Event Leadership

2006 NC Education Ball Steering Committee

Event Chair
Fred and Patsy Day, President & CEO, Progress Energy

Event Co-Chairs
June Atkinson, Superintendent, State of North Carolina
Erskine Bowles, President, University of North Carolina Richard Burr, Senator, United States Senate
Bob Etheridge, Congressman, United States House of
      Representatives
Martin Lancaster, President, NC Community College System
Howard Lee, Chairman, NC State Board of Education
Hope Williams, President, NC Independent Colleges and      Universities

Event Producer
Paige Holland Hamp

Steering Committee
Diane Adams, Director of Human Resources, Cisco
      Systems
Mary Linda Andrews, Director of Community Partnerships,
     GlaxoSmithKline
Sepideh Asefnia, President and Founder, SEPI
     Engineering Group, Inc.
Shelly Atkinson, Candlewood Suites
William V. Bell, Mayor, City of Durham
David Benevides, Retired, IBM
JB Buxton, Governor's Education Advisor, State of North
      Carolina
De Cordell, Vice President of Sales, Raycom Sports
Robin Costello, Senior Director of Development and External
      Relations, North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute
Scott Custer, President & CEO, RBC Centura
John Dornan, Vice President, Trone PR
Mary Easley, First Lady, State of North Carolina
Tom Fetzer, Partner, Fetzer Stephens
Preston Fowler, Executive Vice President, BB&T
Kim Ghant, District Sales Manager NC & SC, Office Depot
Tim Gilliam, Partner, Deloitte and Touche
Ann Goodnight, SAS
Carolyn Grant, President, Omega Property Group
Robert J. Greczyn Jr., President & CEO, Blue Cross and
     Blue Shield of North Carolina
Rick Guirlinger, Treasurer, General Parts Inc.
Tony Gurley, Partner, Gurley & Cookson, PLLC, Wake
     County Commissioner
Monty Hagler, President, Trone PR
Linda Harrill, President, Communities In Schools of NC
Alex Holmes, Community Leader
Darleen Johns, President, Alphanumeric Systems
Gary Joyner, Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton
Graeme Keith, President & CEO, The Keith Corporation
Belinda Landis, Community Volunteer
Debbie Laughery, Director of Public Relations, WakeMed
     Health and Hospitals
Erika Mangrum, President, Iatria Spa & Health Center
Wayne McDevitt, University of North Carolina
Jeff Merritt, Director of Government and Community Affairs,
     KB Home
Joel New, President, ANI Consulting
Clarence Newsome, President, Shaw University
James Oblinger, Chancellor, North Carolina State University
Sheila Hale Ogle, CEO, MRPP
David Pacyna, President, Siemens Power Transmission and      Distribution
Virginia Parker, President, Inspire! Leadership Group
Marvin Pittman, Director of School Improvement, NC
     Department of Public Instruction
Bernie Prazenica, General Manager, WTVD-ABC 11
Lynn Roberson, Director of External Affairs, BellSouth
     Corporation
Mary Nash Rusher, Partner, Hunton & Williams
Robby Russell, Asheville Market President, Wachovia
Molly Sapienza, Manager of Sponsorship Marketing, RBC
     Centura
Harvey Schmitt, President & CEO, Greater Raleigh Chamber
     of Commerce
Bill Shore, Director of US Partnerships, GlaxoSmithKline
Craig Smith, Senior Vice President of Communications,
     Bank of America
James Speed, President & CEO, NC Mutual Life Insurance
     Company
Mike Stephens, COO, Communities In Schools of NC
Tracy Sternberg, Communications Manager, Sprint
Eric Stevens, Partner, Poyner & Spruill LLP
Matthew Szulik, Chairman, President & CEO, Red Hat
Herman Thomas, Vice President of Academic Affairs,
     Shaw University
Katherine Thomas, Manager of North Carolina Economic
     Development, Progress Energy
Ronald Wainwright, Managing Director, RSM
     McGladrey, Inc.
Gary Weiss, General Manager, Radio One Raleigh: K97.5,
     Foxy 107/104
Richard 'Stick' Williams, Vice President of Diversity, Ethics
     and Compliance, Duke Energy
Graham Wilson, President, PR Street
Tina Wilson, Manager of Community Relations, IBM
Curtis Wynn, Executive Vice President and CEO, Roanoke
     Electric Cooperative
Marco Zarate, Project Manager, NC Society of Hispanic
     Professionals

2006 NC Education Ball Planning Committee*

Sharon Dees, Co-Chair, Silent & Live Auction
Kendra Dillingham, Chair, Entertainment
Paige Hamp, Event Producer
Kristin Hicks, Event Administration
Kate Kenney, Co-Chair, Decorations and Food
Joyce Kohn, Co-Chair, Volunteers
Tara Kreider, Co-Chair, Silent & Live Auction
Margot Murphy, Co-Chair, Decorations and Food
Nancy Murray, Co-Chair, Silent & Live Auction
Marty Overton, Co-Chair, Volunteers
Virginia Parker, Chair, Power of One
Jennifer Phillips, Event Dignitary Host
Greta Roach, Chair, Event Materials
Ann Marie Sinclair, Co-Chair, Silent & Live Auction
Melanie Williams, Event Logistics
Tina Wilson, Chair, Media and PR

*For additional information, email the committee chairs by clicking on their names above.

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