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Meaghan Chitwood, Executive Director
866 291-9496
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Meaghan Williams became the youngest Executive Director of BNI in the nation in 2004. As a director of BNI in northern Alabama, she teaches small business owners and sales professionals how to network to increase revenue. She believes, “Networking is just another way to market your business or yourself to reach your professional goals.”
Meaghan completed her degree in civil engineering from Auburn University, coaching training from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and networking training from BNI and the Referral Institute.
As a civil engineer by trade and an entrepreneur at heart, Meaghan can show you just how simple referral based marketing can be if you just understand all the pieces. |
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Fran Aldridge, Assistant Director
205 870-8848
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Philip Bifulco, Assistant Director Madison County
256 882-6265
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Sherman Rockwell, Assistant Director
407 405-2302
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Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Sherman earned his Bachelor’s degree from Samford University. His continuing education included post-graduate studies at the University of Memphis, Georgia State University, Notre Dame and the Culinary Institute of America. He worked several years in theatre, on-stage and back-stage, and like most starving artists worked in restaurants between jobs. Falling in love with the food industry, Sherman worked a few years in small restaurants working my way to the General Manager position of one of the most prominent restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia.
He was recruited by Olive Garden Restaurants in the company’s early years and opened restaurants in several different states. Sherman worked on the team that opened 52 restaurants per year for three years. As the company grew, he became responsible for regional operations in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida. His favorite position involved negotiating marketing agreements and sponsorships of food festivals and sporting events. Some of these venues included: Key Biscayne International Tennis Tournament, Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Festival, World Cup Soccer - Orlando, Olympic Games - Atlanta, and Taste of Chicago.
After being recruited from Olive Garden by two different food manufacturers, he wanted to try something totally out-of-the-box, so he got my Florida Real Estate license and went to work in sales in the time-share industry. He had the opportunity to work and learn under some of the best sales trainers in the business.
He made the decision to return to Birmingham for family reasons approximately a year ago. He took a position with a local catering company and spoke with Donna Cates about catering lunches to Merrill Lynch. Donna invited him to visit with a "little group" she met with each week to see if it was something he'd want to get involved in. He visited what was the beginning of Birmingham's Best BNI Chapter and was duely impressed. By the time he approached the owner of the catering company about joining, another caterer made application and took "HIS" seat - which led him to the Magic City chapter where I served as VP. Using some of those sales techniques he had learned combined with proven BNI methods, Magic City's membership has grown at the highest rate within the region - currently over 47% net growth sin the past 5 months.
Sherman joined the BNI of North Alabama team to help chapters grow their chapter membership by closing more visitors and is creating events for chapters to increase their chapter size by 50% or more in one shot.
My favorite "thing" is domestic and international travel and have visited locations including Greece, Holland, Egypt, Hawaii, Germany, the Caribbean, Canada, Mexico and others.
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Jeff Wilson, Assistant Director Jefferson County
Shelby County
205 547-6214
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Jerry Williamson, Area Director Jefferson County
Lauderdale County
Madison County
Morgan County
Talledega County
Tuscaloosa County
866 291-9496
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Jerry Williamson always has an interesting anecdote to explain why BNI processes are the way they are. Jerry teaches his members the smartest way to use your membership to make more money in the least amount of time. Jerry's biggest accomplishment is being named Ambassador of the Year with the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce. He was able to help the Best Business chapter of Huntsville increase their membership by 130% using the visitor day process. He has the highest approval rating by his chapters in the area. Seven out of his eleven previous chapters have had a positive net growth over the past 14 months. He is working with BNI to help people get results.
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George Barnett, Ambassador
205 856-1720
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Donna Cates, Ambassador
205 298-7446
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Jaymie Testman, Ambassador
256 361-4236
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Joe Thomas, Ambassador
205 444-5588
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Brian Tunnell, Ambassador
205 352-4440
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Mary Wimbs, Ambassador
256 551-2744
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