2025 Board + Assistants

2025 Board + Assistants

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Neal Andrew
Andrew Consulting Engineers, PC, President

Kym Crowell
New Hanover County Commission, Clerk to the Board

Thomas Davis
Ex-Officio WDI City Block Apartments

Sam Franck
Ward and Smith, P.A., Attorney

Dawn Grants
EA to City Council City of Wilmington, Executive Assistant to Mayor and City Council

Jim Hundley
Chair Thomas Construction Group, LLC

Rob Kaiser
Finance Committee Leader Wilmington Media & Marketing, Owner & Publisher

Stephanie Lanier
The Lanier Property Group, Inc.

Lily Loizeaux
Personnel Committee Leader GE Hitachi, HR Leader

Laura Miller
LS3P Associates LTD.

Nicolas Montoya
1st Vice Chair & Public Policy Committee Leader Trailborn Surf & Sound , General Manager

Jim Morton
Ex-Officio CFCC Cape Fear Community College, President

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

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...

Bill Saffo
Ex-Officio City of Wilmington City of Wilmington, Mayor

Fred Samz
Ex-Officio WBD Celanese, President

Ted Shipley
Live Oak Bank

Brooke Skipper
Salt Air, Inc., Owner

Crystal Buie
EA to NHCS Superintendent New Hanover County Schools, Assistant to the Superintendent

Mike Brown
2nd Vice Chair & Membership Development Committee Leader Cape Fear Commercial, LLC

Natalie English
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO

Kristy Hubard
Novant Health, VP Strategic Initiatives

Brian Clark
Ex-Officio NC Ports North Carolina State Ports Authority, Executive Director

Alexis Hunter
Wilmington Health, Community Liaison
I serve as the Community Liaison for Wilmington Health. I spend my time building relationships throughout the community with employers, healthcare ...

Carolyn Hartman
EA to Aswani Volety University of North Carolina Wilmington, Executive Asst to the Chancellor

Bill Rivenbark
Ex-Officio New Hanover County New Hanover County Commission, Chair

Chris Montero
Perfect Touch Rental, Co-Founder

Kenneth Waldroup
Ex_Officio CFPUA Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, Executive Director

Chakema Clinton-Quintana
At-Large Executive Committee 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...

Anthony Parnell
GE Aerospace

Erin Keller
Turn Key Lifestyle, Owner

Lisa Leath
Immediate Past Chair Vantaca

Sandy Spiers
First National Bank of Pennsylvania, Market President

Aswani Volety
Ex-Officio UNCW University of North Carolina Wilmington

Jeff Bourk
Ex-Officio ILM Wilmington International Airport, Airport Director

Nicole Jones
Hilton Garden Inn Mayfaire, General Manager

John Gillespie
MegaCorp Logistics LLC, Chief Technology Officer

Tyrone Garrett
Wilmington Housing Authority, CEO

Madi Lovelace
EA to Lisa Leath Vantaca, Executive Assistant to the Leadership Team

Riley Stephenson
Rockefeller Capital Management, Associate Vice President, Wealth Manager

Ernie Bovio
Novant Health, President Coastal Market

Janine DeVito
EA to Ernie Bovio Novant Health, Executive Assistant to Ernie Bovio

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

Chris Barnes
Ex-Officio NHCS New Hanover County Schools, Interim Superintendent
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Neal Andrew

Andrew Consulting Engineers, PC, President
Kym Crowell

New Hanover County Commission, Clerk to the Board
Thomas Davis

Ex-Officio WDI

City Block Apartments
Sam Franck

Ward and Smith, P.A., Attorney
Dawn Grants

EA to City Council

City of Wilmington, Executive Assistant to Mayor and City Council
Jim Hundley

Chair

Thomas Construction Group, LLC
Rob Kaiser

Finance Committee Leader

Wilmington Media & Marketing, Owner & Publisher
Stephanie Lanier

The Lanier Property Group, Inc.
Lily Loizeaux

Personnel Committee Leader

GE Hitachi, HR Leader
Laura Miller

LS3P Associates LTD.
Nicolas Montoya

1st Vice Chair & Public Policy Committee Leader

Trailborn Surf & Sound , General Manager
Jim Morton

Ex-Officio CFCC

Cape Fear Community College, President
Shaun Olsen

CloudWyze, Inc., 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
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.
Bill Saffo

Ex-Officio City of Wilmington

City of Wilmington, Mayor
Fred Samz

Ex-Officio WBD

Celanese, President
Ted Shipley

Live Oak Bank
Brooke Skipper

Salt Air, Inc., Owner
Crystal Buie

EA to NHCS Superintendent

New Hanover County Schools, Assistant to the Superintendent
Mike Brown

2nd Vice Chair & Membership Development Committee Leader

Cape Fear Commercial, LLC
Natalie English

Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO
Kristy Hubard

Novant Health, VP Strategic Initiatives
Brian Clark

Ex-Officio NC Ports

North Carolina State Ports Authority, Executive Director
Alexis Hunter

Wilmington Health, Community Liaison

I serve as the Community Liaison for Wilmington Health. I spend my time building relationships throughout the community with employers, healthcare providers, and the general public. I communicate with the community to bring awareness to healthcare issues and the services that we provide at Wilmington Health.
Carolyn Hartman

EA to Aswani Volety

University of North Carolina Wilmington, Executive Asst to the Chancellor
Bill Rivenbark

Ex-Officio New Hanover County

New Hanover County Commission, Chair
Chris Montero

Perfect Touch Rental, Co-Founder
Kenneth Waldroup

Ex_Officio CFPUA

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, Executive Director
Chakema Clinton-Quintana

At-Large Executive Committee

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.
Anthony Parnell

GE Aerospace
Erin Keller

Turn Key Lifestyle, Owner
Lisa Leath

Immediate Past Chair

Vantaca
Sandy Spiers

First National Bank of Pennsylvania, Market President
Aswani Volety

Ex-Officio UNCW

University of North Carolina Wilmington
Jeff Bourk

Ex-Officio ILM

Wilmington International Airport, Airport Director
Nicole Jones

Hilton Garden Inn Mayfaire, General Manager
John Gillespie

MegaCorp Logistics LLC, Chief Technology Officer
Tyrone Garrett

Wilmington Housing Authority, CEO
Madi Lovelace

EA to Lisa Leath

Vantaca, Executive Assistant to the Leadership Team
Riley Stephenson

Rockefeller Capital Management, Associate Vice President, Wealth Manager
Ernie Bovio

Novant Health, President Coastal Market
Janine DeVito

EA to Ernie Bovio

Novant Health, Executive Assistant to Ernie Bovio
Robert Campbell

H.O.P.E. CDC (Helping Ordinary People Excel)
Chris Barnes

Ex-Officio NHCS

New Hanover County Schools, Interim Superintendent

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