2025 Public Policy Committee

2025 Public Policy Committee

Public Policy Committee

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Jennifer Adams
Corning Incorporated, OFC Global Environmental Leader

Robert Campbell
Wilmington International Airport, Finance Director

Hal Kitchin
McGuireWoods LLP, Associate

Brandon Korman
Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Midtown, Owner

Tyler Newman
Business Alliance for a Sound Economy, President & CEO

J.C. Smith
Live Oak Bank

Grayson Powell
Sun Coast Partners Commercial, Principal Broker

Tee Nunnelee
Coastal Beverage Co., Inc., President

Tim Buckland
New Hanover County, Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator

Ruth Ravitz Smith
RR Smith Strategic Solutions (R2S3) & New Lantern Partners

Philip Watts
Colonial Terminals Inc North Carolina, Terminal Manager

Michele Holbrook
2020 Chair Corning Incorporated, Capital Program Manager

Richard Broadway
Rodgers, Vice President

Megan Mullins
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Chief Marketing and Engagement Officer

Aubrey Parsley
City of Wilmington, Director of Rail Realignment

Ted Shipley
Live Oak Bank

Gustavo Rodea
Mattress Furniture Liquidators / Muebleria El Nido , CEO
Gustavo Rodea has lived in Wilmington since 2008. He is married to Lupe Duran. Together they have two boys, Anthony, age 13 and Leonardo, age 3. G...

Neal Andrew
2021 Chair Andrew Consulting Engineers, PC, President

Richard Formo
Modern Aviation, General Manager

John Gardner
Truist Bank, Senior Vice President Business Banking Lender Eastern NC Region

Ned Glascock
PPD Development LLP, Senior Director, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs

Stephanie Lanier
2022 Chair The Lanier Property Group, Inc.

Lisa Leath
Leath HR Group LLC, Founder/Owner

Tim Milam
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, President

Jon Tait, CFP®, CPFA
Signature Wealth Strategies, Certified Financial Planner

Carolyn Ownby
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, HR Manager

Jason Thompson
American Property Experts, owner

Mike Brown
Cape Fear Commercial, LLC

Andrew Cooke
McKinley Building Corporation, Business Development Officer
Andrew is our expert in all things financial and new business-related. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Andrew brough...

Stephanie Lanier
2022 Chair The Inspiration Lab

Velva Jenkins
YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear, Inc., CEO

Chris Montero
Perfect Touch Rental, Co-Founder

Denise Kinney
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, President

Shane Faulkner
EOD Distillery, LLC, Founder

Missy Barton
Stroud & Company CPAs, PLLC, Partner, CPA

Adam McCombs
Interroll Corporation, Managing Director

Kent Yarborough
SKA Consulting Engineers, Principal Engineer II, Vice President

Pam Hardy
Duke Energy, District Manager in Government & Community Relations

Ben Currin
Vantaca

Kelsie Nagele
Cape Fear Realtors, Government Affairs Director

Scott Monroe
Essential Personnel, CEO & Co-founder

Lisa Leath
Vantaca

Joey Nelson
AT&T North Carolina, External Affairs

Kara Spencer
City of Wilmington, Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs

Paul Pascarosa
Headwater Environmental, Inc., President

Jean Golla
Wells Fargo Bank, Senior Premier Banker

Colleen Coons
Monteith Construction Corp.

Jason Ezzell
Brawley Company, Business Development Manager

Nancy Bailey
Eckel & Vaughan, Account Director

Nikki Ricketson
Timmons Group, Business Development Manager

Stephen Gaskins
Seacoast Wealth Management, Managing Director

Kenneth Baker
Fastest Labs of Wilmington, Principal Owner

Michael Braddock
Frontier Scientific Solutions, LLC

Robert Kerr
Airlie Ventures, Partner

Andrea Troccia
Indigo Shore Development, Owner/Manager

Tanner Konrady
Konrady and Son Construction, LLC, Owner and President

Kelsey Elmore
Konrady and Son Construction, LLC, Office Manager

Robert Campbell
H.O.P.E. CDC (Helping Ordinary People Excel)

Adam Caldwell
WithersRavenel, Business Development

Linsey Hackett
Monteith Construction Corp., People Department Director

Sara Auld
Upper Health Inc., Chief Executive Officer

Chad Kimes
TranSystems

Alyssa Morrissey
North Carolina Chamber

Tyler Newman
New Hanover Community Endowment, VP, External Affairs

Hoop Morgan
The Forte' Institute, Founder/Author

Shaun Olsen
CloudWyze, CEO
Shaun OlsenFounder and CEO, CloudWyze, Inc.CloudWyze, Inc. founder and CEO, Shaun Olsen is an entrepreneur and community leader who strives to empo...

Megan Mullins
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce NC, Chief Marketing and Engagement Officer

Daniela Ayers
LS3P Associates LTD., Project Manager
Daniela Ayers is a Project Manager for LS3P Associates and holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Technology from the Universidad Autonoma de...

Clayton Hamerski
Intracoastal Realty Corp., Real Estate Broker / REALTOR
I’m a Wilmington native and this is where I hope to stay for the rest of my life. I am committed to our community and to my goal of building a be...

Chakema Clinton-Quintana
Live Oak Bank, VP- Inclusive Small Business
Chakema Clinton-Quintana is vice president of Inclusive Small Business at Live Oak Bank, where she leads the inclusive small business center. She f...

Janeé Folston
UNCW Career Center , Associate Director of Employer Development

Laurie Kidd
Novant Health, Director of Case Management, Coastal Market

Daniel Winslow
New Hanover Community Endowment, President & CEO
Daniel B. Winslow joined NHCE after serving as an executive in the non-profit sector where he successfully raised the revenue, visibility, and impa...

Leigh Quarles
New Hanover Community Endowment, Network Officer

Jay Oglesby
Liberty Senior Living, Senior Director of Development
Jay Oglesby is Senior Director of Development for Liberty Senior Living, a division of Wilmington-based Liberty Health ("Liberty") that oversees ac...

Jamir Jumoke
Leading Into New Communites, Inc.

Madeline Eckel
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Marketing and Member Engagement Specialist
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Jennifer Adams

Corning Incorporated, OFC Global Environmental Leader
Robert Campbell

Wilmington International Airport, Finance Director
Hal Kitchin

McGuireWoods LLP, Associate
Brandon Korman

Tropical Smoothie Cafe - Midtown, Owner
Tyler Newman

Business Alliance for a Sound Economy, President & CEO
J.C. Smith

Live Oak Bank
Grayson Powell

Sun Coast Partners Commercial, Principal Broker
Tee Nunnelee

Coastal Beverage Co., Inc., President
Tim Buckland

New Hanover County, Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator
Ruth Ravitz Smith

RR Smith Strategic Solutions (R2S3) & New Lantern Partners
Philip Watts

Colonial Terminals Inc North Carolina, Terminal Manager
Michele Holbrook

2020 Chair

Corning Incorporated, Capital Program Manager
Richard Broadway

Rodgers, Vice President
Megan Mullins

Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Chief Marketing and Engagement Officer
Aubrey Parsley

City of Wilmington, Director of Rail Realignment
Ted Shipley

Live Oak Bank
Gustavo Rodea

Mattress Furniture Liquidators / Muebleria El Nido , CEO

Gustavo Rodea has lived in Wilmington since 2008. He is married to Lupe Duran. Together
they have two boys, Anthony, age 13 and Leonardo, age 3.
Gustavo Rodea is an entrepreneur who has 18 years of experience in the retail business world. Having
moved to the United States from the largest city in the world, Mexico City, Rodea began his career at
the tender age of 22 and became a successful entrepreneur. He attributes his success to the seminars,
books and continuing education that he pursued along the way, as well as his self-taught abilities
through trial and error. During the national economic recession of 2008, Rodea’s dream of becoming a
business owner were put on hold as he was forced to sell his company as part of a wise business
strategy to stay ahead.
Neal Andrew

2021 Chair

Andrew Consulting Engineers, PC, President
Richard Formo

Modern Aviation, General Manager
John Gardner

Truist Bank, Senior Vice President Business Banking Lender Eastern NC Region
Ned Glascock

PPD Development LLP, Senior Director, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
Stephanie Lanier

2022 Chair

The Lanier Property Group, Inc.
Lisa Leath

Leath HR Group LLC, Founder/Owner
Tim Milam

Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, President
Jon Tait, CFP®, CPFA

Signature Wealth Strategies, Certified Financial Planner
Carolyn Ownby

Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, HR Manager
Jason Thompson

American Property Experts, owner
Mike Brown

Cape Fear Commercial, LLC
Andrew Cooke

McKinley Building Corporation, Business Development Officer

Andrew is our expert in all things financial and new business-related. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Andrew brought his 12 years of commercial banking experience and two years of focus on commercial real estate to McKinley as our business development officer. He was named Wake Forest University Banking School Distinguished Graduate in 2018 and Eagle Scout of the Boy Scouts of America. Andrew has also dedicated his time to serving on many boards including Airlie Gardens, Step Up Wilmington Board of Directors, Wilmington Downtown Inc, Great Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame, Lower Cape Fear Hospice Board of Trustees, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Leadership program and as a First Presbyterian Church Youth Basketball coach.
Stephanie Lanier

2022 Chair

The Inspiration Lab
Velva Jenkins

YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear, Inc., CEO
Chris Montero

Perfect Touch Rental, Co-Founder
Denise Kinney

Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, President
Shane Faulkner

EOD Distillery, LLC, Founder
Missy Barton

Stroud & Company CPAs, PLLC, Partner, CPA
Adam McCombs

Interroll Corporation, Managing Director
Kent Yarborough

SKA Consulting Engineers, Principal Engineer II, Vice President
Pam Hardy

Duke Energy, District Manager in Government & Community Relations
Ben Currin

Vantaca
Kelsie Nagele

Cape Fear Realtors, Government Affairs Director
Scott Monroe

Essential Personnel, CEO & Co-founder
Lisa Leath

Vantaca
Joey Nelson

AT&T North Carolina, External Affairs
Kara Spencer

City of Wilmington, Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
Paul Pascarosa

Headwater Environmental, Inc., President
Jean Golla

Wells Fargo Bank, Senior Premier Banker
Colleen Coons

Monteith Construction Corp.
Jason Ezzell

Brawley Company, Business Development Manager
Nancy Bailey

Eckel & Vaughan, Account Director
Nikki Ricketson

Timmons Group, Business Development Manager
Stephen Gaskins

Seacoast Wealth Management, Managing Director
Kenneth Baker

Fastest Labs of Wilmington, Principal Owner
Michael Braddock

Frontier Scientific Solutions, LLC
Robert Kerr

Airlie Ventures, Partner
Andrea Troccia

Indigo Shore Development, Owner/Manager
Tanner Konrady

Konrady and Son Construction, LLC, Owner and President
Kelsey Elmore

Konrady and Son Construction, LLC, Office Manager
Robert Campbell

H.O.P.E. CDC (Helping Ordinary People Excel)
Adam Caldwell

WithersRavenel, Business Development
Linsey Hackett

Monteith Construction Corp., People Department Director
Sara Auld

Upper Health Inc., Chief Executive Officer
Chad Kimes

TranSystems
Alyssa Morrissey

North Carolina Chamber
Tyler Newman

New Hanover Community Endowment, VP, External Affairs
Hoop Morgan

The Forte' Institute, Founder/Author
Shaun Olsen

CloudWyze, CEO

Shaun Olsen
Founder and CEO, CloudWyze, Inc.
CloudWyze, Inc. founder and CEO, Shaun Olsen is an entrepreneur and community leader who strives to empower businesses and consumers through technology. A veteran of the IT industry, Olsen started CloudWyze in 2012 after having played pivotal roles in several startups. Each of these offerings delivers a combination of IT, voice and data, and multimedia systems. Olsen is a graduate of the Cameron School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and continues to be active on numerous boards include the university’s Center for Entrepreneurial Development and the Cameron Executive Advisory Board. He is also Chairman and founder of AcoustiCreations, Inc., a NC-based professional audio-video firm
Megan Mullins

Wilmington Chamber of Commerce NC, Chief Marketing and Engagement Officer
Daniela Ayers

LS3P Associates LTD., Project Manager

Daniela Ayers is a Project Manager for LS3P Associates and holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Technology from the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon. Originally from Monterrey Mexico, she brings over 20 years of international experience to her work. Her passion lies in experiential design and placemaking, where she skillfully crafts branded environments that are dynamic, personal, and uniquely suited to their context and place. Notable projects include Live Oak Bank, nCino Headquarters and Girls Leadership of Wilmington (GLOW) Academy. Outside of her professional life, Daniela enjoys giving back to the Wilmington community through Port City Church, watching some good baseball at the Shark Tank and supporting her daughters at soccer tournaments and dance competitions.
Clayton Hamerski

Intracoastal Realty Corp., Real Estate Broker / REALTOR

I’m a Wilmington native and this is where I hope to stay for the rest of my life. I am committed to our community and to my goal of building a better life for future generations in my hometown, and I do my best to reflect that in my actions and in my business.

I pride myself on making each transaction as smooth as possible, but my job doesn’t end at closing. I serve my clients as a real estate advisor, assisting them with everything from homeownership advice and investment opportunities, to helping navigate our community, local government, and school system. Being a Wilmington native with a lifetime of connections in the area means that my clients have access to the best professionals in the region.
Chakema Clinton-Quintana

Live Oak Bank, VP- Inclusive Small Business

Chakema Clinton-Quintana is vice president of Inclusive Small Business at Live Oak Bank, where she leads the inclusive small business center. She focuses on strengthening and supporting inclusive small business growth in our communities and verticals through research, job creation programs, capital allocation, mentorship, and programming. Chakema has 19 years of banking experience and has a degree in business management from Strayer University in Herndon, Virginia. Her background includes foreclosure, real estate short sales, loss mitigation, relationship management, and compliance. Chakema currently serves on the board of directors for three non-profit organizations, including treasurer of Voyage Wilmington, treasurer of Red, Black, & Love, Inc., and board chair for The OOPS Foundation.
Janeé Folston

UNCW Career Center , Associate Director of Employer Development
Laurie Kidd

Novant Health, Director of Case Management, Coastal Market
Daniel Winslow

New Hanover Community Endowment, President & CEO

Daniel B. Winslow joined NHCE after serving as an executive in the non-profit sector where he successfully raised the revenue, visibility, and impact of the New England Legal Foundation. He has dedicated much of his career to transformational leadership and innovation, having served as a Judge, a legislator, the Chief Legal Counsel to a Governor, a local elected official, a law firm partner, and founding General Counsel of a Silicon Valley tech company. He has been called the “Idea Man” by The Boston Globe and has received regional and national recognition for new solutions and leadership. In his first remarks after being appointed as President & CEO, Dan advocated the values of transparency, collaboration, honesty, innovation, accountability, and results.
Leigh Quarles

New Hanover Community Endowment, Network Officer
Jay Oglesby

Liberty Senior Living, Senior Director of Development

Jay Oglesby is Senior Director of Development for Liberty Senior Living, a division of Wilmington-based Liberty Health ("Liberty") that oversees acquisitions, development, and operation of Liberty's senior living community portfolio. Jay oversees Liberty’s Active Adult (55+) development projects, two properties under construction, and three in lease-up. Before commercial real estate and between undergrad at Ole Miss and business school at Thunderbird School of Global Management, Jay worked as a junior high teacher and chef. He and his wife, Jackie, of 30+ years have lived in Phoenix, Dallas, San Francisco, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale, Charlotte, and Birmingham. They relocated to Wilmington last winter as empty nesters and have since immersed themselves in the local food and music scenes.
Jamir Jumoke

Leading Into New Communites, Inc.
Madeline Eckel

Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, Marketing and Member Engagement Specialist

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