2025 POWER LIST SPONSOR WELCOME by Brooks Pierce
The Power to Shape North Carolina’s Future
Innovation drives impact. To the exceptional leaders—across a wide range of industries—who fuel that innovation in our state, we extend our sincere thanks and congratulations. Your leadership continues to shape the future of North Carolina.
We are proud to recognize these achievements by sponsoring Business North Carolina’s 2025 Power List and celebrating this year’s honorees. For more than 125 years, we’ve been fortunate to work alongside visionary leaders at the helm of many of North Carolina’s most influential organizations. We look forward to seeing where your leadership will take our state in the years ahead.
Once again, congratulations to the 2025 honorees.
POWER LIST 2025: NORTH CAROLINA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS
Honorees listed in alphabetical order with page number
Abrams, Kerry 89
Ackermann, Stacy 89
Adams II, James 89
Aiken, Debbie 113
Albanese, Craig 65
Allen, Brian 125
Allison, Darrell 35
Andrews, Andy 125
Andrews, Kelly 25
Armario, Jose 73
Armato, Carl 65
Ashburn, Leah Wong 103
Atala, Anthony 99
Aznar, Amy Klein 125
Bachmann, Anita Hughes 49
Baggett, Chip 65
Bagwell, Steve 73
Baird, Spencer 82
Baker, Kevin 145
Balling, Mark 125
Bamford, Lynn 103
Bangston, Kevin 145
Banks, Sherrod 89
Barksdale, David 49
Barnhill, Rob 125
Batten, Natalie 120
Baxter, Scott 103
Beacham, Tripp 120
Belcher, Laura 113
Belichick, Bill 17
Berlin, Steve 89
Bernhardt Jr., Alex 103
Bessant, Cathy 113
Black, Tera 17
Blackwelder, Garrett 82
Boddie, Bill 73
Book, Connie 35
Bostian, Jim 49
Boulware, Ebony 65
Bowman, Kendal 44
Bowman, Jud 82
Bradford, Demp 17
Bradley, Kirk 126
Brady, Brittany 25
Brady, Leigh 49
Brannan, Joe 44
Braswell, Ronald “Trey” 11
Bratspies, Stephen 104
Brazil, Mark 17
Brinkley, Martin 89
Brown, Kelli 35
Brown, Palmer 140
Bruggeworth, Bob 82
Bryan, Jim 104
Bryant, Richard 49
Budd, Joseph 120
Burks, Wesley 65
Bushnell, Andrea 126
Cagle, Mary Jo 66
Cahill, Dan 89
Callicutt, Rick 49
Canfield, Jim 120
Carroll II, Roy 126
Carter, Wes 104
Cato, John 140
Catt, Ben 44
Caveney, Brian 66
Cecil, John ‘Jack’ 73
Cecil Jr., Bill 73
Chadwick, Greg 66
Charlesworth, Josh 74
Chen, Victor 50
Chhabra, G.S. 74
Childress, Richard 17
Christensen, Ashley 74
Christensen, Brent 25
Christensen, William “Bill” 104
Chung, Christopher 25
Clark, Brian 145
Cockrell, Kieth 50
Colbert, Lois 90
Cole, Adrienne 26
Coley, Malcomb 121
Collier, Walker 127
Cooper, Lisa 140
Corrigan, Boo 17
Couch, David 126
Cox, Jeff 35
Cox, Roy 145
Craig, Mark 74
Creed, J. Bradley 35
Cubbage, Amy 113
Cunningham, Bubba 17
Currie, Adam 50
Davenport, Lawrence 26
Davis, Eric 35
Davis, Matt 50
Day, Ron 48
Deans, Neil 121
DeBoer, Tammy 140
Deitemeyer, Kandi 36
Denton, Don 44
Desmond, Sean 82
Dick, Kevin 113
Dobson, Bryan 11
Dobson, Josh 66
Donaldson, Jimmy 17
Downie, Chris 82
Duckworth, Scott 127
Dudas, John 127
Dudley, Caroline Helwig 119
Duggins, Nathan 90
Duncan, Clark 26
Dundon, Tom 18
Dunn, Jim 51
Dunn, Lili 127
Durham, Geoff 26
Dyke, Jeff 140
Eckel, Brian 127
Edmondson, Ty 128
Edwards, Dennis 74
Edwards, Rob 51
Elias, Ric 83
Ellen, Andy 140
Ellis, Nick 121
Ellison, Marvin 141
English, Natalie 26
Eshelman, Fred 99
Etheridge, Mark 114
Evans, Bradley 90
Evans, Paul 99
Evans, Steve 11
Eveson, Todd 90
Farmer, Allison 64
Fite, Lee 52
Flow, Don 141
Flowers, Derek 52
Fochtman, Barbara 45
Foster, Geoff 104
Foster, Joe 121
Foster, Mickey 68
Fox, Garey 11
Fox, Michael 145
Franklin, Kevin 27
Freeman, Marty 145
Freischlag, Julie 66
French, Rick 121
Freno, Mike 52
Friedman, Alison 18
Frye, Bobby 104
Gabbard, Tom 18
Gaber, Sharon 36
Gaither, John 106
Gardner, David 52
Gardner, David 83
Garofolo, Paul 99
Gatling, Kimberly 90
Gentry, Haley 146
George, Brian 141
Gerald, Laura 114
Gersbach, Charles 99
Gibbs, Joe 18
Gilliam Jr., Franklin 36
Gintzig, Donald 67
Glasgow, Baker 128
Goldstein, Stuart 91
Goodmon, Jim 18
Goodnight, Jim 83
Graham, Franklin 114
Grainger, Michelle 12
Gray, Michael 45
Gray, Brett 128
Greenberg, Ben 146
Griffin, Tom 91
Grubb, Clay 130
Guthmiller, Janet 67
Gwaltney, Peter 52
Hadley, Zeb 130
Hagood, Craig 10
Hall, Todd 52
Hamilton, Scott 27
Hans, Peter 36
Hansen, Jim 54
Harding, Shawn 11
Hardison, Hooper 106
Harkrader, Carson 45
Harrington, Robert 92
Harris, Jeffrey 141
Harris III, Johno 131
Harrison III, Frank 106
Hatem, Greg 72
Hauser, John 36
Hawkins, Vern 12
Haygood, Jennifer 38
Haynes, Ken 68
Hefner, Brad 83
Heinsohn, Joy 114
Hendrick, Rick 141
Herranz, Rosa Manso 99
Herring, Tommy 12
Hicks, Michell 75
Hill, Loren 27
Hillings, Valerie 18
Holden, Cecilia 114
Holding Jr., Frank 54
Hoops, Thomas 54
Humphrey, Timothy 83
Hutchens, Terry 92
Ingle II, Robert 141
Isley, Victoria 75
Jablokov, Igor 84
Jandrain, Jay 12
Janson, Julie 45
Jeffs, Roger 98
Jenatian, Mohammad 75
Jewell, Stan 106
Johnnie, Mark 130
Johnson, Brian 142
Johnson, Chris 28
Jones, David 130
Jones, Reg 19
Jones, Roy 46
Jones, Shayla Nunn 100
Kahn, Brian 92
Kane, John 132
Kapur, Vimal 105
Keith Jr., Greg 132
Kelly, Tamika Walker 38
Kemper, Chris 46
Kiger, Christopher 92
Kilpatrick, Mike 46
King, Jonathon 54
King, Nina 19
Kirkland, Byron 93
Kleinhans, Evan 12
Klinck, Ted 126
Kolappa, Vimal 75
Kollins, Katherine 46
Kouri, Chris 93
Kunz, Elizabeth 112
Ladig, Curt 54
Lancaster, Mike 132
Landguth, Michael 146
Laport, Mark 75
Lardie, Mark 142
Lash, Pete 132
Lawrence, Paul 93
Lawrence, Tom 116
Leatherwood, Laura 34
Lebda, Doug 56
Ledford, Jamie 19
Legg, Ryan 146
Levitan, Scott 28
Lewus, Paul 100
Lierman, Deverre 84
Lipson, Jesse 84
Long, Bobby 116
Looney, Thomas 38
Lowe, Greg 68
Lowe, Tim 142
Lowe III, Eugene 107
Luddy, Robert 107
Mabry, Rhett 116
Mahan, Chip 56
Maier, Angie 14
Malik, Steve 19
Mallernee, Robert 84
Massas, Robert Lopez 146
Masters, Kent 107
McCarthy, Brian 56
McCarthy, Kevin 56
McClure, Steve 134
McConnell, John 76
McCreary, Bob 107
McCurdy, Ryan 84
McDowell, Valecia 93
McFarland, Tino 134
McLaurin, Gene 28
McMahan, Ed 56
McRae, Cam 76
Melvin, Jim 116
Mikhail, Sheila 100
Millar, Scott 28
Miller, Fielding 56
Millinor, Blake 107
Mims, Susan 116
Minges, Lynn 76
Minton, Tim 134
Mintz, Phil 107
Mitchell, Thomas 94
Moller, Hans Stig 144
Monroe, Chase 134
Moore, Richard 57
Morken, David 86
Morrow, John 94
Moshakos, Amber 76
Munn, Michael 122
Murphy Jr., Wendell ‘Dell’ 14
Nagowski, Mike 70
Nelson, Dionne 136
Nelson, Thomas 108
Nettles, Lee 76
Newell, Robert ‘Bob’ 57
Niklason, Laura 100
Niven, Kathie 76
Nye, Ward 108
O’Dell, Dee 57
Oehmig, Leib 108
Oglesby, Megan 20
O’Kelly, Shane 142
Olson, Todd 86
Owen Jr., Dale 68
Owens, Mark 29
Page, Christy 70
Painter, Michael 58
Panther, Kent 122
Pappas, Bill 58
Paradise, Joe 122
Parker, Chad 122
Parker, Daren 46
Parker, Jim 122
Parrish, Doyle 78
Pashley, Tom 78
Patel, Nayan 78
Peek, Chris 70
Peele, Katherine 122
Peña, Omar Jorge 143
Perko, Amy Privette 20
Pesquin, Gustavo 100
Phillips, James 19
Pike, J. Eric 46
Pilon, Mary Claudia Belk 116
Plotkin, Gabe 20
Pointer, Joey 143
Pope, Art 143
Popowycz, Mike 14
Porter, Julie 117
Poston, Edwin 58
Powell, Meg 100
Praeger, Michael 86
Pratt, Ryan 87
Preyer, John 38
Price, Kevin 29
Price, Marvin 29
Price, Vincent 40
Proffitt, Stuart 136
Qubein, Nido 40
Raffaldini, Jay 78
Raiford, Brooks 87
Rajkowski, Dan 20
Ralls, Scott 40
Randolph, Jimmy 30
Ravin, David 136
Rea, David 58
Rea, Paul 14
Reaves, Jeremy 80
Reichard, Eric 136
Regnery, Dave 108
Rhatigan, Bob 101
Roberts, Lee 40
Robertson, Allen 94
Robertson, Ford 94
Robinson, Jenna 41
Rocha-Goldberg, Pilar 117
Rogers, Philip 41
Rogers Jr., William ‘Bill’ 58
Roper, Julie 30
Rose, Jim 59
Rothblatt, Martine 101
Rucker, Brandon 123
Ruhe, Thom 117
Rydell, Shannon 123
Sachar, Ravish 101
Safran, Perry 96
Salamido, Gary 32
Samet, Arthur 136
Samulski, R. Jude 101
Sandner, Jason 59
Schmidt, Andrew 78
Schnall, Rick 20
Schornak, Tommy 101
Scott III, Linwood 14
Searcy, Douglas 42
Segrave, Jim 148
Sharma, Amit 86
Sherrill, Glenn 108
Shuford III, Alex 1
Sideris, Harry 43
Sills, James 60
Simpson, David 137
Sisco, Lee 123
Slosson, Jack 96
Smith, Andrea 30
Smith, Eddie 109
Smith, Harry 102
Smith, LaTida 118
Smith, Marcus 22
Smith, Melissa 30
Smith, Michael 24
Smith, Tim 137
Sobba, Gary 22
Solomon, Jason 96
Sotunde, Tunde 59
Spector, Leo 70
Stading, Brian 81
Starling, Ray 88
Steigerwalt, Eric 60
Strayhorn, Ralph 33
Suggs, Sean 110
Sutton Jr., Ben 16
Sweeney, Tim 87
Sytz, Ron 110
Taft Jr., Thomas 137
Tate, Andrew 32
Taylor, Chris 148
Teague, Ben 33
Team, Robin 137
Tepper, David 22
Thomas, Aaron 138
Thomas, Charles 118
Thompson, Michelle 123
Thorp, Clay 60
Topalian, Leon 110
Trenary, Lance 80
Triplett, Neal 60
Trivanovic, Vuk 110
Tucker, Lisa 143
Tucker, Marilyn Que 22
Tuttell, Wit 80
Van Geons, Robert 32
Vannoy, Eddie 138
VanWingerden, Abe 143
Vick, Linwood 14
Waldrum, Michael 71
Walker, Kevin 60
Wall, Marshall 96
Wallace, Mona Lisa 97
Walter, Greg 22
Walton, Thad 62
Warlick, Anderson 111
Warren, Carl 148
Warren, Jim 47
Waterfield, David 111
Weisiger Jr., Ed 124
Weiss, Michael 100
Westbrook, Hunter 62
Whitehurst, Ted 62
Whiteside, Jennifer Tolle 118
Wilhelm, Markus 47
Wilkerson, Drew 148
Williams, Devon 97
Williams, Hope 42
Williams, Kevin 97
Willis, Mary 62
Wilson, Dontá 62
Wingo, Scot 87
Winslow, Dan 118
Wise, Jeff 22
Woltz III, Howard 111
Woodie, Patrick 33
Woods, Gene 71
Yalof, Stephen 139
Yost, Steve 33
Zarian, Paul 138
Zimmerman, Richard 22