The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce announces a new slate of both appointed and elected board members for 2017. The board is comprised of industry leaders committed to helping Durham grow in a smart and strategic direction.

“We are thrilled to have a leadership team that will help enhance our position as the leading business organization in Durham,” said Geoff Durham, Chamber president and CEO. “We have an amazing opportunity ahead of us as we attract and recruit companies to come to our city; particularly companies that will provide jobs, pay taxes and address social and economic infrastructures to enhance opportunities for all of Durham’s citizens.”

The board will meet six times per year, with the first meeting of this new slate of directors held this month at the Chamber’s office.

The list of Board of Directors includes:

OFFICERS

• George Habel, Chair
  Vice-President, Durham Bulls Baseball
• Indira Everett, Chair-Elect
  District Manager, Duke Energy Carolinas
• Caroline Welch, Treasurer
  General Manager, ABC-11 Eyewitness News
• Farad Ali, Immediate Past Chair
  President & CEO, Institute of Minority Economic Development

ELECTED AND APPOINTED DIRECTORS

• Patrick Anderson
  The Streets at Southpoint
• Brian Fredrickson
  Frontier Communications
• Katie Galbraith
  Duke Regional Hospital
• Scott Harmon
  Center Studio Architects
• Terrance Holt
  Holt Brothers Construction, LLC
• William (Bill) Ingram
  Durham Technical Community College
• Adam Klein
  American Underground
• Mike Landguth
  Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority
• Adri Maisonet-Morales
  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC
• Sam Nichols
  First Citizens Bank & Trust Company
• Lehman (Lee) Pollard
  Nelson & Company
• Michael Schoenfeld
  Duke University
• Don Shupe
  CBRE | Raleigh
• Michael Heuberger
  Freudenberg IT LP
• Shelly McPhatter
  BridgePoint Construction
• Kimberly Moore
  NC Mutual Life Insurance
• Jenny Myers
  Wells Fargo Insurance Service
• Zach Prager
  Austin Lawrence Partners East
• Tobias Rose
  Kompleks Creative
• James Sills
  M&F Bank
• Jeff Stoddard
  SunTrust Bank
• Pamela Thorpe-Young
  North Carolina Central University
• Steve Toler
  Steve Toler, LLC