RALEIGH CHAMBER - Key Persons

Abha Bowers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026
  • Vice Chair, Communications

Adrienne Cole - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • President

Albert Alwang

Job Titles:
  • Economic Development Director

Allyson Dickens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026

Amy Fowler

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President of Finance

Andrew Blackburn

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Government Affairs

Anne Genest - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Executive Assistant to the President

Anthony Comella

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Ashley Cagle

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Economic Development, Raleigh Chamber / Assistant Executive Director, Wake County Economic Development

Bailey Siebel

Job Titles:
  • Research and Marketing Coordinator

Baker Glasgow

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025 / Clancy & Theys Construction Company

Bonner Gaylord

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025 / Kane Realty Corporation

Brenda Kalavsky

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager, Economic Development

Brian C. Ralph

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024 / William Peace University

Cheryl Scanlan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024

Cheryl Stallings

Chris Heagarty

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Chair

Christina Jones

Job Titles:
  • Council Member

Courtney Crowder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024 / APCO Worldwide Inc.

Courtney White

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Vice Chair, Member Services & Small Business / BASF

Dan Cahill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Immediate past Chair / Poyner Spruill LLP

David Crosby

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024
  • Vice Chair, Economic Development

Devin Brown

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Member Services and Small Business

Don McCorquodale

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Vice Chair, Government Affairs / SAS Institute, Inc.

Dr. Barbara Griffith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025

Emily Stafford

Job Titles:
  • Design Manager

Eric Darnell

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Information Technology

Ernie Bovio

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee

Evelyn Lucas

Job Titles:
  • Senior Relationship Manager

Fidelity Investments

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Francie Gottsegen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026 / North Carolina Football Club

Gail Reid-Vestal

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Gary Greene

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee

Haley Waxman

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Marketing Manager

Holt Brothers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024 / Holt Brothers Construction

Jackie Huitt

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President of Revenue Development

Jacob Rigg

Job Titles:
  • RTA Membership Operations Coordinator

Jane Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Council Member

Janet Potter

Job Titles:
  • General Manager

Jason Sandner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024

Jay Irby

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Ex Officio, Chair, Regional Transportation Alliance / First Citizens Bank

Jen Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Registration Coordinator

Jennifer Allen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024

Joe Milazzo II - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Senior Vice President

Joel Davis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026

Joel Graybeal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026 / Triangle Rock Club

John Freehafer

Job Titles:
  • Scholarship

John Ward

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025 / Wells Fargo

Jonathan Melton

Job Titles:
  • Council Member

Jordan Deshazor

Job Titles:
  • Economic Development Coordinator

Jule Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025 / Construction Partners, Inc.

Kade Ross

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026

Kathryn Yoakum

Job Titles:
  • Government Affairs Manager

Kevin Howell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Kevin McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026 / Duke Energy

Kevin Walker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025 / Credit

Kim Westbrook-MacDonald

Job Titles:
  • Senior Relationship Manager

Kristen Hess - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Treasurer

Kurt Heusner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024 / Cloud Software Group

Kyle Touchstone

Job Titles:
  • Director, City of Raleigh Economic Development

Laura Bunn

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Vice Chair, Revenue Development

Laura Gwyn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026 / Perkins and Will

Lindsay Mahaffey - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Ex Officio

Marc Dinitz

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Mark Carlton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025 / Pinnacle Financial

Mark Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024 / Pepsi

Martin Marietta

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Mary Kubeny

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Mary-Ann Baldwin

Job Titles:
  • Mayor
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Ex Officio / Raleigh City Council

Megan Martin

Job Titles:
  • Database Manager

Megan Patton

Job Titles:
  • Council Member

Michael Haley

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Economic Development, Raleigh Chamber / Executive Director, Wake County Economic Development

Mitch Perry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026

Morgan Ross

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Research

Nadya Kakhovsky

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Payable / Human Resources Manager

Nasir Rasooly

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Manager

O'Hara Macken

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Patricia Burch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2024

Roy Fralin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025

Russell Killen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • General Counsel / Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Sam Hershey

Sam Rauf

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Manager

Samreen Salim

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the General Manager

Sarah Sterling

Job Titles:
  • Events Manager

Scott Levitan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025 / Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina

Shan Teel

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Vice Chair, Raleigh Chamber Foundation / First Citizens Bank

Shana Overdorf

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Leadership Development

Shani Seidel

Job Titles:
  • Senior Relationship Manager

Shanita Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Member Services and Small Business Director

Shannon Hamel

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Senior Manager

Sharon Moe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024 / North State Bank

Shinica Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Ex Officio

Steve Hepler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025 / LS3P Associates, Ltd.

Stormie Forte

Job Titles:
  • at Large Council Member

Susan Evans

Job Titles:
  • Vice - Chair

Susan Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Front Office Coordinator

Susan Sanford

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026

Tamara Terry

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity

Tara Waters

Taylor Cogsdale

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Manager

Ted Klinck

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025 / Highwoods Properties

Teja Wright

Job Titles:
  • Membership Engagement Manager

Terrence Holt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2021 - 2024 / Holt Brothers Construction

Tia McLaurin

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Vice Chair, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Timothy Humphrey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026 / IBM Corporation

Tom Fritsch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2022 - 2025

Torri Staton

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity, Raleigh Chamber / Director of Equitable Economic Development, Wake County Economic Development

Travis Brisbon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Elected Member, 2023 - 2026