The New York City Outer Boroughs Team

Directors

Timothy M. Houston, Area Director, NYC Outer Boroughs Region.

Phone: 718-981-8600  * Fax: 718-305-1704 *   Email Tim

Assigned Director for: Queens: BNI Cross Island Referral Network, BNI Elite Synergy Network,  BNI Advantages & BNI Dream Team. Brooklyn: BNI Morning Money Makers, BNI Prosperity; Staten Island: BNI High Achievers, BNI Richmond Network Alliance.

Tim Houston has been with BNI since 1996.  He was a founding member of two BNI chapters: one in Scarsdale, New York and the other in Staten Island.  In 1999, he became the Area Director for the NYC Outer Boroughs Region and brought BNI to Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Tim is an expert in the areas of sales training, business networking and word-of-mouth marketing and does business exclusively by referral. As a sought-after speaker, Tim has made more than 4,000 presentations to companies and organizations across the United States during the last 13 years.

Tim is a contributing author to The New York Times Best Seller, Masters of Sales and he has written numerous articles on networking that have been published around the world in several languages. He is the author The World's Worst Networker

He believes in making each day productive, profitable and prosperous by practicing the Giver’s Gain philosophy so that he can help others get what they want out of life.  His official website is www.tmhouston.com

Emily James, Assistant Director

Phone: (718) 485-2222.  Mobile: 718-930-9174.  Email Emily. 

Brooklyn Assistant Director for BNI Brownstone Business Connections

Emily is a founding member of BNI Big Net Income in Brooklyn and was its first President.  She became an Assistant Director in March 2009 and is presently assigned to work with BNI Brownstone Business Connections.  Outisde of BNI, Emily is a licensed a Realtor with high designations, these are Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Graduate Realtors Institue (GRI), Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES) and Accredited Staging Professional (ASP).  She is very active within her church, The Brooklyn Tabernacle.

Tim Seitz, Assistant Director.

Phone: 718-981-8600 x 8.  Mobile : 917-843-2497. Email Tim. 

Brooklyn Assistant Director for BNI Big Net Income

Tim joined BNI's Morning Money Makers chapter in June of 2008.  He became an Assistant Director in March of 2009 and is currently assigned to the Big Net Income chapter. 

He is steadfastly working on creating new chapters and getting more and more business owners connected to BNI.  Tim's motto is, "Let Us Mind Your Business," and he focuses on tailoring merchant services, including credit card processing, for retail and online businesses.  His background includes working for Public Relations powerhouse Porter Novelli (he taught "Building Better Media Lists" at PN offices across the country), as well as creating social events at top clubs all over New York and Boston, including the world famous CBGB's. Over 365,000 people have attended Tim's events!

Ambassadors

Mickey Green - Assigned to BNI Brownstone Business Connections. (Works with Emily James)

Sandra Sena - Assigned to BNI Dream Team (Works with Tim Houston)

Avery Marder - Assigned to BNI Big Net Income & Morning Money Makers (Works with Tim Seitz & Emily James)

Audra Fordin - Assigned to BNI Advantages (Works with Tim Houston)