President’s Report

By HBA President

Matt Emmons

2023 is here! Can you believe it? Time flies when you’re having fun. I’m so honored to be your president and I look forward to an amazing year. Once again, we have some great leadership in place so that we can move in a positive direction and grow our membership and benefits throughout our organization.

We have set some very obtainable goals for this year and have already made headway in moving towards those goals. Continue the ambassador program to garner new members. Trim the fat on events by combining events and having inter-council involvement. Continue with Hispanic community outreach. And finally branding our HBA – within our industry and externally – leaders.

My HBA journey began with the Remodelers Council. I wanted to learn and grow to be one of the best in the business and I knew that’s where I had to start. I quickly found my groove with the Remodelers Council and jumped on the leadership ladder. I wasn’t sure I was fit for the role, but I do know that you can’t grow without challenges. As I mentioned in my installation speech, my father was my professional development mentor and he told me a long time ago that if I got involved in as many professional aspects of the best organization that suits your business, you’ll always have success – to always be learning and growing.

In addition to all our events this year, I’m also looking forward to being an advocate for our industry not only here in Tulsa but also at the state and national level. If the last year was any indication of what’s to come, our industry will continue to be affected greatly by what’s happening in Oklahoma City and Washington, D.C. We need strong leadership to be vocal and present and I’m excited to continue carrying that torch that was lit and carried by my predecessors.

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Our association is one that assists our members in growing their businesses while having fun. Let’s really create a buzz this year by checking in at events and tagging each other and the HBA with posts all year long showing all of Green Country why they should be members. When you are posting on social media using the following hashtags is a way of getting the word out about the HBA: #TulsaHBA and one that I’m using is #itsgoingtobeanamazingyear.

We kicked off January with an amazing show of talent from our members at the General Membership Mixer HBA’s Got Talent and we’ll continue that excitement on into February at the Valentine’s GMM and beyond with a great line up of events that include some co-council educational events. This year’s Home and Garden Show is looking to be fantastic. Our volunteers have come out strong and we have grown to include more space and vendors.

Again, I am very proud and extremely honored to serve as your president this year. I can’t wait to see all the amazing things we’ll do together!

Cheers!

Matt Emmons

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