Business Interiors, Inc

Last week, members of our Pensacola team attended the Boo-Bash Designer Purse Bingo event. The Gulf Coast Sexual Assault Program hosts this annual bingo + costume soiree + fundraiser. GCSAP uses the proceeds raised to provide Panhandle-area survivors with the trauma-informed care that they need, free of charge. BI’s own Samantha Sierra, Nichole Colony, MBA., Beth McGraw, and Jennifer Cook joined forces with our partners at Navy Federal for a ROY G BIV-inspired ensemble, plus the addition of some sunshine, a storm cloud, and a pot of gold. 🌈☀️🌧️💰 Cheers to Navy Federal and our BI team for their excellent execution of their group costume design, and congrats to Nichole Colony for winning one of the evening’s designer purses. And thank you to the GCSAP for hosting such a great event for an important cause. We look forward to participating next year.✨ . . . For more information on Gulf Coast Sexual Assault Program’s mission, please visit them at gulfcoastsap.com

This month, we recognize and applaud the work of Michelle Crowe, Client Services | Senior Support in Birmingham for BI Client Advisor, and Principal Richie Hamer. Our Client Service | Support members are the glue that holds the team together. Between placing orders, checking acknowledgements, and scheduling the installers, Michelle’s pivotal role is to keep jobs on time, which she does at an excellent level. She has been with Business Interiors for six years, manages an immense amount of project details, and she has never met a dull moment working alongside Richie. She is dedicated, disciplined, and dependable. Michelle does an exceptional job! She handles a large portion of our top sales volume. She is hard working, conscientious, and very efficient in her job performance. We are fortunate to have her as part of the BI team! —Carol Grimes, Client Services | Director Michelle Crow is the superglue of our team! She is the backbone of order and consistently rises above the call to not only manage a huge volume of project details, but she’s involved throughout the project process. I cannot say how much I appreciate her amazing work ethic and commitment to BI’s success. —Richie Hamer, Client Advisor | Principal Thank you for your dedication to BI’s success, Michelle! ✨

Business Interiors is proud to have been involved in the relocation of Baker Donelson’s Birmingham office earlier this year. One of the city’s largest law firms, Baker Donelson, moved from the Shipt Tower to 1901 Sixth Avenue (formerly known as Regions Harbert Plaza) as part of the company’s initiative to provide updated workspaces for their modern workforce. KPS Group, Inc. was the A+D firm on the project. The BI team was tasked with providing furnishing solutions that fulfilled Baker Donelson’s needs and aligned with KPS’s design intent. The beautiful new office space includes flexible workspaces for hoteling, standard-sized individual offices, and communal areas for teamwork. A large employee lounge is one of several collaborative spaces, featuring comfortable seating and booths with charging outlets, creating a cozy coffee shop ambiance. The project scope covered two floors, 40+ workstations and 60 private offices, as well as various collaboration, breakroom, and meeting spaces. 📸 Chris Luker, Photos 1-8 📸 Richie Hamer, Photo 9 See more of Business Interiors’ work at https://lnkd.in/gPtkbi6H

Business Interiors is pleased to announce that Taylor Marie Hardy has joined BI as our new Controller. Taylor Marie is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Accounting, and Finance from Samford University and a master’s in accounting from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. She is joining us from StoneRiver, where she worked for the last 5+ years in finance and asset management. Prior to StoneRiver, Taylor Marie worked for TekLinks and PwC in accounting and finance. Taylor Marie will be a strong asset to our already stellar accounting department, and we are thrilled that she has joined the BI team. Welcome to BI, Taylor Marie! ✨

Business Interiors is excited to announce new ownership and executive leadership changes. Following a transfer of ownership, Valerie Allen, Richie Hamer, and Bud Miller are Business Interiors’ new owners. Bud Miller has been named BI President. Business Interiors also announces that Jeff Harris has joined the company as CEO, where he will oversee BI’s finances and operations. He has previously been the CFO/COO of StoneRiver Company in Birmingham. Jeff received his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Alabama and a master’s degree from Emory University, Goizueta Business School in Atlanta, GA. Samantha Hill, who joined Business Interiors in May of 2024 as their Healthcare Division | Director, has been promoted to BI’s Vice President of Sales. Additionally, Steve Groover and Jack Womack have announced their upcoming retirements. Steve Groover, previously President and Principal, is one of the original partners of Business Interiors, and he has been with the company since 1987. Steve has been a backbone member of BI’s leadership since the company’s foundation and was instrumental in Business Interiors becoming a MillerKnoll dealer in 2022. Groover will remain with the company, working alongside his son Steven, until the smooth transfer of his day-to-day duties is complete. Jack Womack, previously BI’s COO & CFO and Principal, joined Business Interiors in 2018 and led the company through the acquisition of the Birmingham-based Herman Miller dealership Office Environments in 2022. We applaud Groover and Jack for their years of dedication to Business Interiors, and we welcome the new leadership team as we look forward to another generation of success. ✨ . . . . https://lnkd.in/egSXHi8b

It was Business Interiors’ pleasure to host and sponsor the Alabama chapter of Women in Healthcare’s recent Healthcare Real Estate panel luncheon. The panel included: • Nancy Ferren, RN, BSN, CCIM | Consultant at Veritas Medical Real Estate Advisors • Tom McAvoy | Vice President Facilities and Real Estate at UAB Medicine • Owen Moore | Director of Business Development at Hoar Construction • Georgina Perry, CPA, CMPE | Director of Physician Services at Carr, Riggs & Ingram The event was moderated by BI’s Samantha Hill. The expert panelists shared their expertise and valuable insights on the ever-changing world of healthcare real estate. Thank you to the panelists for their valuable perspectives and to Women in Healthcare for organizing the event. If you are interested in learning more about Women In Healthcare, Inc.’s mission, visit them at www.womeninhealthcare.org.

The 2024 Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank “Stuff the Bus” Diaper Drive was another RECORD-BREAKING success. Thank you to everyone who participated. ❤️ This drive is 100% supported by participation from our industry, with donations coming from industry reps to A+D firms hosting drives at their offices as well as the support of BI employees. Historically a charity drive with only Birmingham donors, this year saw donations coming from Huntsville, Montgomery, and as far south as Pensacola. There are TOO MANY (a good problem to have) to call out all donors specifically, but THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ✨ We met and easily beat our 2024 goal of 35,000 items with... • 17,579 Diapers (5,000+ more diapers than 2023!!) • 38,384 Wipes • 516 Hygiene Products GRAND TOTAL: 56,479 Items All donations will be delivered to the Bundles of Hope in the coming weeks, where they will then be distributed to Alabama families in need. Thank you again to everyone who was able to donate.

This month, we recognize and applaud the work of Donde Bibbs, our Distribution | Receiving Manager. Donde is responsible for all things receiving, including scheduling, tracking, assessing freight damage, and much more. If there is furniture arriving at our Birmingham distribution warehouse, Donde has his eyes on it. This is no small feat. We have grown considerably since Donde first started at BI, and we are (thankfully) very busy keeping our Distribution and Installation teams very busy. Donde has been with Business Interiors for twenty-one years this month (happy anniversary, Donde!), and he has seen lots of growth and change, including being involved in each of BI's warehouse moves throughout the years while also maintaining his daily responsibilities. “Donde has always taken his job very seriously. When a problem arises, he does all he can to fix it. He is very dedicated to doing the best job possible!” —Carol Grimes, Client Services | Director “In the twenty plus years of working with Donde, he has always been one of the most even keeled people I know. Since taking on his new role getting the receiving in the system, there have been very few instances of the receiving being backed up like we were having before." —Lee Moody, Distribution | Director Thank you for your dedication to BI's success, Donde! ✨

It was hot but fun September Sunday as folks from the BI B’ham team met up to participate in the The ALS Association walk for Central Alabama. This annual walk raises money for ALS research. The team walked in honor of BI founder Alan Pizzitola. ❤️

The BI Huntsville team enjoyed attending the annual IFMA Huntsville recently. This annual—and FREE—event is organized by IFMA, and it highlights and promotes the services and products of chapter sponsors. BI’s Huntsville Client Advisors were all in attendance: Debbie Statum, Pat McNeese, Julie Brown, and Spencer Haddock—collectively known as the 4 Non Non Blondes (shout-out to our early 90’s alt rock fans out there 🎶). Thank you to IFMA Huntsville for hosting, and thank you to all the attendees. ✨