Constellation Quality Health President and CEO Steven Martin joins the 2023-2024 Class 31 for Leadership NC

Oct 16, 2023 | Tags: Collaboration, Steven Martin

Constellation Quality Health President and CEO Steven Martin joins the 2023-2024 Class 31 for Leadership NC

Raleigh, NC – Fifty-six civic and community leaders from across the state have been accepted to form the 2023-2024 class for Leadership North Carolina, the state’s premier leadership deployment program.

Each year, through a rigorous selection process, LNC chooses a class of established and emerging leaders from across the state to participate in its acclaimed Core Program. Leadership North Carolina’s Class 31 is made up of top leaders from the government, business, nonprofit, and education sectors.

Over the course of seven two-and-a-half day sessions Class 31 participants will learn about issues critical to the state through discussions with top officials and professionals, field trips, and experiential learning activities. LNC’s sessions focus on six key areas: economic development, education, environment, government, health and human services, and inclusive leadership. Through LNC’s program, participants gain new insight into North Carolina’s strengths and challenges and explore opportunities for how they will improve and empower their communities and the state as a whole.

LNC sessions are held around the state, highlighting the social, geographic, and economic diversity of North Carolina. The members of Class 31 gathered in Boone last week for their Orientation session at Appalachian State University. The group will meet in Raleigh in November for the Government session and in Greensboro for the December Education session. The remaining sessions for LNC Class 31 will be held in Durham, Greenville, Charlotte, and Asheville.

LNC Class 31

Kristie Aldridge, Vice President, Strategic Communications & Marketing, North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives, Wake

Madison Allen, Senior Program Officer, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Guilford

Meredith Archie, President, NC Chamber Foundation, Wake

LaRita Barber, Chief Advancement Officer, Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont, Union

Vivian Bolanos, VP Business Banker II, First Citizens Bank, Henderson

Trey Cash, Economic Development Director, Greene County Government, Greene

Jennifer Chase, Chief Marketing Officer, Executive Vice President, SAS, Wake

Lisa Cherry, Planning and Economic Development Director, Gates County, Gates

Rochelle Cook, Project Manager, Laboratory Corporation of America, Guilford

Jill Cox, President and CEO, Communities In Schools of North Carolina, Wake

Franklin Creech, Superintendent, Greene County Schools, Greene

Nancy Cross, Section Chief – Career and Technical Education Reporting and Analysis, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Randolph2

Erin Crouse, Field Representative, Southeast Region, The Conservation Fund, Orange

Kathie Dello, Director of North Carolina State Climate Office/State Climatologist, North Carolina State University, Wake

Jody D. Donaldson, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Wake

Patrick Eglinton, SVP, Senior Director, Operational Risk, First Citizens Bank, Wake

Wesley Fountain, Vice Chancellor of External Affairs and Military Relations, Fayetteville State University, Cumberland

Venu Ghanta, VP, Regulatory Affairs and Policy, Duke Energy, Wake

Charles Harr, Chief Medical Officer, WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Wake

Kara Henderson, Owner, Henderson & Henderson Dentistry, LLC, Warren

Jennifer Howard, SVP, Director of Operations, Dogwood State Bank, Wake

Lauren Iannitti, Vice President, Facility Executive, Atrium Health, Mecklenburg

Jessica Ijames, Corporate Director, Community Engagement, Novant Health, Rowan

Tracey Johnson, Washington County Commissioner and Assistant to the Director of Operations, Beaufort County Community College, Washington

Matthew Kagel, Director, Communications & Government Affairs, Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC, Johnston

Carolyn Keith, Assistant Director Economic & Workforce Development, EPIC UNC Charlotte, Mecklenburg

Colleen Kinser, Director, ICFNC, North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Johnston

Nicole Kiser, Principal Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Piedmont Natural Gas (Duke Energy), Iredell

Gregory Lahrman, Senior Director, Operational Excellence, Martin Marietta, Wake

Stacy M. Lowry, Director, Community Support Services, Mecklenburg County, Union

Kathryn Marker, Director, K12 Scholarship Programs and College Access Outreach, North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority, Wake

Steven Martin, President & CEO, Constellation Quality Health, Wake

Tyler McLauchlan, Architect, Clark Nexsen, Buncombe

Greg McNamara, Business Development Manager | Associate, LS3P Associates LTD., Wake

Shannon McSwiney, Director, Marketing & Communications, Delta Dental of North Carolina, Wake

David Mize, Senior Tax Manager, DMJPS, PLLC, Guilford

Jack Monell, Provost Fellow & Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Winston-Salem State University, Forsyth

Christina Moody, Deputy Clerk of Superior Court, North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, Halifax

Hannah Morecraft, Deputy Managing Director, APCO Worldwide, Wake

Kevin J. Price, President & CEO, National Institute of Minority Economic Development, Chatham

Nate Quirk, Partner, Burr & Forman, Mecklenburg

Ciara Rogers, Partner, Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey, PLLC, Wake

Grace Rountree, Director, Public Affairs Strategy & Advocacy, Duke Energy, Wake

Jacqueline Russell, Director, Division of Disability Determination Services, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Wake

Kimberly Shaw, Executive Director, The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center, Durham

Paola Sztajn, Dean, College of Education, North Carolina State University, Wake

Annette Taylor, Director, Office of Digital Equity and Literacy, North Carolina Department of Information Technology, Wake

Melanie Taylor, AVP, Healthcare Strategy, Planning, and Performance, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Durham

Jessie Tenenbaum, Chief Data Officer, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Associate Professor, Duke University, Wake

Deborah Thomas, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Mecklenburg

Stacie Walker, Chief Lending Officer, State Employees’ Credit Union, Wake3

Jordan Whichard, Chief Deputy Secretary, North Carolina Department of Commerce, Wake

La’Meshia Whittington, President/CEO, The Whittington & Staley Consulting Group, Wake

Kim Winter, Dean & Professor, Western Carolina University, Jackson

Valyce Woolaston, Senior Counsel, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., Wake

William Wooldridge, Chief of Staff, Corning, Cabarrus

Leadership North Carolina’s mission is to inform, develop, and engage committed leaders by broadening their understanding of and involvement in issues and opportunities facing North Carolina. Leadership North Carolina’s Core Program cultivates a network of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences who share a deep commitment to their state. There are more than 1,400 graduates of the program whose continued ties to LNC and to one another provide them with rich opportunities for serving North Carolina.

The Class 31 roster is available here. To find out more about Leadership North Carolina, please visit: www.leadershipnc.org.

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MEDIA CONTACT: October 12, 2023
Brian Etheridge, President
(919) 803-5326
brian@leadershipnc.org

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