Hello & Welcome to our 2022 Annual Planning Conference!
We are incredibly excited to host you this year at The Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst!
We have a great agenda for our time together and look forward to some meaningful conversations.
Dress is business casual. Hotel rooms may be ready upon arrival, simply check with the front desk. If you have any issues during or before the event and need to get ahold of staff members, their cell phone numbers are listed below.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon!
We have a great agenda for our time together and look forward to some meaningful conversations.
Dress is business casual. Hotel rooms may be ready upon arrival, simply check with the front desk. If you have any issues during or before the event and need to get ahold of staff members, their cell phone numbers are listed below.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Mark Lawson
Christie Moser Joshua Harris |
Agenda
You will find a printed copy of this year's agenda located at each of your seats on Wednesday, but a digital copy will also live here below. You can utilize the digital version directly or click below to download.
Conference Attendees
Hannah Aamot
Triangle Rock Club Ted Abernathy Economic Leadership LLC Gale Adcock NC House of Representatives Stone Alexander Lee & Associates Jennifer Allen SEPI Kelcey Ashworth Cary Chamber of Commerce Ralph Ashworth Ashworth Drugs Merritt Atkins Holt Brothers, Inc. Anita Baldwin Duke Raleigh Hospital Jason Barron Morningstar Law Group Kendra Barron Anthony Blackman Atlantic Tire & Service Beth Blackman David Booth First Bank Hal Bowen RATIO Beth Byerley First National Bank Gayle Cabrera Truist Lauren Chappell YMCA of the Triangle Nadia Charquia, MD UNC Health Travis Wright Colopy Fit & Able Productions, Inc. Stephany Connelly Covenant Holdings Wes Cook MacKenan Dr. Rebecca Corbin National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Wendy Coulter Hummingbird Creative Group Shelley Curran Town of Cary Andi Curtis WakeMed Health & Hospitals James Day Cigna MaryAnn Dimino Atlantic Tire & Service Marc Dimino Kurt Dumaw Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP Dennis Edwards Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau Brad Emory YMCA of the Triangle |
Judy Fourie
Fourie Group Don Frantz Cary Town Council Guy Gaster Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina - NC Film Office Abbitt Goodwin Columbia Development Kyle Greer MacKenan Jordan Gussenhoven Chatham Street Commercial Blake Hall Timmons Group Joshua Harris Cary Chamber of Commerce Bryan Hayes Town of Cary Steve Hepler LS3P Skip Hill Highwoods Properties Tom Hughes WakeMed Cary Hospital Lauren Johns, RN, LCMHC Duke Raleigh Hospital Howard Johnson President Emeritus George Jordan G.H. Jordan, III Dev. Co. Inc. Megan Kervin Cary Chamber of Commerce Alpesh Karsalia Pinnacle Financial Partners Chip Kitchings PNC Bank Scott Korbin The Scott Korbin Team Ellen Lawson Cigna Mark Lawson Cary Chamber of Commerce Robin Liggon Touchstone Bank Ya Liu Cary Town Council Michele Lowery Highwoods Properties Nanette Mattox McDonald York Building Company Doug McRainey Town of Cary Jeff Moncrief South State Bank Susan Moran Town of Cary Christie Moser Cary Chamber of Commerce Joon Noh SERVPro of Cary, Morrisville, Apex Chuck Norman S&A Communications Sheila Ogle Ogle Enterprises/Cary Innovation Center |
John Hazlehurst
Terry Parker TowneBank Walt Parker Touchstone Bank Nerissa Price, MD WakeMed Cary Hospital Ruthie Pritchard Dorcas Ministries Rebecca Quinn Wolf PNC Bank Ted Reese Atlantic Tire Championships Clara Rienhoff Highwoods Properties Stacy Rooker Clancy & Theys Construction Company Bill Smith TowneBank Chuck Smith Preston Development Jack Smith Town of Cary Matt Smith Wake Tech Foundation Sean Stegall Town of Cary Eric Steimer United States Golf Association Rick Stephenson StephensonLaw, LLP Marcia Stephenson Tim Stevens SERVPro of Cary, Morrisville, Apex Marty Thompson J.M. Thompson Company Catherine Truitt North Carolina State Superintendent Kristie VanAuken North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Neil Wagoner Interstate Batteries of Central Carolina Liza Weidle FRS Communications Bert Weidle Mayor Harold Weinbrecht Town of Cary Danna Widmar Town of Cary Moss Withers Lee & Associates Berrye Worsham Cotton Incorporated Allison Wrenn Cary Chamber of Commerce Julia Wright Dominion Energy Caroline Youngblood WakeMed Cary Hospital Steve Zaytoun Zaytoun & Associates, Inc. Emily Ziegler UNC REX Healthcare |
Conference Speakers
Ted Abernathy
Economic Leadership LLC Managing Partner Thursday | 9:00am | Economic Updates Gale Adcock NC House of Representatives District 41 Wednesday | 3:30pm | Legislative Updates Wendy Coulter Hummingbird Creative Group Conference Chair Wednesday | 12:30pm | Welcome Guy Gaster Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Director - North Carolina Film Office Wednesday | 4:00pm | The North Carolina Film Industry Lauren Johns, RN, LCMHC Duke Raleigh Hospital Caring For Each Other Program Manager Wednesday | 2:30pm | Workforce Wellness Panel Mark Lawson Cary Chamber of Commerce President Wednesday | 12:30pm | Welcome |
Nerissa Price, MD
WakeMed Cary Hospital Medical Director of BH Community Case Management & PATH Wednesday | 2:30pm | Workforce Wellness Panel Rebecca Quinn Wolf PNC Bank Senior VP / Director of Client & Community Relations Wednesday | 12:30pm | Welcome Eric Steimer United States Golf Association Director, U.S. Open Championship Wednesday | 7:00pm | Keynote Rick Stephenson StephensonLaw, LLP Owner Thursday | 10:00am | 2021 - 2022 Chamber Year Recap Catherine Truitt North Carolina State Superintendent NC Department of Public Instruction Wedensday | 1:15pm | Workforce Development for NC Mayor Harold Weinbrecht Town of Cary Mayor Wednesday | 12:30pm | Welcome |