Business Support Council
Council Chair: Lou Nunn
Company Name: Bank of North Carolina
Phone: (336) 323-0700
Staff Liason: Jessica Jones

The focus of this council is planning and organizing seminars and workshops to provide the latest information on topics relevant to operating your business. Local consultants, attorneys, CPAs, and industry experts will address such issues as human resources, marketing, technology and finance.

Center City Council
Council Chair: Jeanie Duncan
Company Name: United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro
Phone: (336) 373-7523
Staff Liason: Jessica Jones

Organizing and promoting businesses in the downtown area, this council hosts forums to bring city government officials, preservationists, and downtown business people together for information sharing, support and programs pertinent to downtown development.

Crime Prevention & Public Safety
Council Chair: Darryl Kosciak
Company Name: Greensboro Parks & Recreation
Phone: (336) 297-5019
Staff Liason: Holly Smart

This council assists the police and sheriff's departments in the fight against shoplifting and other crimes in the business community. The council also sponsors Business Watch, a unique computerized information sharing program which helps protect businesses from crime. This council has a subcommittee called the Task Force Against Graffiti and Gangs. Its mission is to involve students, businesses, community and civic groups in a partnership effort toward educating the public to graffiti activity and its consequences, to develop and encourage a reporting system and to offer alternatives to gang involvement.

Marketing Expo Council
Council Chair: Holly Sparks
Company Name: MassMutual Financial Group of Greensboro
Phone: (336) 275-0881
Staff Liason: Michelle Bolick

This council is responsible for planning GMA's Annual Marketing Expo schedule for the fall of each year. GMA's Marketing Expo is the only marketing and marketing-related companies tradeshow in the triad.

Membership
Council Chair: Stephanie Ward
Company Name: Print Plus
Phone: (336) 706-0342
Staff Liason: Michelle Bolick

This council recruits new GMA members and supports and directs their development. Council members also assist in educating the community on the benefits of GMA membership and identifying ways to grow membership and services.

Training & Professional Development
Council Chair: Mike Murray
Company Name: Graphix impact
Phone: (336) 580-1566
Staff Liason: Michelle Bolick

Responsible for GMA's popular Workplace Workshops, this council finds expert speakers to motivate, educate and develop your employees. The best available materials regarding customer service, sales, time management, marketing, and other relative topics are researched by council members.



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