Board & Staff
The Chamber is governed by a 35-member Board of Directors and a 10-member Executive Committee, and supported by a dynamite staff of eight and dozens of volunteers. Together with more than 700 member enterprises, The Chamber delivers on its mission to connect, advocate, drive progress, and build community.
2021 Officers and Executive Committee Members

Tom Wiltberger
Chair
Terra Nova Global Properties

Vakesia Graves
Vice Chair
Duke Energy

Ellen Shannon
Immediate Past-Chair
Chapel Hill Magazine

John Kiley
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
SCORE (Retired)

Creighton Blackwell
The Partnership for a Sustainable Community Chair
Coastal Credit Union

Tola Oguntoyinbo
Technology Committee Chair
ShineBiG Feedback

Robert Saunders
General Counsel
Brooks Pierce

Lori Doherty
Membership Committee Chair
Doherty Home Inspections

Aaron Nelson
Secretary and CEO
The Chamber

Betsy Harris
Government Affairs Committee Chair
Armacell, LLC
2021 Directors
Manish Atma
Atma Hotel Group
Jes Averhart
Jes & Co.
Brett Bushnell
Tri Local Realty LLC
Joel Curran
UNC Chapel Hill
Tim Dalton
BB&T Now Truist
Zoë Dehmer
Acme Food & Beverage Co.
Chris Ehrenfeld
Bold Development Group
Greg Fitch
Fearrington Village
Kim Grooms
Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA
Jean Hamilton
ex-officio, non-voting member
Orange County Commissioners
Mayor Pam Hemminger
ex-officio, non-voting member
Town of Chapel Hill
Mayor Lydia Lavelle
ex-officio, non-voting member
Town of Carrboro
Dan Lehman
UNC Health Care
Joel Levy
Joel I. Levy, CPA, PLLC
Denny Marcin
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Lydia Mason
Piedmont Health
Poonam Nandani
Hendrick Southpoint Auto Mall
Jay Patel
Wintergreen Hospitality
Chris Peronto
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Eliazar Posada
El Centro Hispano
Dr. Antoine Puech
Prestige Associates, Inc.
Mike Vikitsreth
Spicy 9
Connolly Walker
State Farm
Paige Zinn
Jennings
Our Staff
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Jensen Anderson
Community Impact Specialist
(704) 491-6676 (m)
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Jensen Anderson, Community Impact Specialist
Rebecca Dickenson
Vice President for Membership
(919) 771-7530 (m)
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Rebecca Dickenson, Vice President for Membership
Katie Loovis
Vice President for External Affairs
(919) 696-0781 (m)
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Katie R. Loovis, MPA
Aaron Martin Nelson, IOM
President & CEO
(919) 967-7077
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Aaron Martin Nelson, IOM
Vice President and Chief of Staff
(919) 357-9982
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Justin Simmons
Vanessa Watson
Director of Programs & Communication
(919) 357-9989
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Vanessa Watson
Katie Nash White
Community Engagement Specialist
(443) 758-3872 (m)
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