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2022 Inter-City Visit & Leadership Conference

April 2022
Location - TBD

Our annual Inter-City Visit &Leadership Conference brings Raleigh and Wake County businesses, government, and civic leaders together with their counterparts to learn from another market and share ideas. Attendees will find out more about Wake County policy issues, benchmark a comparable community against ours, and enjoy high-level networking with other attendees.

We will bring together business leaders, elected officials, and community stakeholders to learn from a market that is leading the world in inclusive economic growth by welcoming all, empowering talent, and igniting innovation.

We’ll examine topics highlighting how the market is bridging the growth gap, affordability, job growth, talent retention and attraction, mobility, startups and innovation, diversity, equity, and inclusivity. Join us as we dive into the best practices and lessons learned from a market that is making groundbreaking and historic decisions.

2020 Task Force Members

DeLisa Alexander
Red Hat, Inc.

Jennifer Allen
SEPI, Inc.

Christopher Bell
SunTrust Bank

Laura Bunn
Capital Bank

Hunter Burnette
Shelco, LLC

Anthony Caison
Wake Technical Community College

Matt Chambers
Clancy & Theys Construction Company

Brian DiDiano
Barringer Construction

Ralph DiLeone
DiLeone Law Group, P.C.

Robert Doreauk
AT&T North Carolina

Denny Edwards
Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau

Chad Essick
Poyner Spruill LLP

Mike Ferguson
Barnhill Contracting Co., Inc.

Kellie Ford
S&ME, Inc.

Brett Frenier
RATIO

Jim Hansen
PNC

Mary Heath
McAdams

Steve Hepler
LS3P Associates, Ltd.

Jennifer Hickerson
Alfred Williams & Company

Thomas Hill III
Highwoods Properties, Inc.

Todd Jones
Captrust

O’Hara Macken
IHS Markit, Task Force Chair

Sean Malone
Dix Park Conservancy

Sharat Nagaraj
celito.net

Virginia Parker
Bank of America

Lisa Schiller
UNC REX Healthcare

Matt Smith
Wake Tech Foundation

Angelique Stallings
Radio One

Marshall Stein
Elliott Davis

Pamela Townsend
WSP

Bob Williams
Messer

Julia Wright
Dominion Energy