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 […]
Jonathan Ebinger
Jonathan is a General Partner at Transform Capital, and brings 20+ years of investing experience to the role from his time as a General Partner at BlueRun Ventures. Early in Jonathan’s career, he worked for MCI Communications developing innovative services in the wake of the AT&T break-up, which catalyzed the next generation of innovation in […]
Louis DeJoy
Louis DeJoy is the 75th Postmaster General of the United States and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Postal Service. He was appointed by the organization’s Board of Governors and began his tenure in June 2020. In his role as Postmaster General, DeJoy also serves as a member of the Board of Governors. DeJoy is […]
Jaha Cummings
Jaha Cummings is a global growth advisor and strategist with expertise in creating public-private-philanthropic partnerships with local governments across multiple industries including real estate, healthcare, energy, logistics, and publishing. He is the founder of Blanchard House Institute and the Black Wall Street Trail and the Seminole Maroon Freedom Trail, and is President of the Cultural […]
Bob Creeden
Bob Creeden, Managing Director of the UVA LVG Seed Fund & New Ventures supports the creation of high-quality ventures based on University technologies and leads the day-to-day operations of two $10 million investment funds. Bob is tasked with building initiatives to identify opportunities for the creation of new ventures based on technologies in the LVG […]
David Crabtree
David Crabtree is an American award-winning journalist, former television news anchor, and television executive. He served as the lead anchor of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina for much of his 28 years at the network through 2022. Following a forty year career in television reporting, he was named the CEO of PBS North Carolina. Crabtree […]
Christopher Chung
In 2015, Christopher Chung joined the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) as Chief Executive Officer and brings more than 25 years of state-level economic development experience to the role. As a public-private partnership, the EDPNC is responsible for a number of economic development functions on behalf of the State of North Carolina, including […]
Paula Stafford
With more than 35 years of experience in biopharmaceutical services and consulting, Paula helped build the CRO industry and the preeminent CRO in the industry, Quintiles. Her three-decade career at Quintiles culminated in serving for five years as President of Clinical Development, the largest business unit within Quintiles (now IQVIA). In 2017, Paula joined Novan, […]
Loretta Boniti
Loretta Boniti is an award winning anchor and senior political reporter with Spectrum News 1. She hosts a weekly public affairs program that covers all the issues important to folks across North Carolina called “In Focus with Loretta Boniti”. She has been reporting on all of the big legislative, election, and state government issues across […]
Steve Bilt
Steve Bilt is the Chief Executive Officer at Smile Brands Inc. (SBI) and OneSmile, LLC. He co-founded Smile Brands and OneSmile and in 2016 combined the two businesses (collectively “Smile Brands”). Steve was integral in SBI’s three initial platform acquisitions and led the acquisitions of Monarch Dental Corporation [NASDAQ: MDDS] and Castle Dental Centers Inc. […]