addition to her show production roles, Sherman also oversees Sally's advertising, public and media relations, marketing materials and video production.