Willis Turner, CAE, CME, CSE
President & CEO
SMEI
Willis Turner is President of Old Clayburn Event Services Inc. and President & CEO of Sales & Marketing Executives International (SMEI) and has been actively engaged in supporting professional association management through volunteer service on the ASAE accreditation committee, the National Advisory Board for DECA and the National Society of Professional Engineers.
Willis is a Certified Marketing & Sales Instructor and actively teaches marketing, professional selling and sales management through universities and corporate programs around the world. He is author of The Power of ChatGPT and Open the Mind and Close the Sale. Willis has been an avid user of generative AI for over 4 years and actively presents keynotes and workshops on the subject around the world.