Mechelle Sippial Wilder
Mechelle has a proven record of $72 million in closed real estate sales over the past 13 years in the Birmingham and surrounding areas. She holds a BA in Communications from Samford University and has extensive marketing training from IBM as well as professional experience with both local and national real estate training organizations. With her years of education and work experience, Mechelle endeavors to provide a professional, skilled and enjoyable experience for all of her clients. She understands that successfully selling real estate involves cooperation between sellers, buyers and agents and many times thinking “out of the box”.
Mechelle is a Partner in ARC Realty, a growing real estate company of 160+ agents and recently voted “Birmingham’s Emerging Real Estate Company of 2013″ She is a two term member of the Birmingham Association of Realtors’ MLS Board, member of the Council of Residential Specialists, Life Time Member of The Club of Excellence, an Associate Broker, Graduate of the Real Estate Institute, an Accredited Buyer Representative, and is Nationally certified as a Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource. Additionally, she has served as chair or member of various real estate committees. At present, she is 2013-2015 President of the Greystone Ladies Club, Emeritus Member of the Hoover City School Foundation Board and member of the Coalition of 100 Black Woman of Central Alabama. She is the co founder of The Bethel Baptist Church’s Fine Arts Academy, a teacher with Discovery Clubs of Alabama and choir director and members of three of her Church choirs. Mechelle is an honors graduate from Samford University in 1983 where she was a member of the A Capella Choir, Delta Omicron Sorority and Hypatia Honor Society. Mechelle began her marketing career as a sales representative for IBM.
Mechelle has been married to the Rev Dr Thomas Lee Wilder Jr for 32 years. They have 4 children- Charis, Gilia, Thomas III and Kendra She is a native of Montgomery, Alabama and the youngest of 10 siblings.