CHAIR
Frank B. Holding Jr.
First Citizens Bank

CHAIR ELECT
William K. Atkinson II, Ph.D.
WakeMed Health & Hospitals

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Ronald G. Wainwright Jr.
RSM McGladrey, Inc.

PAST CHAIRS
Lee Youngblood
Branch Banking & Trust Company

Fred N. Day IV

TREASURER
Sepideh Asefnia
SEPI Engineering Group, Inc.

GENERAL COUNSEL
Charles N. Anderson Jr.
Ellis & Winters LLP

VICE CHAIRS
Communications
Phil Zachary
Curtis Media Group

Economic Development
John W. Ward
Wachovia Bank, NA

Education
Ann Goodnight
SAS

Government Affairs
Wallace H. Dawson
TriSure Corporation

Membership Development
Rick Guirlinger
General Parts, Inc.

Membership Services
Gary Davis
Alera Financial

Small Business
Judy Smith
Smith Seal of North Carolina, Inc.

AT LARGE MEMBERS
Philip Freelon
The Freelon Group, Inc.

Trish Hanchette
KB Home

Willy Stewart, PE
Stewart Engineering, Inc.

PRESIDENT AND CEO
Harvey Schmitt, CCE, President/CEO
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

DIRECTORS
Thomas Adams
Time Warner Cable Raleigh Division

Thomas J. Anhut
Toll Brothers

Mary Bell
Caterpillar

Ed Bonner

Joe Bryan
Wake County Board of Commissioners

Jim Captain
Credit Suisse

Kelly Castor
Practical Lessons

H. Clymer Cease Jr.
Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee – Architects

Craig Chancellor
Triangle United Way

Scott Cutler
Clancy & Theys Construction Co.

William L. Dawkins
Regions Bank

Joseph “Bo” Dempster Jr.
Poyner & Spruill LLP Attorneys-at-Law

Valerie K. Fields
V.K. Fields & Co

Lynne Garrison
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Rosa Gill
Wake County Board of Education

Ardie Gregory
WRAL-FM/MIX 101.5

Donald A. Haile
Fidelity Investments

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

H. Gray Hutchison Jr.
Aon Consulting

A. Dale Jenkins
Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North Carolina

Robert Jones
SunTrust Bank

Steven Jones
RBC Centura

John Kane
Kane Realty Corp.

Jeff Kiser
WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Sean Lennard
Vmeals.com

John McKinney
AT&T North Carolina

Richard L. McNeel
LORD Corporation

Charles Meeker
City of Raleigh

April Mills
Dixon Hughes PLLC

James Oblinger, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University

Bill Owens
Lenovo Group

Doyle Parrish
Summit Hospitality Group, LTD

Donna P. Preiss
The Preiss Company

Larry E. Robbins
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Mary Nash K. Rusher
Hunton & Williams

Gary J. Salamido
GlaxoSmithKline

Stephen C. Scott, Ed.D.
Wake Technical Community College

Michele Stone
The Stone Agency

Dianne Boardley Suber, Ph.D.
Saint Augustine’s College

Keith Sutton
Triangle Urban League

Soberina Traywick
Mechanics & Farmers Bank

Kirsten Weeks
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Tina Wilson
IBM Corporation

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