Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc.

Curt earned his Bachelors in Marketing at Georgia State University from 1986-1989.

Curt served as President of Prestige Painting & Wallcovering, Inc. from 1989 –1997. Then, he merged his company with Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. in 1997.

Curt has been a part of the Benise-Dowling team for 19+ years. He provides direction for all business development staff and project managers in seven specific market segments.

He is a career minded business owner who spends most of his free time with his loving wife and family. He lives life with an attitude that if you work hard you can afford and deserve to be able to play hard. Curt feels like each step in life is like a new chapter in a book and he is very fortunate to be the main character in a really great book.

In Curt’s free time, he enjoys landscaping, writing and recording music, putting on firework shows, and most of all his two granddaughters and huge loving family.

Tony began working summers in the warehouse for Benise-Dowling in his teen years. Later he worked as a painter in the field, and at the age of 22, he started working as a project manager.  Now, he is the president of the company and manages it with a philosophy that his father had: “Integrity is everything!” and expects the same from all employees. Tony has worked for many of the same customers for over 20 years and makes sure the service and quality of Benise Dowling always meets their expectations.

Being the father of two boys and a husband for over 20 years, he believes in the importance of family values and supporting organizations like the Boy Scouts and United Way. What you see is what you get with Tony. He’s committed to success for the customers, suppliers, employees, and his deep rooted family values ensures that he works hard every day at that goal.

Jason will earn his Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Kennesaw State University in December of 2021.

His experience in construction began as office support, and eventually estimator, for a metal ceiling manufacturer. He believes in integrating the takeoff and estimating process with technological aids to increase efficiency and reduce error.

In his free time, Jason likes to relax with his friends and build potato guns. He is on a quest to discover the most energetic propellant for launching spuds.

Luke started with Benise Dowling performing the clerical duties for the Oxford Powder Coating Division.  Before that he worked for one of our metal stamping customers with a Shipping and Customer Service background.  He now works as our Estimator and Quality Manager for the Powder Coating Division.  He enjoys learning more about the manufacturing world and using what he learns to help others.

Luke spends his free time with his wonderful wife Kelly and their beautiful daughters, Cora and Amelia.  He and his wife Kelly have a do it yourself attitude so they keep themselves quite busy around the house working on upgrades, improvements, and spending time with the children as a family.

Jim has been a Senior Project Manager here at Benise-Dowling for the last 18 years and before that, brings over seven years of Facility Maintenance Management experience at Johnson Controls, Inc. and Siemens Energy & Automation.

Jim earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tennessee in 1991 and his Master of Business Administration at Christian Brothers University in 1994.

His free time is shared with his wife Beth, and together watching their three sons participate in various sporting events at the high school and collegiate level, and occasionally finding some time to travel.

Joshua earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in May of 2018. During his time at college, he played collegiate baseball for the ABAC Stallions.

Josh’s experience with operations management began in high school and continued throughout his summers in college as he worked and eventually managed a large watermelon farm in South Georgia.

In his free time, Josh enjoys being in the outdoors hunting, golfing, and fishing. He and his wife, Kerstin are expecting their first child.

Megan Smith started working for Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. helping accounting and then moved over to Office Manager for our Powder Coating Department.  She now works as the sole Accounts Receivables Liaison for the Liquid Department and also as a Project Engineer.  She has a passion for customer service, believing that keeping the customer first allows us to foster stronger relationships and perform at a high level for our customers.

She spends her free time with her amazing children, Tyler and Briella, and husband, Chuck.  She has a strong sense of family and is lucky to consider those at work part of her extended family.  She loves anything her children and is always open to new adventures.

Tanya has served Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. for 12+ years. She began as a New Construction as a sales representative. After the first year, her responsibilities grew to sales, and program management of special projects.  Tanya has been a Senior Project Manager for 10+ years. Her role is to manage sales, estimating – physical takeoffs and blueprints, value engineering, job starts, project planning and execution, product recommendations, and specifications, cost control and management, billings, and collections.

On a personal note:

Tanya states that God has blessed her with her husband Curt Dowling and two amazing children, Johnathan and Kerstin with a bonus of her daughter-in-law Bailey. She continues that she is also blessed with two beautiful granddaughters, Tinley and Skylar. She has a huge family that she loves to spend time with as much as possible. They enjoy vacationing together, every holiday and any other excuse they can find to throw a party!

Will is a Georgia native who received his Bachelor’s Degree from Mercer University. He has been accepted into the MBA program there and intends on completing that program in the near future.

He has a strong background in project management. He has spent the last 10 years managing projects in both the residential and commercial markets. His attention to detail and organizational skills are what allows him to successfully manage multiple projects at one time. He understands the importance of communication and team work. He also believes in always being upfront and honest. He takes great pride in each of his projects and wants to provide the best quality product to all of our clients.  Will always has a smile on his face, a positive attitude, and tries to pass that on to everyone he’s around.

In his free time, Will enjoys spending time with his wife Harmony and family. He loves to be outdoors doing physical activities. Will and Harmony love to travel and their favorite hobby is eating as they are big foodies.

Louie earned his Bachelor of Business Administration with a Finance major from Texas State University in 1990.

Louie has over 18 years experience with PPG through acquisition and 28 years overall in the Paint Industry where he has held Senior Leadership roles in Sales, Operations and Marketing throughout his tenure.

The foundation for his proven track record is the philosophy that successful leaders respect and appreciate their employees; collaborate with their customers; and focus every action with high ethical standards.

In his free time, Louie enjoys being in the outdoors hunting, golfing, biking, exercising, water sports, etc. He has been happily married for over twenty years to Jennifer and has two daughters Taylor and Morgan.

Chuck graduated from Troy State University May, 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and accounting.

After graduation he began a 22 year career in public accounting which included financial audits, reviews and compilations, tax compliance, accounting systems design, computerized accounting system installation and support. His career touched on many industries such as health care, oil & gas distribution, retail sales, software development, manufacturing and a heavy emphasis in construction.

In 2007, Chuck left public accounting for an opportunity to work for Benise-Dowling & Associates, Inc. as the company’s CFO. During this time he has managed the accounting department and oversaw the implementation of new accounting systems specialized for the construction and manufacturing divisions.

Kim Young is the payroll and human resources administrator at Benise-Dowling with over 15 years of accounting experience and 8 years employee benefits experience.

Attended Clark Atlanta University and Georgia Perimeter College major in Accounting.

1991 Graduate from National Centers for Paralegal Training with an ABA approved Certificate as a Certified Paralegal.

Co-Treasurer for Release to Reunion non-profit organization since 2012. Kim enjoys traveling and spending time with family.

Aaron has been a painter for 38 years. He started in New York in the Union and worked his way down until he came to Benise-Dowling in 1997. Aaron is now in his 21 year and has always enjoyed the opportunities this company offers to its employees if they are dedicated and work hard. Aaron appreciates his current position as Field Superintendent where he primarily focuses on the Aviation segment.

When Aaron is not working, he enjoys spending time with my family, watching movies and supporting their favorite sports teams.

Owned a small painting company in New York out of high school and continued through college.  Moved to Atlanta and started with Benise- Dowling over ten years ago working for Home Depot division estimating, scheduling, and running paint crews.  Since then, James has been involved in estimating, supervising crews and running work on projects ranging from small commercial build outs to national roll outs.

James Cregan is married and has two kids that take up most of his free time.  The rest of his free time is spent working around the house and spending time with family and friends.

Tim has been in the painting industry since 1983 where he owned his own business for 11 years and involved in the commercial realm for 27 more. During this time, he has managed projects for over 35 years and is in his current role of Senior Superintendent for 4 years.

He started in an apprenticeship program with the union at Heartline and Thomas and has a long history with Benise-Dowling in the late 80’s with Mike and Paul(original owners). Tim’s philosophy on succeeding at a job is to learn as much as possible from your elders in the field and increase your knowledge through training whenever possible.

Tim is a certified Minwax stainmaster, and is proficient in applying dryvit coatings, STO products, elastomeric coatings, automotive finishes, Lumar alcohol stain, intumescent coating, electrostatic painting, lacquer, epoxy, urethane, polyurea, and fluoropolymer coatings.

The three most important things in his life are God, Family, and Job and he is completely devoted to each. Tim’s philosophy on life is to treat people the way you would want to be treated. This statement resonates deeply in Tim.

Tim is at home at Benise-Dowling and he considers everyone part of the family. This mindset and his passion to continue to grow shows that he will always fly The Benise-Dowling flag!