NCCBI News

Staff Hits the Road for 19 Area Meetings

NCCBI staff members are packing their bags and getting ready to hit the road for a whirlwind trip across the state this month and next during the association’s annual Fall Area Meetings. We’re looking forward to seeing you at one of the 19 events and we hope you bring a prospective member along to learn more about your state chamber of commerce.

The Area Meetings are a great opportunity for members to tell the NCCBI staff what’s on your mind, to make suggestions for association activities and to hear brief reports on what we’ve done for you in the past year in Raleigh and Washington. They also offer a chance for you to chat with Sue W. Cole of Greensboro, the U.S. Trust Company of North Carolina executive who is the first woman chair of NCCBI.

Brochures with complete information on the events and registration cards have been mailed to all members on two occasions. Please fill out the registration card so we’ll have an accurate count for the meal and a name badge waiting for you. Members also can register online through the NCCBI web site.

The first stop on the Area Meeting tour comes Sept. 2 when the NCCBI staff pulls into Wilson for a steak cookout at the Wilson Chamber of Commerce. We’ll move on down the road to Elizabeth City the next day for a luncheon at Pine Lakes Country Club before returning to Raleigh on Sept. 4 for the Triangle Area Meeting at the Angus Barn. Please consult the schedule below to make sure you have already marked your calendar for the event in your town.

There is no charge to attend an Area Meeting. All the costs are paid through the generous support of local hosts, who will be acknowledged and thanked at each event.

Business Hall of Fame: Four outstanding business leaders from around the state will be inducted into the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame in November. Sponsored by Junior Achievement and NCCBI, the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct the following Laureates as the class of 2003: Annabelle L. Fetterman of Clinton, former CEO Lundy’s Packing; Lewis R. Holding of Raleigh, chairman of First Citizens Bank; Leon Levine of Charlotte, founder and chairman emeritus of Family Dollar Stores; and Ed O’Herron of Charlotte, former CEO of Eckerd Drugs.

The Hall of Fame dinner and awards ceremony will be held Thursday, Nov. 13 at The Westin, Charlotte. A reception will be held from 6:15 until 7 p.m. at The Westin with dinner and the awards ceremony beginning at 7 p.m.

To make your reservation or for more information, please contact Shannon Martin of Junior Achievement of the Carolinas at 704-563-4855.

New Members: Companies that have joined or rejoined NCCBI in May, June and July, along with the name of the key executive at each company, include: aaiPharma, Bill Ginna, Wilmington; Andy’s Cheesesteaks & Cheeseburgers, Kenney Moore, Mt. Olive; Association of Community Pharmacists, William C. Rustin Jr., Raleigh; Benson Area Chamber of Commerce, Loretta Byrd, Benson; Bob Timberlake Inc., Dan Timberlake, Lexington; Bobbitt Design Build, Jon Peeples, Raleigh; Bombardier Recreational Products, William Johnson, Spruce Pine; Cary Oil Co. Inc., Don Stephenson, Cary; Case Consulting Services Inc., Ben Case, Durham; CD Anderson Associates, LLC , Cynthia Anderson, Raleigh; CH2M Hill Inc. , James Laughlin, Charlotte; Charlotte Research Institute UNC-Charlotte, Deborah Clayton, Charlotte; City of Salisbury, David W. Treme, Salisbury; Clean East Associates Inc., M. Todd Howard, Kinston; Crawford Properties, Hon. James W. Crawford Jr., Henderson; Doggett Associates, L.L.C. , Ron E. Doggett, Raleigh; East Carolina Community Development Inc., Keith Walker, Beaufort; First Piedmont Co. , Scott Lail, Hickory; Five Star Staffing Inc., Barbara M. Kuley, Raleigh; From the Ground Up!, Kim N. Shope, Raleigh; Haywood County Chamber of Commerce, Bob Hill, Waynesville; Human Resource Solutions Inc., Gregory E. Mayo, Skyland; JB’s Scuba Instruction & Charters, Janet M. Beason, Wilmington; Lumbee Guaranty Bank , Larry R. Chavis, Pembroke; McKinney & Silver, Lisa Hughes, Raleigh; Mid-Atlantic Fasteners, Mike Mitchell, Greensboro; MountainBank, J. W. Davis, Hendersonville; N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Mary McDuffie, Cullowhee; N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Ron Fish, Raleigh; National Technical Honor Society, Allen Powell, Flat Rock; NC East , Joanna Thompson, Greenville; NC Museum of History Assocs., Dorothea L. Bitler, Raleigh; NC Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center, Samuel H. Houston, RTP; Office of Gene Rogers, Hon. Gene Rogers, Williamston; Office of Irwin Belk, Irwin Belk, Charlotte; Office of Margaret Dickson, Hon. Margaret Dickson, Fayetteville; Office of Sandra Ray Criner Attorney at Law, Sandra Ray Criner, Wilmington; Piedmont Center Associates, Bradley Lail, Hickory; PPD Pharmaceutical Product Dev., Meg Davenport, Wilmington; PPG Industries Inc., Randy Erwin, Chillicothe; Pro Inc., Cathy Scott, Roanoke Rapids; Rockingham Community College, Robert C. Keys, Wentworth; Rocky Top Hospitality , S. Elizabeth Hyatt, Raleigh; Rufty Homes Inc., Jon Rufty, Cary; Shook & Tarlton Investment Co., James V. Tarlton Jr., Hickory; State Watch, Robert F. Dusablon, Raleigh; Sterling Transport, Hinton Hugh Jr., Lakeview; The East Group, PA, Tony Khoury, Greenville; The Fayetteville Observer, Charles Broadwell, Fayetteville; The Hon. Ronald L. Smith, Hon. Ronald L. Smith, Newport; The Sanford Holshouser Law Firm, Ernest C. Pearson, Raleigh; Tri-County Insurance Agency Inc., Scott Minton, Hickory; Triangle Transit Authority, John Claflin, RTP; US LEC Corp., Wanda Montano, Charlotte; Vaughn Perkinson Ehlinger Moxley & Stogner, LLP, R. C. Vaughn Jr., Winston-Salem; Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Matt Noland, Bentonville, Ark.; Zimmer and Zimmer, LLP , Herbert J. Zimmer, Wilmington.

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