Sales Meet and Greet

The Chandler Family Professional Sales Center and the Student Professional Development Center host a meet and greet for sales-focused students and organizations looking specifically for sales talent. The event gives students an opportunity to meet sales leaders and to interview with potential employers.

 Details for Students

Organizations interested in participating in the Sales Meet and Greet can contact Elon’s Corporate and Employer Relations team.

Events like the Sales Meet & Greet are so important because they boost your network and do so efficiently. I made lots of connections that resulted in interviews and internship opportunities.

Josh Ellsworth ’18

Elon Sales Leadership Dinner

The Chandler Family Professional Sales Center hosts an annual dinner in May to recognize top graduating sales students. The Earl D. Honeycutt, Jr. Sales Leadership Award is presented at this event. The award recognizes a senior majoring in marketing or minoring in professional sales who has shown leadership in the sales program, has the potential of impacting an organization and has demonstrated an overall positive attitude in supporting their fellow sales students.

Recipients of the Earl D. Honeycutt, Jr. Sales Leadership Award

  • 2012: Lindsay Richardson
  • 2013: Caitlin Jones & David Brown
  • 2014: Laura Beckstead & Davis Millians
  • 2015: Madison Margeson
  • 2016: Shakori Fletcher
  • 2017: Brett Huntley & Sophie Pearson
  • 2018: Josh Ellsworth
  • 2019: Ashley Follenweider & Sheefali Kavthankar
  • 2020: Riley Johnson
  • 2021: Brooke Galonek
  • 2022: Jack St. Pierre
  • 2023: Joe Byrd & Cassidy Perkins
  • 2024: Coyle Saunders

Sales Speaker Series

In addition to guest speakers in sales classes, the Chandler Family Professional Sales Center hosts its Sales Speaker Series twice a year, providing Elon students of all majors the opportunity to learn from and network with sales executives from a broad range of organizations.

Past speakers include:

  • George Pastidis ’89, Ericsson
  • Meg Hewitt ’11, Salesforce
  • Ryan Byrnes ’10, Zoom
  • Michael Francis, sales director of B2B Sales Development Program at AT&T
  • Brian Schenkemeyer ’00, Southeast national accounts market leader, Aetna
  • Mo Bunnell, founder and CEO of Bunnell Idea Group
  • Bill Nahmias, managing vice president of sales productivity programs at Gartner
  • Sales Alumni Panel – Jenny Adams ’12, senior solutions consultant at Marketo; Laura Beckstead ’14, senior solution engineer-marketing cloud at Salesforce; and Lindsay Richardson ’12, director of business development at Growth Geeks & Workify
  • Meg Anderson Farabow ’11, sales executive at ADP
  • Jeff Schlossnagle ’97, vice president of sales for the North America East at Omnicell, Inc.
  • Ann Fritchman, senior vice president, customer management, target team at HanesBrands
  • Nick Lisi, senior vice president of sales and field operations at SAS
  • Scott Bird, vice president of sales for the eastern U.S. at NetApp