January 2024
Message from the Chapters Team
Happy New Year! Welcome to our new and returning 2024 Chapter Officers – we look forward to a successful year with you all.
To start the New Year, please take a moment to update your NKBA Member Profile here, including your contact info and company information. This is your K+B calling card! And importantly, it’s time to submit your 2023 Annual Finance Report here and Chapter Initiative Grant here before January 31.
In addition to welcoming our 350 Chapter Officers, we are excited to announce our 2024 Chapter Leadership Committee (CLC). Our CLC serves as a vital link between you, our Chapter Officers, the full-time NKBA staff, and NKBA Board of Directors.
Our three returning members are Nichole Cooper (Southern California), Sandee Mann (British Columbia) and Julie Schuster (Manhattan), and we are excited to welcome two incoming members, Kimberly Kerl (Piedmont Blue Ridge Carolina) and Brianna Weiler (Mid-Atlantic). Special thanks again to our outgoing CLC members Ellen Lopez, CMKBD (Metro New York) and Nancy Young, CKBD (Alabama). If you would like to serve on a future CLC, please be on the lookout in September for NKBA’s call for CLC self-nominations. Applicants must be either a current Chapter Officer or have served a full term within the last two years.
NKBA wrapped up a fantastic 60th anniversary year last month at the SKS Skyline Showroom at LG’s Innovation Campus in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Our Metro New York and Northern New Jersey Chapters celebrated and enjoyed a celebrity mixologist and creative chef demonstration, followed by “Kitchen Trends” with NKBA’s Pamela McNally. The celebrations continue in two weeks, when we’ll toast NKBA’s 60th with the Baltimore/Washington Chapter.
There’s so much to look forward to this month and in February, which kicks off with our Chapter Officer Training virtual sessions, February 5-9. This is followed by our in-person Leader2Leader program at KBIS on Monday, February 26 in Las Vegas.
We look forward to seeing you online and in person soon!
Very Best,
Kelly Buchsbaum
Senior Manager, Chapter Relations