Hello members of the Southeast Chapter, I hope everyone had a happy and healthy start to their new years. To our new members, welcome to the family. We have a great group of members in the Southeast chapter and we are excited to meet you and introduce you into our society. I am honored to be your Chair this year and I am looking forward to an amazing 2025! I know I have big shoes to fill replacing Ericka Bennett as chair and I will do my best to continue her improvements on our chapter. I would also like to extend a congratulations to our new board members, Erica Bell and Jessica Wright. They have hit the ground running and are already making big contributions to our chapter.
I would also like to take the time to give a big THANK YOU to our sponsors. The amount of support we have received over the past couple of months have made a gigantic impact on our chapter and put us on the path to success. If you haven’t had a chance to go onto our new(ish) website or our social media, please do. Sharae Gipson has been doing a great job bringing our chapter into the 21st century.
A big congratulations are in order for Cathy Anlin. Cathy was recognized during the National meeting in December for being an outstanding advocate for the SCC. She was Awarded a well deserved Merit Award. Cathy does a lot of behind the scenes work for the chapter, she is also responsible for the newsletter that you are currently reading and if you are new to the chapter she is a great person to introduce yourself to.
Over the past few years our chapter has been focusing on, as our former Chair Stephen Baldwin would say, “FUN” and through Ericka’s work reaching out to future members with scholarships. This year we look to continue those goals with new meeting types and outreach programs. Our first meeting of the year will be held at Top Golf in Chattanooga. This should be a fun way to start the year with a buffet dinner, presentation and finally networking / playing Top Golf. We have a fantastic speaker lined up for this event and we look forward to seeing everyone in Chattanooga!