Tia McLaurin
Tia McLaurin serves as a senior leader on the Grow with Google team – a Google initiative to help create economic opportunities for Americans. In her national role, she works closely with community leaders to lean into Google’s 20-year history of building products, platforms, and services that help people grow their skills, careers, and businesses. […]
Frank Loverro
Frank joined Kelso in 1993. He spent the preceding three years in the Private Equity Investment group and High Yield Finance at The First Boston Corporation. Frank is currently a director of Valenz and Zenith Energy. Past directorships include Ajax Resources, Buckeye Partners, Delphin Shipping, Eagle Bulk Shipping, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Helios, Oceana Therapeutics, Physicians Endoscopy and […]
James B. Lockhart
James B. Lockhart III has had a long and distinguished career, serving in multiple governmental positions and throughout the private sector. He is currently a Senior Fellow of the Bipartisan Policy Center and Chairman of the Bruce Museum, an art and science museum in Greenwich, Connecticut. He served as Vice Chairman of WL Ross & […]
Mark Lawson
Mark Lawson is the President of the Cary Chamber of Commerce and leads the second largest Chamber of Commerce in Wake County. In Mark’s role, he and his team support the local business community in Cary, while helping grow and strengthen the local economy, and facilitate programs and events that contribute to the overall quality […]
Atissa Ladjevardian
Prior to her current role at CHIPS, Atissa Ladjevardian most recently served as senior associate director at the White House where she led Presidential appointments to economic agencies and independent boards and commissions and to Ambassadorships. Prior to her role at the White House, Ladjevardian worked for the Presidential Inaugural Committee and the Biden-Harris campaign […]
Kunal Khatri
Kunal Khatri is the UK’s Deputy HM Trade Commissioner for North America, based at the British Consulate General in New York City. In this role he is responsible for leading a team on company, regulatory and political engagement to help support UK companies export and expand in the US and Canadian markets, and firms and […]
Kristi Jones
Kristi is proud she chose to go to one of North Carolina’s great HBCUs, North Carolina Central University. It has proven to be the foundation she needed to thrive. Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law where she earned […]
Dave Hope
Dave Hope is a Senior Manager in Deloitte’s supply chain practice, helping public sector clients solve their most pressing supply chain risk and sustainment challenges. He brings over 15 years of supply chain experience and subject matter expertise, assisting clients on a variety of topics ranging from climate impacts to comprehensive supply chain program strategies. […]
Barry Hicks
Barry is a founding member of SAS Institute’s Data Ethics Practice. After spending over three decades in software development, support and delivery, he now leads global development efforts to support SAS, our customers and communities in which we operate with human-centered best practices and solutions that promote responsible, equitable judgments where SAS technologies are deployed […]
Jennifer Hankins
Jennifer Hankins serves as managing director of Tulsa Innovation Labs (TIL), a tech-led economic development organization responsible for catalyzing the Tulsa region’s leadership in advanced industries. TIL was pioneered by the George Kaiser Family Foundation and believes that by building a world-class tech hub in America’s heartland, opportunity is unlocked for all. Jennifer joined the […]
Dr. Jim Goodnight
As the CEO of SAS, the world’s leading business analytics software vendor, Jim Goodnight has led the company since its inception in 1976, overseeing an unbroken chain of revenue growth and profitability that is unprecedented in the industry. Under his leadership, SAS has become renowned for its innovation and corporate culture. His commitment to work-life […]