Ambassador Program
The primary mission of the SSPC Ambassador program is to welcome, connect and engage prospects in addition to new and existing members in an effort to create a valuable Chamber experience for all members. This prestigious group of hand-selected individuals helps maintain contact with other Chamber members while promoting the SSPC and its purpose.
Ambassadors attend Chamber functions and serve to greet & engage members at Chamber events such as monthly Business After Hours, Coffee & Contacts, Ribbon Cuttings/Grand Openings, and other Chamber events (i.e. Expo’s, Membership Luncheons, etc.). Ambassadors are the first contact that new members have upon joining the SSPC of Commerce.
To be considered for the Ambassador Program, please complete the application or contact Lola Okunola and lola@sandysprings.org.
Meet Our Current Ambassadors
Stacey Apple
Networking in Action
During my career, I had the opportunity to relocate from NY to LA. As such, I experienced life and business on both U.S. coasts.
My next chapter took me to Atlanta, where I continue to expand my leadership expertise and introduce new approaches to creative and effective professional networking.
Here, I serve the Atlanta business community as a people-connector and strategic advisor for local entrepreneurs and professionals.
As the Principal of Network In Action (NIA), I leverage my innate strengths and passions for establishing business connections, building fruitful relationships, and helping businesses to accelerate growth.
My mission for NIA is to increase membership, create powerful networking events, and promote member visibility throughout the business community.
Let’s have a conversation about taking your business to the next level through networking. Contact me at stacey@networkinaction.com or at (917)806-3519.
Debra Cohen
Symphona - Accounting & I.T.
Patty Conway
Ameris Bank
Andrea Settles
Weinberg & Associates
With over 30 years of financial services experience, Andrea has been able to develop relationships with financial correspondents, to provide a variety of funding sources.
Andrea’s service to prospective clients will include an evaluation of financial and credit data, as well as the client’s financing objectives, to advise clients of product/pricing and guidelines. Andrea continually updates lending programs, and regulatory requirements, to insure the most current resources available while demonstrating a commitment to professional ethics.
Amanda Singer
Just Love Coffee Café
Eat. Drink. Love. Amanda Singer is the owner / operator at Just Love Coffee Cafe. After spending 30 years in the hospitality industry, Amanda has leveraged her teaching degrees and experience running hotels, and 17 years of teaching franchise hotel owners and managers to run successful, guest-centric hotels to open her own restaurant. Now she is bringing all of the great things she has learned in the hospitality industry to the Sandy Springs community and building a place that everyone will Just Love.
Just Love Coffee Café is an all-day breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant and coffee house. In the first year, Just Love Coffee Atlanta - Perimeter has been a finalist for Sandy Springs Restaurant of the Year, and won Best Pet Friendly Restaurant from Best Self Atlanta Magazine. Just Love Coffee Café donates 25% of all merchandise sales to local animal non-profits including the Ahimsa House.
Alan Smirin
Keller Williams
I'm a native of Atlanta with over 50 years of sales and negotiations experience. I understand that you have many realtors to choose from when buying or selling a home. Rest assured, when you work with me, you get someone who will always look out for your best interests and will never sell out a client to make a quick commission. My reputation is everything and I would never do anything to tarnish my good name.
Unlike recent arrivals, I really know Atlanta! I grew up here, went to school here, and raised a family here. I served as President of one of the largest Atlanta synagogues and was President of four Atlanta based religious organizations. I'm deeply committed to this city and equally committed to living by a strong set of ethical values.
I have watched Atlanta grow from a small southern town to a major metropolitan city and I know the value of each and every neighborhood. Whether you are looking buy, sell, rent or invest in midtown Atlanta or beyond, I have a deep understanding of where the real estate market is heading. As your trusted real estate advisor I will help you make a smart decision for today and the future. I KNOW ATLANTA!
Linda Vu
Browne, Draper & Land Financial Concepts
I have spent more than 20 years in the financial industry. Much of this time was spent supervising financial advisors ensuring they were acting in their clients’ best interests. After spending many years supporting and supervising over 100 different managers and advisors, I realized I was called to work more directly with individuals and families. In 2020, I took all my in-depth experience and shifted my focus to make a difference in the lives of individuals and families and to work with them personally.
I came to this work as a result of my financial upbringing. My family is originally from Vietnam where money and personal finances are not talked about openly. Typically, retirement planning in Vietnam is to have as many children as you can and hope that one of them will take care of you when you are unable to work. As an only child, my mother only had me, so she had all her eggs in one basket! Fortunately, I have worked diligently my entire career and I can comfortably financially support her.
It is clear this type of financial plan does not work for most people, and more importantly, relying on others to support you is one of the last things most people want to do. I am driven to guide and work with my clients to help them achieve their financial goals, create the future they envision and desire, and to be financially independent throughout their lives.
If you are looking for someone to partner with to develop and implement a long-term plan and an investment strategy that best meets your needs, let’s talk. I welcome the opportunity to sit down with you to discuss your unique financial needs and how we can work together to meet them. Please call me at 770-864-5235. Let us get started - together.
Securities and advisory services offered through FSC Securities Corporation (FSC), member FINRA/SIPC. FSC is separately owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of FSC.
Neil Wiesenfeld, MAS
Adman Productions, Inc.
At In A Snap Imprints and Adman Promotions, we serve you by providing innovative ideas on the use of promotional marketing products and branded apparel. Promotional products are tangible and useful items used to promote a product, service or company.
Since promotional products can be used alone or integrated with other media there are virtually limitless ways to use them. Popular programs cited most often by industry consultants are business gifts, employee recognition award programs such as length of service, recruiting and orientation programs, corporate communications and generating booth traffic at trade shows.
Promotional products are the only medium that engages all five senses. Customers can see, hear, touch, taste and even smell them. Plus, promotional products are easily affordable yet their impression is long-lasting and readily measurable making promotional products an integral part of your marketing mix.
Promotional consultants meet the highest qualification standards in the industry and display “The Mark of a Professional.” The MAS designation after a consultant’s name (Certified Master Advertising Specialist) means he or she has earned the industry’s only official certification. There’s no need to spend all your time on the Internet or searching through catalogs. Your promotional products' consultant will come to you — like a doctor who makes house calls!