Corporate Bios

J Blount Williams
Chairman/CEO
Blount Williams is the Chairman and CEO of Alfred Williams & Company. A native North Carolinian, Blount joined AWC in 1981 and is a direct descendent of the company founder, Alfred Williams. Blount represents the fifth generation of family ownership and is the sole shareholder of the company. Blount earned a BA in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a MBA from the Babcock School of Management at Wake Forest University.

Blount is Chairman of the Board at Marbles Kids Museum, serves on the Board of Trustees for Wake Education Partnership and served on the Executive Committee of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Married with four grown children, Blount plays tennis and enjoys riding his Percheron/Thoroughbred cross country.

Gordon Brown
Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration
Gordon Brown is the Chief Financial Officer of Alfred Williams & Company and is responsible for all financial reporting, human resources and information technology for the company. Gordon joined AWC in September 2005 after three (3) years leading the state and local tax department of Nortel. Prior to his career at Nortel, Gordon worked for eleven (11) years with Ernst & Young, a Big Four accounting firm, in Raleigh. Gordon has Bachelors of Science and Masters of Accounting degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a certified public accountant in North Carolina and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. Gordon also serves on the board of directors and executive committees of Wake Education Partnership, a non-profit advocacy group for K-12 public education, and the Boys and Girls Club of Wake County.

John McKinney
Executive Vice President of Sales and
Triangle/Triad Market President
John McKinney is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Raleigh, Durham and Greensboro Regions and is responsible for all sales activity and community engagement for Alfred Williams & Company in the Raleigh market. John joined Alfred Williams & Company in September 2008, after a 19 year career with AT&T, where he was most recently Regional Director External Affairs for the Triangle. His community involvement includes serving on the Board of Directors for Wake Technical Community College Foundation, where he is the immediate Past Chair of the Board and the Poe Center, where he is Chair-Elect of the Board.

John is a graduate of the University of North Carolina- Charlotte with a degree in Business Administration and a native of North Carolina.

John, his wife and two daughters have lived in Raleigh since 2002.

Mike Boyd
Market President, Charlotte, NC
Mike Boyd has worked in the contract furniture market for over 25 years. He joined Alfred Williams & Company in November 2010 and is responsible for leading our Charlotte, NC team. Mike has worked in sales and sales management for major contract furniture manufacturers and contract furniture dealerships as well as starting and running his own business designing, engineering, manufacturing and selling furniture solutions to contract furniture manufacturers and dealerships.

Mike's involvement in the Charlotte community includes the USGBC, Ronald McDonald House, CoreNet and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce.

Mike is a graduate of Miami University with a degree in Marketing and Business Administration. Mike and his wife Sharon have three children and enjoy spending time together as a family as often as possible.

Ted Limmer
Market President, Nashville, TN
Ted Limmer is the Market President for Nashville and he has eight years in commercial interiors with Aaron Rents, Inc. as National Accounts Manager and more recently,as North Carolina/South Carolina Territory Manager for Global Industries.

Ted was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and received a BS in Business Management. His hobbies include golfing and cooking.