Favorite Part of My Job: I love helping my customers get what they need and creating new initiatives to foster growth

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I used to play Trombone in high school and college.

Favorite Quote: You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want. – Zig Ziglar

Favorite part of the job: The great team of people I get to work with every day.

On my days off, you will find me: Watching my daughters play soccer

Special awards or recognitions: Proud of Goldner being named Distributor of the Year by PPAMS.

Before Goldner I was: Bartender at Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Favorite part of my job: Meeting new people and helping my clients grow their brand

Professional growth & development: My 5 ½ month backpacking trip to South East Asia was the most powerful personal growth and development I could have ever experienced.

Favorite activities: yoga, high interval training, spending time with my family

On my days off, you will find me: at the beach or hiking

You might be surprised to know that I: climbed two mountains before the age of 28 - both exceeding over 12,000 feet above sea level

Favorite quote: The Hardest Part of Getting Started is Getting Started

Guilty pleasure: Reese’s cups

Favorite movie: Bronx Tale, The Beautiful Mind

Personal motto: Everything Happens for a Reason

On My Days Off, You Will Find Me: On the water

Favorite Musical Artist: Whitney Houston

Personal Motto: Be honest

On my days off, you will find me: Spending time with friends and family!

You might be surprised to know that I: Am a Type 1 Diabetic

Hobbies: Music, Video Games, Reading, TV, Watching and Playing Sports, Eating

Guilty pleasure: Anything fried

Dream destination: Greece

Favorite TV show: Game of Thrones

Favorite movie: Wind River

Favorite musical artist: The Avett Brothers

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I played collegiate basketball.

Greatest Accomplishment At Work: To love what I do every day.

Hobbies: Watching sports and working out.

Before Goldner I: Owned my own promotional products company.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I used to own a Harley.

Favorite TV Show: The Walking Dead.

Favorite Part Of My Job: Meeting new people and helping to find solutions to their marketing and incentive needs

Before Goldner I Was: The owner of Accurate Incentive Promotion Inc. in Chattanooga, TN

Special Awards or Recognitions: Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business Person of the Year Award

Favorite Part of My Job: The relationships I build with my customers

Hobbies: Graphic Design & Tennis

Favorite Food: Sushi

Greatest Accomplishment At Work: Making my clients look good!

Area of Expertise: Branding, Marketing, Events

Before Goldner I Was: An event industry professional for over 20 years

Favorite part of my job: Learning new things and growing my knowledge.

You might be surprised to know that I: Love directing my church choir and singing

Hobbies: Skating, traveling, and trying different foods

Favorite quote: “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Maya Angelou

Favorite Part of My Job: I love working on creative projects with my clients.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I have done several commercials and voiceovers over the years. I was also on the show Real People.

Greatest Accomplishment At Work: Growing a business from my apartment into a 6000 square foot office and showroom.

Favorite Part of My Job: Helping create branding solutions for our clients.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I have raised over 10 foster children.

Favorite Quote: Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen. – Michael Jordan

Before Goldner I Was: An HR Business Partner in the healthcare industry

Favorite Part of My Job: Building and creating long-term relationships with my co-workers

Professional Growth & Development: Project Management Certified (CompTIA Project+)

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I have a degree in Elementary Education.

Favorite Movie: Gone with the Wind.

Dream Destination: Italy.

Before Goldner I Was: A High School Teacher of Business Courses

Favorite Part of Job: Interacting With Our Employees

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: My Grandfather and Father founded Goldner in 1951. I began working there in 1982 when my Mother, who was keeping the books manually, broke her shoulder and couldn’t write anymore. Over the years I have worked in almost every job at our company. Today, I am so proud of our building, our management team, the entire Goldner family, and the direction we are headed.

Greatest Accomplishment At Work: Having a job that I love!

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I lived in Okinawa for 2 years.

Favorite Quote: Life is short even its longest days – John Mellencamp

Favorite Part Of My Job: Seeing my work family each day

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I was in the military

Personal Motto: Be the best that you can be

Greatest Accomplishment At Work: Partnering with a great co-worker and team to form GoldnerSports.

On My Days Off, You Will Find Me: Playing tennis.

Personal Motto: One kind word can change someone’s entire day.

Before Goldner I was: Boutique Owner

Favorite part of my job: Being a part of a team

Hobbies: Traveling, Reading and Cooking

Favorite quote: “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”

Guilty pleasure: Chocolate

Favorite TV show: Friends

Favorite movie: Pretty Lady

Favorite musical artist: Celine Dion

Personal motto: Treat others the way you’d like to be treated

On my Days Off, You Will Find Me: Crocheting.

Dream Destination: Alaska.

Favorite Quote: Everything happens for a reason.

On My Days Off, You Will Find Me: At a cheerleading competition supporting my daughter.

Dream Destination: Tahiti.

Favorite Quote: Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have. – Eckhart Tolle

Before Goldner I Was: A Buyer at Allied Department Stores.

Greatest Accomplishment At Work: Being Recognized for Tennessee Hall of Fame.

Favorite Part of Job: Helping my coworkers achieve their goals.

Areas of Expertise: Medals, pins, & patches, and a little bit of everything else.

Guilty Pleasure: Spoiling my grandchildren.

Favorite TV Show: Anything on the Food Network.

Special Awards or Recognitions: Assistant to top salesperson for 10+ years.

Guilty Pleasure: Dark Chocolate.

Favorite Quote: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results – Albert Einstein

Favorite Part of My Job: Working with my clients to develop the right products for their marketing campaigns.

Area of Expertise: Medical, Technology, Aviation, & Insurance.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I love fast cars.

Before Goldner I Was: A personal assistant in NYC.

Favorite Part Of My Job: Having the opportunity to speak to so many interesting people and help them with their order needs and issues.

Favorite TV Show: The Office.

Area oF Expertise: Wearables.

Favorite Activities: Sports.

On My Days Off, You Will Find Me: With my family.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I was with the Nashville Ballet.

Favorite Activities: Working out and gardening.

Favorite Food: Cake, which is why I love to workout.

On My Days Off, You Will Find Me: Hanging out with my family.

Pets: Golden Retriever named Nala & Cat named Puff.

Dream Destination: Alaska & Ireland.

Favorite Part Of My Job: My co-workers.

Favorite Activities: Time with my boys, driving my Shelby GT350R.

Favorite Movie: Smokey and the Bandit.

Before Goldner I Was: After graduating from Emory University, I began my career as a high school foreign language teacher – German and French.

Favorite Quote: The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel – these are the things that will endure and these are the qualities that are so much more important than any of the events themselves. – Vince Lombardi

Greatest Accomplishment At Work: Introducing a revolutionary idea to college sports conferences: sewing a patch onto uniforms to increase recognition for the conferences.

Favorite part of the job: Designing creative marketing pieces and hearing that they resonated with clients.

Guilty pleasure: Dark chocolate sea salt caramels.

Special awards or recognitions: ADDY Awards for creative marketing pieces.

Favorite Part Of My Job: Learning about new products and ideas.

Dream Destination: Scotland & Ireland.

Hobbies: Knitting/Crochet.

Area of expertise:  Sales/Marketing/Print

Favorite part of my job: My clients

Favorite activities: Playing with my two boys

You might be surprised to know that I: have a blue tick coon hound who is Smokey 10 (From the UT Vols) sister

Before Goldner I Was: A customer service representative at a call center and a bartender.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I have run 6 marathons…so far!

Favorite Quote: Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake – Henry David Thoreau

Favorite Part Of My Job: Collaborating on a new project and following it through from concept to creation. It is exciting to see an idea grow into a tangible product.

Favorite Quote: Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

On My Days Off, You Will Find Me: Spending time with my husband and our two great kids.

Favorite Part Of My Job: Helping my customers find solutions to their problems.

Pets: I have a Golden Retriever named Charlie.

Favorite Movie: The Fast and the Furious series.

Greatest Accomplishment At Work: Building relationships and friendships.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I used to teach country line dancing.

Favorite TV Show: House of Cards.

You might be surprised to know that I: Met my wife in the 3rd grade

Favorite quote: If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Guilty pleasure: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Before Goldner I Was: A D1 NCAA athlete on UT Martin’s Equestrian team.

Favorite Quote: Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently. – Marie Forleo

Favorite TV Show: Friends.

Pets: Five dogs and a cat

You might be surprised to know that I: dabbled in the Recording Industry

Hobbies: Collecting old Nintendo Games

Favorite part of job: Developing people’s talents.

You might be surprised to know: I have written 9 full-length feature films.

Special awards or recognitions: Past President of PeerNet.

Before Goldner I Was: A student at Belmont University & Goldner’s first intern.

Favorite Part of the Job: Working with people to make their jobs easier (both internal and external customers).

Areas of Expertise: IT, Operations, Systems Integration, Process Improvement.

When started at Goldner: September 2018

Dream destination: Ireland

Favorite Part Of My Job: Learning new things.

Favorite Quote: Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. – Philip Stanhope

Favorite TV Show: Friends.

On my days off, you will find me: Reading a book, obsessively organizing my apartment, or watching documentaries about almost anything.

Hobbies: Creating abstract art on canvas, making wreaths, and crafting in general.

Favorite quote: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dream.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Dream destination: Ireland

Favorite TV show: Criminal Minds and Riverdale

Favorite movie: Nerve

Favorite musical artist: Cartel

Favorite part of my job: having fun being “Bubba”

Favorite activities: working out, gardening, binge watching

You might be surprised to know that I: have a famous cousin. His name is Carl Perkins from the rock & roll beginnings and sang “Blue Suede Shoes”

Pets: 3 dogs and 1 cat

Favorite quote: “ You’re killing me Smalls”

On My Days Off, You Will Find Me: Watching sports.

Favorite TV Show: Firefly.

Personal Motto: Life is like a box of chocolates, eat the caramel ones! ~ Forrest Gump

Favorite Part Of My Job: I love the variety of my day-to-day.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I love motorcycles.

Dream Destination: Ireland.

Area of Expertise: Creativity!

Before Goldner I Was: A crew member in the film & TV industry.

Dream Destination: Angkor Wat – Cambodia.

Favorite Part Of My Job: I love the people I work with. The fact that we are always growing as a company means that our roles are always growing and changing. This means I can constantly be looking for more efficient ways to accomplish our goals.

Personal Motto: Always leave a place better than you found it.

Guilty Pleasure: Chocolate

Favorite Part Of My Job: My customers – they are great to work with and I enjoy their long-lasting friendships.

On My Days Off, You Will Find Me: With my teenage daughter if she has time for me, if not on the courts or relaxing with friends.

Personal Motto: Be present in every area of your life.

Favorite part of my job: Learning new things, and growing in my career.

Favorite activities: Traveling

Dream destination: Hawaii

On my days off, you will find me: Camping, and spending time at the lake with my family.

Favorite Part of My Job: I enjoy interacting with my clients and developing personal relationships that end in lasting friendships.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I minored in Music in college and have served in various churches as Music Minister.

Favorite Quote: No! Try not! Do or do not, there is no try. – Yoda

Favorite Part of My Job: Never having seen it all.

Favorite Quote: It’s mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.

Greatest Accomplishment At Work: Account Retention.

Before Goldner I Was: A Business Manager for Bridgestone’s 2nd Largest Division.

Favorite Quote: Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.

Professional Growth & Development: BS in Accounting, 2005 & Women’s Unlimited Leadership Program, 2015

Favorite part of my job: Learning different things and being able to grow, and the Teamwork environment.

On my days off, you will find me: traveling with my son, movies, or enjoying a nice lunch/dinner with friends.

Pets: a Pomeranian

Favorite quote: Teamwork makes the dream work.

Guilty pleasure: Lemon frost Archway Cookies or Chess squares

Dream destination: Santorini, Greece

Favorite Part Of My Job: Creative Problem Solving.

Favorite Quote: There is in every true woman’s heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams, and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. – Washington Irving

Pets: Blue & Shirley, Australian Shepherds.

Favorite part of my job: Meeting new people and presenting awesome ideas

Hobbies: Attending sporting events, reading, and going to the beach

Favorite food: Seafood...crawfish, gulf shrimp, crab

Hobbies: Event planning, Graphic Design, Art

Guilty pleasure: All of the sweet treats and reality TV!

Dream destination: Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro

Favorite Quote: “A day without laughter is a day wasted”

Guilty Pleasure: Naps

Personal Motto: The Golden Rule: Treat others as you want to be treated.

You Might Be Surprised To Know That: I am a professional artist.

Favorite Quote: How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it. – Jim Valvano

Before Goldner I Was: On the basketball team at Tennessee State University while receiving a B.S. in Graphic Design