Business North Carolina’s second annual N.C. CEO Summit brought together some of the key decision-makers in the state. The two-day summit, held April 1-2 at Pinehurst Resort, featured panel discussions and guest speakers offering varied points of view on leadership and company engagement, hoping to spur new ideas and trends that can affect future results. Guests also enjoyed golf on the new Cradle short course and other amenities at the century-old resort. The event provided a great opportunity for networking, idea sharing and inspiration.
Photos by John Koob Gessner
Welcome reception on the West Lawn of Pinehurst Resort hosted by Brooks Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Heather Denny of Wells Global, Jill Heath of CALYX Engineers and Consultants Inc., Bill Roper of the UNC System, and Bob Newell of Franklin Street Partners
Charles Marshall of Brooks Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP; Matt Wood of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP; and Lee Roberts of SharpVue Capital
April Belle of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and Beth Burleson of Chetola Resort at Blowing Rock
Jim Dodson, New York Times best-selling author, and Lee Pace, author, editor, publisher and broadcaster
Beth Burleson of Chetola Resort at Blowing Rock and Beth Langley of Brooks Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Richard Bryant of Capital Investment Cos. and David Woronoff of The Pilot newspaper and owner of Business North Carolina
Kevin Latraverse of Textron Aviation and Dana Boole of Community Affordable Housing Equity Corp.
Heather Denny of Wells Global and Wes Boyd of Legacy Leather
Lane Schiffman of Schiffman’s Jewelers Inc., Ed Pearce of Tencarva Machinery Co., and Matt Wood of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
Ben Brooks of Capital Investment Companies and Mac Parrott of Parrott Insurance & Benefits
Taylor Meyer of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bob Rhatigan of Merz North America Inc.
Drew Hancock and Mike Lancaster of Frank L. Blum Construction Co. and Chris Daum of FMI Corp.
John Stewart of MapAnything, Richard Moore of First Bancorp, and David Morken of Bandwidth won CEO of the Year honors.
The CEO panel from left to right: Jim Holmes of Sentinel Risk Advisors, Billie Redmond of TradeMark Properties, Anna Lynch of Lynch Mykins Structural Engineers, and Anthony Copeland of the N.C. Department of Commerce
Burney Jennings of Biscuitville Fresh Southern
Adam Tarleton of Brooks Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jim Hansen of PNC Bank and Ed Auslander of Lord Corp.
Tom Ross of Volker Alliance
Neal Fowler of Liquidia Technologies
Anson Dorrance, head coach of women’s soccer at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
