September 2024 - Qiyamah “Q” Lewis-Mullins

Qiyamah "Q" Lewis-Mullins Account Executive - Special Events AFR Furniture Rental Member since November 2023

Joined in November 2023

Join us in welcoming new MPI Georgia member, Qiyamah Lewis-Mullins. Qiyamah, better known as "Q" to her industry peers, is an expert in event furniture for AFR Furniture Rental, one of the nation's top furniture rental companies. Q joined the AFR family in 2016 as an Event Sales Consultant, later earning a promotion to Account Executive - serving clients based in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. A California native, she studied marketing at Cal State Long Beach and moved to Atlanta in 2011. Her first job in the meeting industry was as an Account Coordinator for Czarnowski Atlanta. This is where she was introduced to the trade show and exhibit side of the industry. And it was during these three years at Czar, she met her husband and discovered AFR Furniture Rental. 

Q was introduced to MPI through her colleagues. Upon her first networking experience, she was hooked. The highlight was being introduced to professionals with whom she had worked for years but had not met in person until that event. There is real value in that face-to-face connection.  Showing up regularly helps to cultivate those relationships. As a mom of six, Q works hard and sleeps hard too. She enjoys traveling both for work and pleasure. Seeing the world helps us all to appreciate where we're from and how far we've come. 

• What is the best meal you've ever eaten? My grandmother's fried chicken, mac n cheese, and green beans. Her cooking was love. It was home. I miss that lady.
• If you had unlimited money to start your own business, what would it be? I would open a brick-and-mortar shoe boutique - specializing in exceptionally stylish shoes for ladies with exceptional sized feet. Fun fact, I wore a size 11 shoe when I was 11 years old. The struggle I endured to simply find a cute and comfy shoe that was age appropriate had a huge impact on my self-image. 
• Do you collect anything?  What and why? I have a rock collection. My inner nerd is fascinated with collecting pieces of earth from all over the world. My favorite piece is from Pompei, Italy.
• Next Vacation Destination or Dream Vacation and what are you looking forward to? My dream vacation is to take my two youngest babies (5 and 9 yrs) on a week-long Disney getaway. At the top of my bucket list.