Monthly Dinner Meetings
LOCATION: RSA Plaza at 770 Washington Street (corner of Washington and Ripley - click here for a map)
DATE & TIME: 2nd Thursday of each month (except December; no meeting) From 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm
LOCATION: RSA Plaza at 770 Washington Street (corner of Washington and Ripley - click here for a map)
DATE & TIME: 2nd Thursday of each month (except December; no meeting) From 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm
Plan now to attend the Dinner Meeting on Thursday June 8, 2017, 5:30 p.m.!
About ten years ago, Chick-fil-A realized that they needed to define leadership for their organization. A large amount of research went into their definition of leadership and the leadership model that they embrace in their corporate culture. They think it's the best way to lead - Great Leaders SERVE.
Gary Soriano began his 40-year career with Chick-fil- A as a team member while attending college at Auburn-Montgomery. He and his wife Susan opened their first Chick-fil- A in 1983 at Village Mall in Auburn where he was awarded Chick-fil- A’s first “Rookie of the Year” Award in 1984. They relocated to Montgomery in 1992 and opened one of the chain’s early freestanding restaurant locations in the Colonial Promenade shopping center in Montgomery. He currently operates Chick-fil- A at EastChase and Chick-fil- A at RSA Tower in Montgomery.
His restaurants have won the Chick-fil- A Symbol of Success Award four times, many quality and service awards, as well as the company’s $6 Million Award. During his career, Soriano has awarded more than $50,000 in college scholarships and mentored countless team members. He serves on the Board of Directors of Covenant Family Ministries and the Business School Advisory Board of Auburn University of Montgomery.
Soriano lives in Montgomery with his wife of 36 years, Susan. They have two children, Ashley and Jason, and five grandchildren. Ashley and Jason are also Chick-fil- A Franchisees; Ashley in Northport and Jason at Eastdale Mall in Montgomery.
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Plan now to attend the Dinner Meeting on Thursday July 13, 2017, 5:30 p.m.!
Alabama’s roads and bridges are the arteries of its economy. The Alliance for Alabama’s Infrastructure (AAI) was created to provide a business-oriented focus on the infrastructure needs in the state of Alabama and to advocate for a long-term and sustainable funding plan to meet those needs. Drew Harrell, Executive Director for the AAI and Deputy Chief of Staff for the Business Council of Alabama, will speak about these issues.
Drew Harrell is Deputy Chief of Staff for the Business Council of Alabama which is the voice of business and industry in Alabama representing more than 750,000 working Alabamians through its members companies that come from all segments of Alabama’s economy. The BCA is Alabama’s affiliate organization to the United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers. Harrell is responsible for managing the daily internal operations at BCA and serves as a member of the BCA Governmental Affairs team with a primary focus in infrastructure, small business, and tax.
In January of 2017, Harrell was named Executive Director of the Alliance for Alabama’s Infrastructure, which is a grassroots advocacy coalition formed in December 2015 with the mission of uniting the business community and like-minded groups behind the common goal of properly investing in and enhancing Alabama’s transportation infrastructure in order to ensure that the safety and economic needs of Alabama’s citizens, businesses, and other organizations are properly met. Harrell is in charge of managing the organization, communication, and advocacy efforts of AAI.
Harrell earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Huntingdon College in 2011 and a Master of Business Administration from Auburn University at Montgomery in 2013.
While he attended Huntingdon College, Harrell was a four-year letterman in baseball and football. He was a member of the National Football Foundation’s 2011 Hampshire Honor Society and is currently a member of the Huntingdon College National Alumni Association Board of Directors.
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