Advisory Board

Thank you to our dynamic Advisory Board who share their passions to help guide the overall development, content and promotion of the conference.

Dr. June Atkinson
State Superindentent
North Carolina Public Instruction

Nini RB Bautista de Garcia
Chairman
Carolinas Asian American Chamber of Commerce
Co-President
WIE Women's Inter-Cultural Exchange

Andrea Bazán
President
Triangle Community Foundation

Sarah Belk Gambrell
Belk, Inc.

The Honorable Terry Bellamy
Mayor
City of Asheville

Laura Carpenter Bingham
President
Peace College

Melissa Birdsong
VP, Trend, Design & Brand
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

Amy Rice Blumenthal
President
ALRY Publications and Flutist

Roberta Bowman
Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
Duke Energy

Sue Breckenridge
Community Leader

Anita R. Brown-Graham
Director
Institute for Emerging Issues

The Honorable Linda Carlisle
Secretary of Cultural Resources
State of North Carolina

Ann Caulkins
President and Publisher
The Charlotte Observer

Astrid Chirinos
President & Chief Creative Strategist
Diverso Global Strategies

Stephanie Counts
CEO and Co-Founder
Women’s Inter-Cultural Exchange

Jill Dinwiddie 
Executive Director
North Carolina Council for Women/Domestic Violence Commission 

Eunice M. Dudley
Co-Founder
Dudley Products

Jeannie Falknor
Community Leader

Charlene Grunwaldt
Publisher
Triangle Business Journal

Veronica M. Hagen
Chief Executive Officer
Polymer Group, Inc.

Andrea Harris
President
North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development

Dr. Maureen Hartford
President
Meredith College

Carol Hevey
Executive Vice President
Time Warner Cable

Kathy Higgins
Vice President, Community Relations, President BCBSNC Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation

Peyton Howell
President, Consulting Services & Health Policy
AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group

Kristi Hyman
Chief of Staff
Attorney General Roy Cooper
North Carolina Department of Justice

Dana Jennings
CEO
North Carolina Women in Public Service

Jane C. Kendall
President and Founder
N.C. Center for Nonprofits

Matty Lazo-Chadderton
Director, Hispanic/Latino Affairs
President Pro Tempore's Office
NC Senate

Dr. Julianne Malveaux
President
Bennett College for Women

The Honorable Elaine F. Marshall
Secretary of State
State of North Carolina

Cynthia G. Marshall
President
AT&T North Carolina

Betty Ray McCain
Chair, UNC-TV Board of Trustees and Chair Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Board of Visitors

Shannon McFayden
Community Leader
NC Conference for Women Co-Founder

Kerri Mikula
District HR Manager
UPS

Cristina Morales
Managing Director
Rojo Marketing

Mary U. Musacchia
Private Practice & Business Consultant
Attorney at Law

The Honorable Sue Myrick
US Congresswoman

Tog Newman
Chairman
NC Center for Nonprofits
Former Chairman
NC Arts Council

Dr. Linda E. Oxendine, PhD
Professor Emeritus
UNC Pembroke

Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs
Progress Energy

Rabbi Judy Schindler
Senior Rabbi
Temple Beth El

Laura Schulte
Head of Eastern Community Banking
Wells Fargo

Jackie Stark
Vice President, Human Resources
The News & Observer

Linda Staunch
President and CEO
Linda Staunch & Associates

Holly Welch Stubbing
Senior Vice President, Client Services
Foundation For The Carolinas

Marion Sullivan
Director of Intergovernmental and External Affairs
Office of the Governor

Gwynn T. Swinson
Community Leader
NC Conference for Women Co-Founder

Anne M. Tompkins
Partner
Alston & Bird

Mary Tribble
President
Tribble Creative Group
NC Conference for Women Co-Founder

Jenny Ward
NC Conference for Women Founding Committee

Eulada Watt
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tonya Williams
Chief of Staff
Congressman G.K. Butterfield's Office

Rosa Revels Winfree
American Indian Women of Proud Nations

Joan Zimmerman
CEO
Southern Shows, Inc.

Jolanta Zwirek
Community Leader