Announcing Leadership North Carolina Class 30

Raleigh, NC – Fifty-five civic and community leaders from across the state have been accepted to form the 2022-2023 class for Leadership North Carolina, the state’s premier leadership engagement program.

Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses a class of established and emerging leaders from across the state to participate in its acclaimed program. Leadership North Carolina’s Class 30 is made up of top leaders from the government, business, nonprofit, and education sectors.

Over the course of six two-and-a-half day sessions Class 30 participants will learn about issues critical to the state through discussions with top officials and professionals, field trips, and experiential learning activities. LNC’s sessions focus on five key areas: economic development, education, environment, government, and health and human services. Through LNC’s program, participants gain new insight into North Carolina’s strengths and challenges and explore opportunities for how they will improve and empower their communities and the state as a whole.

LNC sessions are held around the state, highlighting the social, geographic, and economic diversity of North Carolina. The members of Class 30 gathered in Boone last week for their Orientation session at Appalachian State University. The group will meet in Raleigh in November for the Government session and in Greensboro for the December Education session. The remaining sessions for LNC Class 30 will be held in Charlotte, Wilmington, and Asheville.

LNC Class 30

• Crystal Adams, Associate Director, North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative, Foundation for Health Leadership and Innovation, Alexander
• Natasha Austin, Chief Operating Officer, Dogwood State Bank, Iredell
• Bahby Banks, Chief Executive Officer, Pillar Consulting, Durham
• Ron Barnes, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Mecklenburg
• Quynh Bowman, Director – Rates & Regulatory, Duke Energy, Mecklenburg
• Erin Brewer, Executive Director of Corporate and Community Outreach, Barnhill Contracting Company, Nash
• Amanda Bryant, Executive Director, Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS), Buncombe
• Monica Carpenter, Associate Vice President of Workforce Development, Mayland Community College, Yancey
• Dana Chavis, Executive Director of CTE, Hoke County Schools, Hoke
• Lonnie Cockerham, Executive Director, Office of Community Engagement, North Carolina A&T State University, Guilford
• Allyson Colaco, VP, Customer and Applicant Experience, E4E Relief, Mecklenburg
• Veronica Creech, VP Economic Development & External Engagement, Saint Augustine’s University, Wake
• Cameron Cremeens, Director, Strategic and Business Planning, Novant Health, Wake
• Catherine Crosby, Town Manager, Town of Apex, Wake
• Christine Reed Davis, Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Cabarrus
• Tim Dodge, Regulatory Counsel, North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, Durham
• Latasha Ellis, President/CEO, AHSAT Counseling and Consulting, PLLC, Mecklenburg
• Jason Flynn, Vice President, Strategic Finance, Procurement, and Supply Chain, Martin Marietta, Wake
• Kristian Forslin, GIS and Survey Manager, North Carolina Railroad Company, Johnston
• Chakana Fowler, Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager, Bank of America, Mecklenburg
• Moses Fox III, Executive Director, Campus Affairs, Central Piedmont Community College, Mecklenburg
• Kimberly Green, Manager of Retail Banking, First Citizens Bank, Iredell
• Edward Hunt, Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Robeson
• Sara Imhof, Senior Director, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Wake
• Donyell Jones, President & Chief Executive Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of North Central North Carolina, Johnston
• Jason King, Senior Manager, DMJPS PLLC, Pender
• Justin Kurkiewicz, Vice President, Corporate Relationship Manager, PNC Bank, Wake
• LaVie Leasure, Associate Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Winston-Salem State University, Guilford
• Rachel Levy, Executive Director, Data Science Academy, North Carolina State University, Wake
• Jade Manley, Manager, Community Relations, Fidelity Investments, Wake
• Prudencio IV Martinez-Mengel, Workforce Development Coordinator, Lenoir Community College, Lenoir
• Ryan McAward, Principal Strategy & Planning Manager, Duke Energy, Wake
• Christina McNally, Chief Strategy Officer, Carolina Caring, Catawba
• Carmella Melton, AVP, Head of Internal Communications & Employment Brand, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Durham
• Randy Mirador, Director, ITGRC, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Wake
• Jeremy Moseley, Associate Vice President, FaithHealth Division, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Forsyth
• Allison Owen, Deputy Director, Office of Rural Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Wake
• Kelly Perry, Assistant General Counsel – Global Legal Initiatives, SAS Institute Inc., Wake
• Julie Roper, Economic Development and External Affairs Manager, Dominion Energy, Gaston
• Candice Roth, Assistant Vice President, Atrium Health / Levine Cancer Institute, Mecklenburg
• Ashley Ruffin, Chief Administrative Officer, Civic Federal Credit Union / Local Government Federal Credit Union, Wake
• Dawn Russell, Downtown Development Manager, Town of Fuquay-Varina and Executive Director, Fuquay-Varina Downtown Association, Wake
• Cynthia Satterfield, State Director, Sierra Club-North Carolina, Durham
• Lisa Sheppard, Lead Operational Risk Officer, Wells Fargo, Mecklenburg
• Lisa Shock, Vice President Clinical Services, UnitedHealthcare, Wake
• Kathie Sidner, Director of Military Partnerships, University of North Carolina System Office, Wake
• Rachel Pence Smith, Principal, Whiteville City Schools, Columbus
• Malenia Swinton, Vice President of Community Engagement, Youth Mentoring Collaborative, Durham
• Sarah Tomlinson, State Dental Director, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Durham
• Michael Walker, Regional Director – External Affairs, AT&T, Guilford
• Jason Walls, Director, West Region Government and Community Relations, Duke Energy, Buncombe
• Tracy Webb, State Human Resources Commissioner (SHRC) and Regional Trainer/Content Developer, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Johnston
• Frank Williams, President, Pioneer Strategies, and Brunswick County Commissioner, Brunswick
• Miles Wobbleton, Associate, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP, Wake
• Deborah Wojcik, Executive Director, Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster, Orange

Leadership North Carolina’s mission is to inform, develop, and engage committed leaders by broadening their understanding of and involvement in issues and opportunities facing North Carolina. The Leadership North Carolina Program cultivates a network of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences who share a deep commitment to their state. There are more than 1300 graduates of the program whose continued ties to LNC and to one another provide them with rich opportunities for serving North Carolina.

The Class 30 roster is available here. To find out more about Leadership North Carolina, please visit: www.leadershipnc.org.