Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chair 
Jim Captain
Credit Suisse 

Chair - Elect
Claude Demby
Nomaco

Immediate Past Chair
Jim Beck
TrustAtlantic Bank

Past Chair
Gary Joyner
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Past Chair 
Sepi Asefnia
SEPI Engineering & Construction

Treasurer
Richard Urquhart
Investors Management Corporation

General Counsel
Henry Campen
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Vice Chair, Communications
Natalie Perkins
Clean Design

Vice Chair, Economic Development
Doug Vinsel
Duke Raleigh Hospital

Vice Chair, Education
George York
York Properties, Inc. / McDonald York Building Company

Vice Chair, Government Affairs
Randy Lickey
Williams Mullen

Vice Chair, Membership Development
Greg Winkler
Wells Fargo

Vice Chair, Membership Services
Kari Stoltz
Bank of America

Vice Chair, Small Business
Jennifer Dunleavy
Accuro

At Large
Patty Briguglio
MMI Public Relations.

At Large
Ed Paradise
Cisco Systems, Inc.

At Large
Amit Singh
Spectraforce Technologies

President and CEO
Harvey Schmitt, CCE
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

RTA Chair
H. Clymer Cease
Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee – Architecture

President, Leadership
Sean Lennard
Triangle Food Group

Raleigh Alumni Association
Denise Martin
Security Management Consulting

Young Professionals Network Chair
Stefanie Ratledge
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Sports Council Chair
Perry Safran
Safran Law Offices

Diane Adams

DeLisa Alexander
Red Hat, Inc.

Brooks Bell
Brooks Bell

Chris Bell
SunTrust Bank

Joe Bryan
Wake County Board of Commissioners

Michael Cole
ColeJenest & Stone, PA

Ralph DiLeone
The DiLeone Law Group, P.C.

Bill Gant
Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company

Jimmy Goodmon
Capitol Broadcasting Co., Inc.

Linda Harris
PSNC Energy

Jill Heath
Mulkey Engineers & Consultants

Paul Holmes
New York Life Insurance Co.

Alan Hughes
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Laura Hulsey
PNC

David Jones
Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston

Lisa Jones
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines

Lou Jurkowski
BJAC, pa

Richard McCook
General Parts/CARQUEST

Nancy McFarlane
City of Raleigh

Douglas McMillan
YMCA of the Triangle Area, Inc.

Robert Merdes
Fidelity Investments

Chris Moore
Crescent State Bank

Tesa Oechsle
LORD Corporation

Steve Parrott
Wake Education Partnership

Gray Reed
Branch Banking & Trust Co.

Bill Roberts
Belk, Inc.

Machelle Sanders
Biogen Idec

Enrique Santacana
ABB Inc.

Mike Smith
Kane Realty Corporation

Patricia Smith
LAC Group, LLC

Keith Sutton
Wake County Board of Education

Jeff Tippett
Calvert Creative

Ricardo Velasquez
La Conexión

Randy Woodson, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University