1. 2014
ANNUAL MEETING
Please enjoy this time to
network
*alternatively, you can just sit quiet and tweet #AM2014

2. Aaron Nelson
President & CEO,
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber
of Commerce

3. Welcome, Elected Officials!
North Carolina General Assembly
§ Sen. Valerie Foushee
§ Rep. Verla Insko
Town of Hillsborough
§ Mayor Tom Stevens

4. Welcome, Elected Officials!
Orange County Board of Commissioners
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Chairman Barry Jacobs
Vice Chair Earl McKee
Commissioner Alice Gordon
Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier
Commissioner Renee Price
Commissioner Penny Rich

5. Welcome, Elected Officials!
Town of Carrboro
§ Mayor Lydia Lavelle
§ Alderwoman Michelle Johnson
Town of Chapel Hill
§ Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt
§ Mayor Pro Temp Sally Greene
§ Councilman George Cianciolo
§ Councilman Ed Harrison
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
§ Vice Chair Mia Burroughs
§ Member Annetta Streater

6. Economic Development Partners!

7. Thank you,
Ambassadors!

8. Community
Champions

9. Community Champion

10. Community Champion

11. Community Champion

12. Community Investors

14. Platinum Sponsors

15. Gold Sponsors

16. Gold Sponsors

17. Citizenship & Service
Award Sponsor

18. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Micro-Enterprise Category

19. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Mid-Size Business Category

20. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Non-Profit Category

21. Lunch Sponsor

22. Bronze Sponsor

23. Security Sponsor

24. Greening Sponsor

25. Table Sponsors
Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
Duke Medicine
First Citizens Bank
Orange County Economic Development
Piedmont Health

26. Please enjoy
your lunch.

27. Tweet!
#AM2014
@CarolinaChamber

28. Community Champion
Joanne Fiore

29. 2013 Year In Review
2013 Chair, Board of
Directors
PAIGE ZINN
Jennings

41. Delivering Value
-connecting you-advocating for you-lowering the cost of biz-

42. A New Membership
Investment Model
“Tiered Dues”

43. www.carolinachamber.org

44. 88%
Reinvestment

45. 123 West Franklin

46. Supporting
Innovation

48. 28,000 Sq. Feet
130 Enterprises

50. Health, and Now Dental

51. 1300
144
79
12
188
3,876/5,553
$874,000 > $869,000

52. “If you don't know, the
thing to do is not to get
scared, but to learn.”
-Ayn Rand

53. 2013 Year In Review
2013 Chair, Board of
Directors
PAIGE ZINN
Jennings

54. Chair’s Award
for Leadership in
Public-Private
Partnership

55. Mark
Chilton

56. 2014 Year in Preview
2014 Chair, Board
of Directors
CHRIS
BARNES
PNC bank

57. Bob
Saunders
Brooks Pierce

58. Joel Levy
Joel I Levy CPA

59. Helen
Antipov
Comfort Keepers

60. Marc Pons
Chapel Hill Tire
Car Care Center

61. Tony
Pugliese
AICPA

62. Chris Derby
UPS Store
Baguettaboutit

63. Our Mission
Serve and advance the business
interests of our community
and build a sustainable
community where business
thrives.

64. CONNECT
With People
With Information
With Resources

65. ADVOCATE
• Retain, Recruit and Grow Employers
• Improve the Regulatory Environment and
Business Climate
• Build and Maintain Infrastructure
• Increase the Participation by and
Influence of the Business Community

66. My Chamber….
• CONNECTS Me
• ADVOCATES for My Business
Community
• SAVES ME MONEY

67. Challenges

68. Opportunities

69. #1 Place to
Live, Work, Shop
, Play, Learn and
Raise a Family

70. “You must be the change
you want to see in the
world”
- Gandhi

71. “The ultimate measure of a man
is what where he stands in
moments of comfort and
convenience, but where he
stands in times of challenge and
controversy.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

72. 2014

73. 2014
Tiered Dues
More Choice
More Value
Stronger Chamber

74. 2014
Intercity-Visit and
Leadership Conference
(Athens, Georgia)

75. 2014
> Taking Care of Business

76. My Chamber….
• CONNECTS Me
• ADVOCATES for My Business
Community
• SAVES ME MONEY

77. Reagan
Pruitt
Blue Cross Blue
Shield of NC

78. Meg McGurk
Chapel Hill
Downtown
Partnership

79. 2013 Chamber
Ambassador of the Year

80. Ambassador of
the Year
Irene
Briggaman
Community
Volunteer

81. THE CHAMBER AND
CIRRUS AIRCRAFT PRESENTS…
FLYING 2.0
BUSINESS NETWORKING

82. 2013
Business of the
Year Awards

83. Security Sponsor

84. 2013 Business of the
Year
Micro-Enterprise
Category

88. And the Winner is…

90. 2013 Business of the Year
Mid-Size Business Category

92. 2013 Business of the Year
Mid-Size Business Category
Harrington Bank

96. And the Winner is…

98. 2013 Business of the Year
Large Business Category

102. And the Winner is…

104. 2013 Business of the Year
Non-Profit

109. And the Winner is…

111. Duke Energy
Citizenship and Service Award

112. Duke Energy
Citizenship and
Service Award
Gordon
Merklein
UNC Chapel Hill

113. Some Final Comments
… Just a few

114. THANK YOU
for your membership.
We look forward to continuing to serve
you in 2014.