For many SBE members, the local chapter provides access to affordable continuing education and a ready network of contacts and friends in the industry. The SBE recognizes chapters that meet those needs by rewarding them with an annual rebate of a portion of the SBE dues paid by its members. The chapters have to qualify for the rebate by holding at least five meetings during the calendar year and documenting those meetings to the national SBE office. Documentation includes a brief description of the meeting and a list of attendees.
In 2021, 54 chapters qualified for Quality Chapter status, and the SBE paid out a total of almost $28,000 to them. Chapters typically use the money to fund their own operations. Expenses can include website hosting fees, printing, postage, scholarship programs, and sometimes meals for chapter meetings or social events. The SBE instituted the rebate system many years ago to help chapters avoid the administrative burden of collecting local dues, instead, allowing them to concentrate on producing successful meetings and other chapter functions. Below is a list of chapters that attained Quality Chapter status during 2021 and received a cash rebate from the national SBE office in June of this year. Our congratulations to them and to their leadership!
Chapter
Chair
1 Binghamton
Gary Talkiewicz
2 Northeastern Pennsylvania
Al Kornak
3 Kansas
Richard Abraham
9 Phoenix
Eric Schecter
14 Connecticut Valley
Frederick Krampits
15 New York City
Conrad Trautmann
16 Seattle
Alexander Brewster
17 Minneapolis
Jon Blomstrand
21 Spokane
Jerry Olson
22 Central New York
Thomas McNicholl
24 Madison
Matthew Mommaerts
25 Indianapolis
Chuck Kelly
30 South Bend
Jakob Foglesong
33 Southwestern Ohio
James Stitt
37 District of Columbia
J. Eric Hoehn
38 El Paso
Jose Castro
39 Tampa Bay Area
Edwin Allen
40 San Francisco
Arthur Lebermann
43 Sacramento
Jack Davis
45 Charlotte
Brad Humphries
47 Los Angeles
Matthew Anderson
48 Denver
Amanda Hopp
51 Tri-Cities
John Mazza
52 Central Ohio
John Owen
53 South Florida
Carlos Sanchez
55 St. Louis
Terrence Dupuis
56 Tulsa
Donald Dobbs
57 Rochester
Gregory Carter
58 Northeast
Scott Mason
59 Kansas City
Stephen Hendrix
67 North Texas
William Ryan
68 Birmingham
Tim Costley
69 Alamo Area
Christopher Anderson
70 Northeast Ohio
Blake Thompson
72 New Orleans
Ernest Kain
74 Midland
Mark Voris
76 Eugene
Dennis Hunt
78 Blue Ridge
Robert Whitley
80 Fox Valley
Martin Jury
85 Central Western
Brian Ryel
91 Central Michigan
Richard Thomas II
93 Raleigh-Durham
Frederick Engel
96 Rockford
Ben Pflederer
102 Grand Rapids
Mark Wittkoski
103 Nashville
James Campbell, III
109 Des Moines
Gregg Richwine
111 Huntsville
Kevin Kidd
113 Knoxville
Robert Holden
115 Southern Idaho
Thomas Kettwig
122 Youngstown
Wesley Boyd
124 North Oregon
Everett Helm
131 Inland Empire
Robert Army, Jr.
141 Medford
David Katz
145 Magic Valley
Thomas Lowther
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