Executive Committee of the Board of Directors
Chad Brown, Atrium Health-Wilkes Medical Center
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Past Chair 2023
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Keith Deveraux
Jack Lynch, Truist
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Assistant Treasurer
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Alice Blankenship, Piedmont Federal Bank
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VP Membership
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Chad Treadway, Cube Creative Design
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VP Education
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Mark Byrd, Wilkes County Board of Education
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VP Leadership Wilkes
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Landon House
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VP Youth Leadership
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Adam Foster, RiverStreet Productions
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VP Small Business
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Laurie Brintle-Jarvis, Wilkes Community College
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VP Wilkes Women in Leadership
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Susan Bachmeier, Atrium Health-Wilkes Medical Center
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VP Government Affairs
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Keith Deveraux
Jimmy Flythe, Duke Energy
Executive Committee at Large
Joe Connelly, Carolina West Wireless
Board of Directors
Brenda Blake
Blake Farms
2024 Board Member
Samaritan's Purse
2024 Board Member
MBI Builders
2024 Board Member
Coffey Construction
2024 Board Member
Costello Realty & Development
2024 Board Member
ECMD
2024 Board Member
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CrossRoads Harley Davidson
2025 Board Member
Nathan Bell
G & B Energy
2025 Board Member
Meredith Detsch
Town of North Wilkesboro
2025 Board Member
Keith Huffman
Rock Creek IGA
2025 Board Member
Rid-A-Bug
2025 Board Member
Mick Zulpo
The Block
2025 Board Member
Kim Anderson
NC Works
2026 Board Member
Jessica Fickenscher
North Wilkesboro Speedway/ SMI
2026 Board Member
Shandra Gentry
LP Building Solutions
2026 Board Member
Zach Luffman
Window World, Inc.
2026 Board Member
Kristen Macemore
Wilkes Community College
2026 Board Member
Paul Salvatore
Wilkesboro Dragway
2026 Board Member
Ex-Officio
John Cothren, County of Wilkes
Marc Hauser, Town of North Wilkesboro
Dale Isom, Town of Wilkesboro
Holly Minton, Town of North Wilkesboro
LeeAnn Nixon, Wilkes Economic Development Corporation
Kenneth Noland, Town Manager-Wilkesboro
Joann Royal, Town of Ronda
Thomas Salley, Wilkesboro Tourism Development Authority
Meet Your Chamber of Commerce Staff
Linda Cheek
President, I0M CCEC
lcheek@wilkesnc.org
Membership Director
tcarter@wilkesnc.org
Director of Finance
cmeredith@wilkesnc.org
Office Manager
kphipps@wilkesnc.org