Chair
Sepi Asefnia
SEPI Engineering Group, Inc.

Chair-Elect
Gary Joyner
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

Immediate Past Chair
Bill Atkinson, Ph.D.
WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Past Chair
Frank Holding
First Citizens Bank

Past Chair
Ron Wainwright
Dixon Hughes PLLC

Treasurer
Lynne Garrison
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

General Counsel
Catharine Arrowood
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Vice-Chair Communications
Patty Briguglio
MMI Public Relations

Vice-Chair Economic Development
David Weaver
Branch Banking & Trust Company

Vice-Chair Education
James Beck
TrustAtlantic Bank

Vice-Chair Government Affairs
Gary Salamido
GlaxoSmithKline

Vice Chair Membership Development
Jeff Corbett
Progress Energy

Vice-Chair Membership Services
Chris Young
First Citizens Bank

Vice-Chair Small Business
Ned Jennings
The East Group

At Large
Jim Captain
Credit Suisse

David Strong
Rex Healthcare

Ward Nye
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

President
Harvey Schmitt, CCE
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sheila Ahler
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland LLP

DeLisa Alexander
Red Hat, Inc.

Brian Allen
Precision Walls, Inc.

Cindy Anderson
RSM McGladrey, Inc.

Tom Anhut
Toll Brothers

Jimmy Barnes
NAI Carolantic Realty, Inc.

Jim Beley
The Umstead Hotel and Spa

Chris Bell
RBC Bank (USA)

Tom Booth
Hardin Construction Company, LLC

Phyllis Brookshire
Allen Tate Realtors

Leah Brown
Aten Solutions, Inc.

Greg Carr
Wachovia Bank, NA

Kim Copney
Costco

Claude Demby
Noel Group

Jeff Denny
Liaison Design Group

Melissa Essary
Campbell Law School

Valerie Fields
V.K. Fields & Co. Public Relations

Felicia Gressette
The News & Observer Publishing Co.

Tony Gurley
Wake County Board of Commissioners

Don Haile
Fidelity Investments

Steven Hammel
WRAL-TV Channel 5

Jody Hatley
Excel Moving & Storage, Inc.—Allied Van Lines

Gray Hutchison
Aon Consulting

Dale Jenkins
Medical Mutual Insurance Company of NC

Lou Jurkowski
BJAC, pa

Barry Leffler
WCHL 1360

Randy Lickey
Williams Mullen

Thomas Looney
Lenovo

Ron Margiotta
Wake County Board of Education

Rhonda Clark McNairy
Rhonda Clark McNairy, CPA

Bobby Medlin
Plaza Associates, Inc.

Charles Meeker
City of Raleigh

Dean Ogan
Rocky Top Hospitality

Christine Peterson
Risk Management Associates

Ven Poole
Waste Industries USA, Inc.

Donna Preiss
The Preiss Company

Donna Rhode
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Larry Robbins
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Steve Scott, Ed.D.
Wake Technical Community College

Kimberlee Sipe
Capital Bank

Steve Stouthamer
Skanska USA Building. Inc.

Soberina Traywick
Mechanics & Farmers Bank

Walter Wells
AT&T North Carolina


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