Chip Williford is a kind gentleman with integrity and humor. He is professional, direct and will certainly challenge for right. He is givng, caring, fun and smart. He’s quick and good in a crisis. He is detailed oriented, dependable, courteous, kind, analytical, and a risk taker when the odds are good. He is a leader and a great person to have on your team.

He is a writer of prose, poetry and short stories. He is a photographer, videographer, filmmaker, documentaian, family historian, researcher, good listener and truthful story teller.

Chip Williford is the Director and CoHost of Poetry Street. He produced and filmed “Poetry Street on The Road - The Film “ and “America, Please learn from the Scars of History “. His film “Bohemia, Then and Now” was recognized and viewed by US and Bohemian Citizens along with the Ambassador of Bohemia at the National Hall Bohemia Embassy after an full house Premiere and red carpet event at The Bohemia Historical Society Museum.

Chip facilitates Multicultural Diversity Friendship Circle discussions in a safe place to talk about issues regarding racism.

He is the NAACP ELIB Scholarship Fund Chairman initiating an endowed scholarship for SCCC, where he earned his AAS degree in Radio and Television Production and serverd as Phi Theta Kappa - AZU Vice President of Service, leading and promoting volunteering and giving back to the community.

His technical and production experience spans years working with Chew Entertainment on several Annual BET Honors, Night Of Inspiration Concerts, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monument dedication and other monumental events, award shows and concerts such as the Apollo Gala and Showtime At The Apollo. His freelance production work includes the 60th Grammy’s, Musique Concerts at at several venues including the Van Nostrand Performance Arts Center, and the St George Theater. He filmed and interviewed honorees and celebrities on the Red Carpet at the 47th Annual Audelco Awards for Excellence in Black Theater at The Tribeca Performance Arts Center, most recently he was Stage Manager at the 2024 Legends of Vinyl Music Hall of Fame Awards.

“I want to be a part of something really special, and being a part of that collective successful effort is what I love most.”

“Make sure you take the time to do the things that are important to you”

CREDITS:

A.A.S. Radio and Television Production - SCCC - Selden, NY

Certificate in Theology - Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA

United Nations Airline Ambassador, 2009 FESMA, Luma Prieta Earthquake Recovery Task Force - 1989

Additional support include New Future Foundation, Hannah Kroner Foundation, Bohemia Historical Society,