Creighton Blackwell, Chair
Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Community Engagement Coastal Credit Union |
Reagan Greene, Vice Chair
Vice President, Marketing & Community Engagement Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC |
INAUGURAL STEERING COMMITTEE
Forty community leaders from diverse backgrounds and all sectors are working together to launch Big Bold Ideas, a powerful new community-wide civic improvement initiative.
Jessica Aylor
Vice President of Community Engagement, Triangle Community Foundation 
Delores Bailey
Executive Director, Empowerment, Inc. 
Creighton Blackwell
Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Coastal Credit Union 
Charles Blackwood
Orange County Sheriff 
Martina Brooks
Senior Leadership Team, Atma Hotel Group 
Joal Hall Broun
Chair, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education 
Judith Cone
Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, UNC-Chapel Hill 
Joel Curran,
Vice Chancellor for Communications, UNC-Chapel Hill 
Rani Dasi
Member, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education 
Molly De Marco
Leadership Team, NEXT |
Chris Ehrenfeld
Owner, Bold Construction 
Chris Faison
Fellow, 2019 Campaign for Black Male Achievement 
Matt Gladdek
Executive Director, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership 
Kim Grooms
Executive Director, Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA 
Janet Hadar
Senior Vice President for Operations, UNC Hospitals 
Madison Hayes
Executive Director, the Refugee Community Partnership 
Pam Hemminger
Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill 
Lilyn Hester
Head of Southeast External Affairs and Government Relations, Google 
Barbara Jessie-Black
Executive Director, PTA Thrift Shop 
Leigh Kempf
Vice President, Merrill, A Bank of America Company |
Jaclyn Krohn
Director of Orange County Campus, Durham Tech 
Lydia Lavelle
Mayor, Town of Carrboro 
Scott Maitland
Proprietor, Top of the Hill & Topo Spirits 
Lydia Mason
CFO, Piedmont Health 
Aaron Nelson
President and CEO, The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro 
Tola Oguntoyinbo
Co-Founder and President, ShineBIG.com 
Jay Patel
President, Wintergreen Hospitality 
Roger Perry
President, East West Partners 
Jennifer Player
President & CEO, Habitat for Humanity 
Eliazar Posada
Director of Community Relations & Advocacy, El Centro Hispano 
Rebecca Quinn Wolf
Senior Vice President/Director of Client and Community Relations, PNC Bank |
John Quinterno, CHALT
Penny Rich
Chair, Orange County Board of Commissioners 
Anna Richards
President, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP 
Devin Ross
Leadership Team, Orange County Justice United 
Ellen Shannon
VP, Planning & Development, Shannon Media 
Ruffin Slater
Founder and General Manager, Weaver Street Market 
Kim Tesoro
CEO, Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce 
Kevin (Kaze) ThomasCo-Owner, Local 506 and Vibe House 405
Jenn Weaver
Mayor Pro Tem, Town of Hillsborough 
Aubrey Williams
General Manager, 97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com |