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Who We Are

About Us

The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce was established in 1877 as one of the first groups of its kind in the state. It was formally incorporated in 1888 by Julius A. Gray, who was then President of the Yadkin/Cape Fear and the NC Railroad Companies and became the first President of the Greensboro Chamber.

The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce is the largest business organization in the community serving more than 1,000 member businesses through programming designed to help them succeed and grow. A partner in the Guilford County Economic Development Alliance, the Chamber also serves as Greensboro’s primary economic development organization, with special emphasis placed on community and entrepreneurial advancement through Action Greensboro and Launch Greensboro.

Administration
  • Brent Christensen
  • President and Chief Executive Officer
  • 336-387-8303
  • bchristensen@greensboro.org
  • Deborah Hooper
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • 336-387-8320
  • dhooper@greensboro.org
  • Megan Mabry
  • VP - Marketing & Communications
  • 336-387-8332
  • mmabry@greensboro.org
  • Sandy Post
  • Controller
  • 336-387-8304
  • spost@greensboro.org
  • Claire Cooke
  • Member & Investor Relations Coordinator
  • 336-387-8327
  • ccooke@greensboro.org
  • Holly West
  • Marketing & Communications Manager
  • 336-387-8308
  • hwest@greensboro.org
  • Porsha Graves
  • Executive Assistant
  • 336-387-8321
  • pgraves@greensboro.org
  • Debbie White
  • Information Specialist
  • 336-387-8300
  • dwhite@greensboro.org
Action Greensboro
  • Cecelia Thompson
  • Executive Director
  • 336-387-8354
  • cthompson@actiongreensboro.org
  • Candace Martin
  • Operations and Communications Manager
  • 336-387-8351
  • CMartin@actiongreensboro.org
  • Sarah McGuire
  • Director - synerG Young Professionals
  • 336-387-8350
  • smcguire@actiongreensboro.org
  • Lizzy Tahsuda
  • Director- Campus Greensboro
  • 336-387-8358
  • etahsuda@actiongreensboro.org
  • Caroline Dean Glover
  • Student Engagement and Events Manager - Campus Greensboro
  • 336-379-0821
  • cdeanglover@actiongreensboro.org
  • Dabney Sanders
  • Downtown Greenway Project Manager
  • 336-387-8353
  • dsanders@actiongreensboro.org
  • Laura Lorenz
  • Downtown Greenway Assistant
  • 336-387-8355
  • llorenz@actiongreensboro.org
Economic Development
  • Marvin Price
  • Executive Vice President - Economic Development
  • 336-387-8310
  • mprice@greensboro.org
  • Barbara West
  • Director - Business Recruitment
  • 336-387-8312
  • bwest@greensboro.org
  • Meridith Berger
  • Director - Existing Industry Services
  • 336-387-8329
  • mberger@greensboro.org
Launch Greensboro
  • Lou Anne Flanders-Stec
  • Executive Vice President - Entrepreneurship
  • 336-265-3332
  • laflanders-stec@greensboro.org
  • Jenn Hensel
  • Assistant Director - Launch Greensboro
  • 336-265-3331
  • jhensel@greensboro.org
Member Engagement
  • Tracy Myers
  • Executive Vice President - Member Engagement
  • 336-387-8326
  • tmyers@greensboro.org
  • Katrina Ross
  • Member Engagement Concierge
  • 336.387.8337
  • kross@greensboro.org
  • Niketa Greene
  • Vice President - Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion
  • 336-387-8325
  • ngreene@greensboro.org
  • Joyce Gorham-Worsley
  • Vice President - Other Voices
  • 336-387-8324
  • jgorham-worsley@greensboro.org
  • Ainsley Johnston
  • Event Manager
  • 336-387-8307
  • ajohnston@greensboro.org
  • India Murrain-Allen
  • Database Manager
  • 336-387-8357
  • imurrain@greensboro.org
  • Stephanie Phillips
  • Member Engagement Retention Specialist
  • 336-387-8331
  • sphillips@greensboro.org
  • Heavenly Walker
  • Member Engagement Specialist
  • 336-387-8349
  • hwalker@greensboro.org

Board of Directors

Allen Atchley, Volvo Financial Services
Anita Hughes Bachmann, UnitedHealthcare
Dean Luke Bierman, Elon University School of Law
Beth Boulton, Boulton Creative
John Brandberg, The P&G Manufacturing Co.
Danny Brown, United Maintenance Group
Mark Caldwell, Global Brands Group
Pete Callahan, JP Morgan Chase
Dawn Chaney, Chaney Properties
Joe Clark, Allegacy Federal Credit Union
Emanuel Clark, Fox Rothschild
Dr. Robin Coger, North Carolina A&T State University
Bill Collins, HAECO Americas
Dr. Sharon Contreras, Guilford County Schools
Adam Currie, First Bank
Dr. Larry Czarda, Greensboro College
Abby Donnelly, The Leadership & Legacy Group
Adam Duggins, New Page Capital
Nathan Duggins, Tuggle Duggins P.A.
David Edwards, First National Bank
Derek Ellington, Bank of America (Chair)
Beth Fischer, UNC Greensboro
Geoff Foster, Core Technology Molding Corporation
David Gansberg, Arch Capital Group Ltd.
Preston Hammock, Cone Health
Jarvis Harris, R. Steve Bowden & Associates
Doug Hassman, VF Corporation
Vern Hawkins, Syngenta Crop Protection, PLLC
Rhonda Joyce, American National Bank & Trust Co.
Nancy King-Quaintance, Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels
Curt Ladig, Delta Dental of NC
CC Lamberth, C2Contractors
Wilson Lester, Piedmont Business Capital
Kathy Manning, Manning & Associates PLLC
John Martin, Fourth Elm Construction
Lee McAllister, Weaver Investment Company
Mary Lesa Pegg, UNC Greensboro
Phil Petros, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Mark Rector, Honda Aircraft Co.
Karl Robinson, R&R Transportation
Diane Rumley, Leeper, Kean & Rumley, LLP
Susan Schwartz, The Cemala Foundation
Scott Semke, Ralph Lauren
Susan Fitzgibbon Shumaker, Cone Health Foundation
Tammy Simmons, Machine Specialties, Inc.
Robert Singer, Brooks Pierce
Sherri Thomas, Truliant Federal Credit Union
Clifford Thompson, Thompson Traders, Inc.
Stafford Thompson, Lincoln Financial Group
Lynn Welborn, North State
Andy Zimmerman, AZ Development

EX OFFICIO
The Honorable Jeff Phillips, Guilford County Board of Commissioners, Chair
Marty Lawing, Guilford County, County Manager
The Honorable Nancy Vaughan, City of Greensboro, Mayor
David Parrish, City of Greensboro, City Manager
Walt Yates (synerG), MassMutual Carolinas

Action Greensboro Advisory Board

Catherine Burnett, The Phillips Foundation
Ed Kitchen, The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Robert O. Klepfer, Jr., Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation
Jim Melvin, The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Elizabeth C. Phillips, The Phillips Foundation
H. Walker Sanders, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
Susan Schwartz, The Cemela Foundation (Chair)
Susan Fitzgibbon Shumaker, Cone Health Foundation

Launch Greensboro Advisory Board

Manny Clark, Fox Rothschild, LLP
Ursula Dudley-Oglesby, Dudley Beauty Corp, LLC
Adam Duggins, New Page Capital
Abhiroop Dutta
T.J. Jones, Ember Tribe, HQ Greensboro
Jonathan Lee Kelly, Asymmetric Holdings
Dr. Thaddeus McEwen, NC A&T State University
Chad Oakley, Charles Aris
Dr. Sudhakar Puvvada, Dream Catcher Innovation Labs
Kelli Reyes, LMS
Joe Rotondi, Forge Greensboro
David Sar, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Todd Starcevich, Kontoor Brands/Wrangler
Clifford Thompson, Thompson Traders (Chair)
Alex Worth, Worth Industries, Inc.

Leadership Greensboro Advisory Board

Courtney Dabney, NC A & T State University

Teresa Davis, NC A & T State University (Chair)

Patrick Freeman, Leeper, Kean, & Rumley LLP
Renica Greene
, Lincoln Financial Bank
Yvetta Grier, Guilford County Schools
Marion Hofmann, Evonik Corporation
Jennifer Mencarini, Elon University School of Law
Peter Pappas, Attorney

 

Member Engagement Advisory Board

David Allen, Pinnacle Financial Partners
Phil Barnhill, East Greensboro NOW
Jennifer Bowden, R. Steve Bowden & Associates
Anthony Boyd, First Bank
Kevin Briody, Center for Creative Leadership
Taylor Butler, CT Wilson Construction Co., Inc.
Rudy Clark,
Rudolph H. Clark, Jr., CPA
Teresa Davis, NC A&T State University
Jada Monica Drew, Social Designs LLC
Paul Jeffrey, Cone Health/Wesley Long Hospital
Mandy Jeffries, Colfax Furniture & Mattress
Courtney Payne, Bank of America
Ricardo Siordia, BB&T Wealth Management
Steve Swetoha, Greensboro Swarm
Sherri Thomas, Truliant Federal Credit Union (Chair)

EX OFFICIO
Nancy Hoffmann, Greensboro City Council District 4

synerG Executive Committee

Adam Spivey, Rossabi Law Partners
Ainsley Johnston, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Akisha Osei Sarfo, Guilford County Schools
Alexandra Pappas, Volvo/Mack Trucks
Candace Martin, Action Greensboro
Carol Ann Tucciarone, Arch Mortage Insurance Company
Chelsea Boccardo Smith, Mack Trucks
Danielle Oxendine
, Arch Mortgage Insurance Company
Dorian Thompson
, UNC Greensboro
Ebony McClinton, Lincoln Financial Group
Hilda Tajalli, Tanger Outlets
Jose A. Sandoval, American National Bank & Trust
Julia Brown, Susan Hunt Law
Kevin Ortiz, BB&T Leadership Institute
Kiley Schiffman, Schiffman Jewelers
Libby Schinnow, UNC Greensboro (Co-Chair)
Lindsay Burkart, UNC Greensboro
Lindsey Martin, UNC Greensboro
Mary Lesa Pegg, UNC Greensboro
Nick Scarci, NC Realtors Association
Paislee Winkler, Greensboro Convention and Visitors Bureau
Ryan Huggins, Morgan Stanley
Spencer Conover
, Carolina Theatre
Taylor Collins, Collins & Galyon General Contractors, Inc.
Tony Furr, Anomaly Squared
Walt Yates, Mass Mutual Carolinas (Co-Chair)

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