Previous Leaders in Action Speakers

Tammy DeBoer, President, Harris Teeter
Tanya S. Blackmon, C-Suite Executive and 2021 Charlotte BusinessWoman of the Year
Leon Topalian, President & CEO, Nucor Corporation
Gary S. Michel, Former C-Suite Executive Fortune 500 Companies

Healthcare Business Panel: Dr. Pamela Oliver, Executive Vice President & President of Novant Health Physician Network, Novant Health; Omid Ahdieh, Senior Managing Director in the Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Dena Diorio, County Manager Mecklenburg

Human Resources Business Panel: Stephanie Hurren, Director of HR, Charlotte Hornets; Donovan Marks, Chief Human Resource Officer, Nucor Corporation; Kim Blue, Chief People Officer, OpenExchange

Jesse Cureton, Chief Consumer Officer and Executive Vice President, Novant Health

Business Imperative for Social Justice Panel: Tanya S. Blackmon, EVP & Chief Diversity, Diversion and Equity Officer, Novant Health; Reggie Willis, Chief Diversity Officer, Ally Financial; Dan Lugo, President, Queens University of Charlotte

Carol Lovin, Executive Vice President, Chief Integration Officer, System Chief of Staff, Atrium Health
Stephen De May, North Carolina President, Duke Energy
John D. Williams, President & CEO, Domtar

Charlotte Hornets 30th Anniversary Panel: Fred Whitfield, Pete Guelli, Tyrone ‘Muggsy’ Bogues, Charlotte Hornets’ Executive Team & former player

Theresa Drew, Managing Partner, Deloitte
Di Morais, President, Consumer & Commercial Banking Products, Ally Bank
Jonathan Halkyard, President & CEO, Extended Stay America, Inc.
Dwayne Black, Senior VP & COO, Shutterfly

Global Leadership Panel: Tjeerd Ploeger, Siemens Generators; Susan Sweeney, EnPro Industries; Gilles Hudon, Technetics Group

Debra Plousha Moore, Chief Human Resources Officer & Executive Vice President, Carolinas HealthCare System
Rodrigo Jordan, Founder & President, Vertical S.A.
Kristan Seaford, Community leader, motivational speaker and triple amputee
Jack Caravelli, Former White House National Security Advisor, Visiting Professor, University of Oxford and the UK Defense Academy

Carl S. Armato, President & CEO, Novant Health
Michael Marsicano, President & CEO, Foundation for the Carolinas
Steve Clifford, Head Coach, Charlotte Hornets
Heath Byrd, Executive Vice President & CFO, Sonic Automotive

Fred Whitfield, Rich Cho, and Pete Guelli, Charlotte Hornets’ Executive Team
John Ferriola, CEO, Nucor
Ann Clark, Superintendent, Charlotte Mecklenburg School System
Jeff Brown, CEO, Ally

Laura Schulte, President, Wells Fargo’s Eastern Community Bank
Kyle O’Brien, Executive VP of Sales, Chobani
Christopher Kearney, Chairman, President and CEO, SPX

Fred Whitfield, President & COO, Charlotte Bobcats
Michael McGuire, National Managing Partner of Industry and Market Development, Grant Thornton LLP
John Silvia, Managing Director & Chief Economist, Wells Fargo
Ann Caulkins, President, The Charlotte Observer

Tom Skains, Chairman, President & CEO, Piedmont Natural Gas
Ric Elias, CEO & Co-Founder, Red Ventures
M.C. Andrews, Former Special Assistant to the President & Director, White House Office of Global Communications
Shannon McFayden, Leadership Consultant & Civic Leader
C. Howard Nye, President & CEO, Martin Marietta Materials
Peter Gorman, SVP of Education Services, News Corp and former Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Harry Jones, County Manager, Mecklenburg County
Allan McArtor, Chairman & CEO, Airbus Americas
Ralph Ketner, Former Chairman & Co-Founder, Food Lion
Catherine Bessant, Global Technology and Operations, Bank of America
Michael Morris, Chairman & CEO, American Electric Power
Frank Leistner, Chief Knowledge Officer, SAS Institute

John Allison, Chairman of the Board, BB&T
Kevin Henry, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
Doug Parker, CEO, USAirways, Corp.
Gary Lancaster, Director, Bank of America Account for IBM
David Singer, CEO, Lance, Inc.
Jane McIntyre, Executive Director, United Way of the Central Carolinas

Herb Henkel, Chairman, President & CEO, Ingersoll-Rand
Jack Caravelli, Former Senior Advisor to the Dept. of Energy’s Office of Plans and Policy
Ronee Hagen, CEO, Polymer Group, Inc.
Jim Morgan, President & CEO, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.
Ellen Ruff, President, Office of Nuclear Dev., Duke Energy
Chuck Raymond, Chairman, President & CEO, Horizon Lines
Dr. Patrick Graham, President & CEO, Urban Leagues of the Central Carolinas

Rodrigo Jordan, President, Vertical S.A. and Chairman, Chilean National Foundation for the Alleviation of Poverty
Robert Niblock, Chairman & CEO, Lowe’s Companies
Ken Lewis & Dennis Thompson, Chairman, President and CEO, Bank of America (Lewis) / Restaurateur & Entrepreneur (Thompson)
Dee Dixon & Joan Zimmerman, Founder & CEO, Pride Magazine & Pride Communications (Dixon) / Founder & CEO, Southern Shows, Inc. (Zimmerman)
Reggie Davis, Eastern Banking Group Executive, Wachovia Corporation

Kenny Moore, Director of Human Resources, KeySpan Corporation
Sue Myrick, NC Congresswoman
Robert Foglesong, President, Mississippi State University
Ernest Schaub, President & CFO, EnPro Industries, Inc.
Lee Keesler, President & CEO, Arts and Science Council

John Allison, Chairman & CEO, BB&T
Linda Hudson, President, General Dynamics
Tim Belk, Chairman & CEO, Belk, Inc.
Ruth Shaw, President & CEO, Duke Power Company
Gary Green, President & CEO, Compass Group NA Division
George Battle, Bishop, AME Zion Church
Lionel Nowell, Senior VP & Treasurer

Herb Baum, President & CEO, Dial Corporation
Jerry Richardson, Founder & Owner, Carolina Panthers
Marshall Larsen, Chairman, President & CEO, Goodrich Corporation
Kathryn Sullivan, President & CEO, COSI Columbus
Howard Levine, Chairman, President & CEO, Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
Dona Young, Chairman, President & CEO, The Phoenix Companies, Inc.

Ken Thompson, Chairman, President & CEO, Wachovia Corporation
Bernard Kasriel, Vice Chairman & CEO, Lafarge Corporation
Thomas W. Currie, Dean, Union Theological Seminary
Pat Mitchell, President & CEO, PBS
John Blystone, Chairman, President & CEO, SPX Corporation
Clayton Daley, CFP, Proctor & Gamble

Bill Boyd, CEO, Muzak, LLC
Bob Tillman, Chairman & CEO, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Dan DiMicco, CEO, Nucor Corporation
Dick Spangler, Jr., President Emeritus, UNC / Chairman, C.D. Spangler Construction Company
LeRoy Mayne, Director, Boy Scouts of America
Jean Davis, Senior EVP I.T., E-Commerce & Operations, Wachovia Corporation
Rick Goings, CEO, Tupperware Corporation