Career moves

Chamber chairman to present goals

The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, which meets tonight for its 120th annual meeting, will hear about this year's goals from its incoming chairman, WakeMed president Bill Atkinson.

Joining him on the chamber's executive committee for the year beginning Oct. 1: chair-elect Sepi Asefnia, president of SEPI Engineering Group; immediate past chair Frank Holding Jr., president, First Citizens Bank; past chair Ron Wainwright, tax managing director, RSM McGladrey; past chair Fred Day IV, retired; treasurer Clarence Newsome, president, Shaw University; general counsel Larry Robbins, partner, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton; communications vice chair Diane Kuehn, CEO, VisionPoint Marketing; economic development vice chair Jimmy Barnes, president, NAI Carolantic Realty; education vice chair Rick Guirlinger, treasurer, General Parts/CARQUEST; government affairs vice chair Gary Salamido, director of state government affairs, GlaxoSmithKline; membership development vice chair Chris Young, Triangle area executive, First Citizens Bank; membership services vice chair Jody Hatley, president, Excel Moving & Storage; and small business vice chair Valerie Fields, CEO, V.K. Fields & Co.

The chamber's at-large members include: Jim Captain, director of operations, Credit Suisse; Steve Jones, president of Carolinas and Virginia, RBC Bank; David Weaver, president of Triangle Region, Branch Banking & Trust Co.; and Harvey Schmitt, CEO, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.

In addition, the chamber's board of directors, which helps the executive committee set policies and priorities, includes: Tom Adams, president, Time Warner Cable East Carolina Division; Tom Anhut, president, Toll Brothers; Andrea Bazan, president, Triangle Community Foundation; Mary Bell, vice president of Building Construction Products Division, Caterpillar; Patty Briguglio, president, MMI Associates; Joe Bryan, chair, Wake County Board of Commissioners; Kelly Castor, founding partner, Practical Lessons; Kim Copney, marketing manager, Costco; Jeff Corbett, senior vice president of Energy Delivery Carolinas, Progress Energy; Bo Dempster, managing partner, Poyner & Spruill; Jeff Denny, business development, Liaison Design Group; Debra Derr, director of government affairs, AT&T North Carolina; Melissa Essary, dean, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University; Phil Freelon, president, The Freelon Group; Rosa Gill, chair, Wake County Board of Education; Ardie Gregory, general manager, WRAL-FM/MIX 101.5; Felicia Gressette, vice president of marketing, The News & Observer Publishing Co.; Don Haile, venture partner, Fidelity Investments; Trish Hanchette, president, KB Home; Bob Hatley, CEO, Paragon Commercial Bank; Gray Hutchison, senior vice president, Aon Consulting; Dale Jenkins, CEO, Medical Mutual Insurance Company of NC; Robert Jones, executive vice president Carolinas Region, SunTrust Bank; John Kane, CEO, KANE Realty Corp.; Megan Montgomery, account executive, Universal Printing & Publishing; Barry Leffler, general manager, WNCN-NBC-17; Tom Looney, vice president of Lenovo North America; Charles Meeker, mayor of Raleigh; Ward Nye, president, Martin Marietta Materials; James Oblinger, chancellor, N.C. State University; Dean Ogan, owner, Rocky Top Hospitality; Doyle Parrish, president, Summit Hospitality Group; Christine Peterson, vice president, Risk Management Associates; Donna Preiss, president, The Preiss Co.; Stephen Scott, president, Wake Technical Community College; Judy Smith, president, Smith Seal of North Carolina; David Strong, president, Rex Healthcare; Dianne Boardley Suber, president, Saint Augustine's College; Soberina Traywick, senior vice president, Mechanics & Farmers Bank; Kirsten Weeks, community relations manager, Cisco Systems; Tina Wilson, corporate community relations program manager, IBM Corp.; and Phil Zachary, president, Curtis Media Group.

In other moves ...

Leslie Tunell was hired as marketing and business development manager at Cline Design Associates, an architecture, planning, landscape architecture and interior design firm in Raleigh.

Melinda Joyner has been promoted to executive director at Landquest Development in Raleigh. Joyner will serve as communications director, managing the creation of collateral campaigns, advertising programs and Web sites for all Landquest communities and enterprises.

Rita Stell was hired as senior accountant for Bobbitt Design Build's Raleigh office. She will be responsible for accounting functions that are necessary for the completion of Bobbitt's commercial construction projects.

Joseph F. Trepanier III has been named permanent secretary and chief financial officer at etrials Worldwide. Etrials provides eClinical software and services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and contract research organizations.

Paul J. Neville joined Vaco Raleigh as a director of business development. Vaco Raleigh is an executive placement and consulting firm that specializes in accounting and finance, information technology, operations and executive search.

On the boards ...

The Healing Place of Wake County announced the Endowment board of trustees: Scott Burkhead, Dr. Robert Bilbro, Fred Barber, Dr. Jerry Burnstein, Barbara Goodmon, Bob Goodale, Robert Hayes Jr., Susanne Hayes, Burly Mitchell and Matthew Szulik.

Frank Shell, senior vice president of Crescent State Bank, has been named to the Cary Chamber of Commerce board of directors.