If you recognize these faces that's because they are a few of your Chamber Ambassadors-Ambassadors of Distinction.
These Ambassadors have worked very hard engaging with the members they serve, being at ribbon cuttings and events, as well as assisting The Chamber in encouraging their members to gain the maximum advantage from their membership.
On behalf of The Chamber, a corps of 40 volunteer Ambassadors is actively engaged throughout the year with member visitations, working and supporting our events & ribbon cuttings and other volunteer duties. They are the lifeblood of your Chamber and give countless hours of volunteer service on behalf of their respective businesses. Next time you see one, be sure to thank them for all they do and the service their businesses allow them to perform for us all.
Thank you! We appreciate your service to The Chamber, its members and our community!
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Lyn Brown |
Bill Buchanan |
Erin Gall |
Trudy Lynn |
Sherlon Page |
Sara Perdue |
Terri Sharpe |
Freda Wright |
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Lyn Brown is a Rocky Mount native and resident, graduate of Peace College, mother of two sons and grandmother of two beautiful girls. She has worked the past four years in operations management at Providence Bank. Lyn began her career with the State of North Carolina, retiring with exceptional service and awarded the "Order of the Longleaf Pine" for her dedication.
Lyn retired from the State but not from work. She leads a very active community life and is an active and passionate Ambassador. She was determined to further her education and in 1997 graduated from Nash Community College with an applied science degree in Microcomputer Systems, in 1998 with an associate arts degree, and then earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from NC State University in 2004 - all while holding a full time job as a local bank manager, a committee leader of her church, a mother and a wife. Recent volunteer work includes: Nash Community College Foundation Board, Rocky Mount Business Builders, Women's Professional Networking Group, Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Committee serving as Vice Chair of Membership and leading the Ambassador Corps efforts, and is a sustaining member of the Rocky Mount Junior Guild. Lyn was the 2011 recipient of The Chamber's Woody Brown Award, recognized for outstanding service to the Rocky Mount community.
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Bill Buchanan is a CPA with more than 35 years of experience creating sophisticated solutions to everyday financial challenges for a multitude of small businesses and high wealth individuals.
Bill has served client needs through his early association with one of the largest international CPA firms to owning and operating two CPA firms in eastern North Carolina that have comprised a total of 25 years. The basis for his services now in business valuations, most tax related matters and fractional CFO services was developed throughout his years of serving individuals and the businesses they operate through his public accounting firms. Additionally, he has been responsible for budgeting, corporate taxes and special financial projects for one of the banks that is currently a component of RBC Bank and has been the Chief Financial Officer for a multi-discipline agriculture production and processing operation.
Outside of the financial services arena, Bill was an elected official for eight years and Chairman of the local Board of Health for eighteen years in the community in which he resides.
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Erin Gall is a native of Virginia, but has lived in Rocky Mount for the past 11 years. She came to Rocky Mount to attend NC Wesleyan, where she graduated with a degree in History. While at Wesleyan she met her husband, John. After graduating, she worked as an Admissions Counselor for the college for a couple of years. Enjoying the personal contact with individuals, but missing her family during time away traveling, she joined the Allegra team in January of 2008 as a Sales Representative. Almost immediately, she began volunteering with The Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce as an Ambassador and currently as an Ambassador Team Leader. Erin is an active member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, where she serves as a 6th grade Sunday School teacher. However, her most important job is being a mother to her daughter, Cadi, who will be starting the second grade next year.
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Trudy Lynn is a real go-getter and serves as an Ambassador Team Leader, working with six additional Ambassadors and encouraging her team's efforts working with their Chamber members. Trudy was the Edgecombe Community College Small Business Director for 11 years until her promotion in recent years to the Director of Special Programs in the Continuing Education Division at the College. Trudy excels at her role with The Chamber giving countless hours of volunteer time and support to Chamnber members and was the 2010 Ambassador of the Year recipient.
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Sherlon Page is a Chamber Ambassador and Financial Advisor with Edward Jones Investments. Hailing from Spring Hope, NC, Sherlon is the daughter of Peggy Brown Page and the late Gerald Crayton Page, and is a member of Stanhope Baptist Church. Edward Jones Investment agents have been longstanding members of The Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce. Sherlon serves as an Ambassador Team Leader, responsible for leading the efforts of six volunteers in the Ambassador Corps.
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Sara Perdue is a Branch Office Administrator at Edward Jones Investments at 210 Bryant Street. For much of her career she worked as an office manager for a major cable TV company. She was raised in Lakeland, Florida, and is married to Rocky Mount native Gregg Perdue. Since coming on board as an Ambassador, Sara has enthusiastically embraced her role working dedicatedly with Chamber members each month and assisting at many Chamber member events.
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Terri Sharpe is a Rocky Mount native and 1985 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. She and husband Gary Sharpe have been married 22 years and have one son, David, who is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill. Terri is a partner with Bunch & Company LLP and has been in public accounting since 1986. Terri currently serves as an Ambassador Team Leader, where she is responsible for guiding the efforts of six Ambassadors and their activities on behalf of Chamber members. She is a die-hard Tar Heel fan and enjoys watching sports, reading, going to the beach, dancing and buying shoes.
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Freda Wright is a native of Ohio. After several vacations here in North Carolina, she was lucky enough to relocate when offered a position in Rocky Mount as the Administrator for South Village, a Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She is a graduate of Capital City School of Nursing in Washinton D.C.; undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Bowling Green State University and a Masters in Business and Health Care Administration from the University of Findlay. She has been a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator for over 15 years and loves serving our seniors.
Freda encouraged her company to become a Chamber Member and shortly thereafter became an Ambassador volunteer. Freda says, "As Julia Farmer says..." "This is the best Chamber in North Carolina." "Through my membership and volunteer work in the Chamber, it has allowed me to make many friends." Freda has two wonderful sons, Ian who still lives in Ohio and Kane, who resides in Rocky Mount. "I love spending time with my family and friends, movies and books. This community has already offered me so much. I am looking forward to giving back."
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2011 List of Ambassadors and Employers:
| Kathy Akers . . . . . . . . . . |
Boone, Hill, Allen & Ricks (Honorary) |
| Julia Baker . . . . . . . . . . . |
CopyPro, Inc. |
| Reem Al-Khateeb . . . . . . |
BB&T Bank |
| Evelyn Arrington . . . . . . . |
First South Bank |
| Belinda Battle . . . . . . . . . |
Golden Corral |
| Kristen Bazemore . . . . . . |
First South Bank |
| Kristeena Beasley . . . . . . |
BB&T Bank |
| Amanda Bell . . . . . . . . . . |
Family Medical Center of Rocky Mount |
| Barry Bissette . . . . . . . . . |
Edward Jones Investments |
| Lyn Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Providence Bank |
| William (Bill) Buchanan . . |
William Buchanan CPA |
| Joshua M. Cain . . . . . . . . |
North Carolina Wesleyan College |
| Eddie Coats . . . . . . . . . . |
North Carolina Wesleyan College |
| Deloise Cox . . . . . . . . . . |
Honorary, Retired, Verizon/Virginia |
| Rose Cushing . . . . . . . . |
The Daily Southerner |
| Ruth Dickens . . . . . . . . |
Retired (Hospira) – (Honorary) |
| Marie Fisher . . . . . . . . . |
Century 21- (Honorary) |
| Erin Gall . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Allegra Print & Imaging |
| Debbie Hamiel . . . . . . . |
Spring Arbor of Rocky Mount |
| Tammy Hawkins . . . . . . |
YMCA and Co-Chair of Ambassadors |
| Dorothy High . . . . . . . . . |
Guardian Holdings |
| Marie Inscore . . . . . . . . . |
Retired (Edgecombe Community College)-(Honorary) |
| David Joyner . . . . . . . . . . |
United Hospice of Eastern Carolina |
| Suzan King . . . . . . . . . . . |
Keller Williams Realty |
| Brooks Knight . . . . . . . . . |
Kelly Services, Inc. |
| Regina Lane . . . . . . . . . . |
Prime Lending A Plains Capital Corporation |
| Trudy Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . |
Edgecombe Community College |
| Sharon Denise Macon . . . |
First Media Radio |
| James E. Mills . . . . . . . . |
Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial |
| Christopher Norman . . . . |
North Carolina Wesleyan College |
| Sherlon Page . . . . . . . . . |
Edward Jones Investments |
| Sara G. Perdue . . . . . . . . |
Edward Jones Investments |
| Linda Ross . . . . . . . . . . . |
Bailey’s Jewelry, Inc. |
| Ken Sawyer . . . . . . . . . . . |
Southern Bank |
| Terri Sharpe . . . . . . . . . . |
Bunch & Company, L.L.P. |
| Sandra Smith . . . . . . . . . |
WHIG-TV |
| Edith Strickland . . . . . . . |
Modern Products |
| Christina Sussmann . . . . |
West Corporation |
| Debbie Vance . . . . . . . . |
Nash Rocky Mount Schools |
| Vanessa Whitaker . . . . . |
Southern Bank |
| Rhonda Woltman . . . . . . |
Grace Covenant Church (Honorary) |
| Freda Wright . . . . . . . . . |
South Village |