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Leadership North Carolina Announces Seventeenth Class

Raleigh, NC – Forty-five leading citizens from 18 different counties across the state will form the 2009-2010 class for Leadership North Carolina. A full list of participants is below. Their first session will be October 12-14 in Boone, where they will participate in a class orientation.

Leadership North Carolina selects citizens who are current or emerging leaders in the state as well as in their communities and organizations to participate in the program. The class meets six times over seven months in cities across the state to explore critically important issues in five key policy areas: economic development, education, environment, government and politics, and health and human services. Leadership North Carolina’s Class XVII is comprised of top leaders from the government, business, nonprofit and education sectors.

There are over seven hundred graduates of the program whose continued ties to Leadership North Carolina and on another provide them with a high level of awareness of opportunities to serve the state. In 2009, five graduates received the prestigious Presidential Service Award for their volunteer service to Leadership North Carolina.

To find out more about Leadership North Carolina, please visit: www.leadershipnc.org.

LEADERSHIP North Carolina Class XVII Roster
Dana Beeson Guilford Partner Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co. Greg Bounds, MD Duplin CEO Goshen Medical Center, Inc. Brad Broadwell Orange Director, Economic Development Commission Orange County Government Cathy Campbell, MA Johnston Planning and Research Assistant North Carolina Railroad Company Patsy Carson Harnett Mayor Town of Erwin Olivia Collier, MPA Harnett Chief of Local and Regional Affairs North Carolina Department of Commerce David Diaz Wake President/CEO Downtown Raleigh Alliance Brenda Diggs Forsyth Don Esposito Jr., J.D. Wake General Counsel Rex Healthcare Atrayus Goode Orange Manager, Minority Executive Education Institute NC Institute of Minority Economic Development John Goodman Wake Director of Governmental Affairs NC Chamber Carrie Gray Wake Director of Donor Engagement North Carolina Community Foundation JC Hash Forsyth CEO and Pastor St. Peter's Church and World Outreach Center Lin Hollowell, MBA Mecklenburg Executive Director The Duke Endowment David Horn, MS Caldwell Vice President Business Development Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Inc.	Dana Beeson Guilford Partner Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co. Greg Bounds, MD Duplin CEO Goshen Medical Center, Inc. Brad Broadwell Orange Director, Economic Development Commission Orange County Government Cathy Campbell, MA Johnston Planning and Research Assistant North Carolina Railroad Company Patsy Carson Harnett Mayor Town of Erwin Olivia Collier, MPA Harnett Chief of Local and Regional Affairs North Carolina Department of Commerce David Diaz Wake President/CEO Downtown Raleigh Alliance Brenda Diggs Forsyth Don Esposito Jr., J.D. Wake General Counsel Rex Healthcare Atrayus Goode Orange Manager, Minority Executive Education Institute NC Institute of Minority Economic Development John Goodman Wake Director of Governmental Affairs NC Chamber Carrie Gray Wake Director of Donor Engagement North Carolina Community Foundation JC Hash Forsyth CEO and Pastor St. Peter's Church and World Outreach Center Lin Hollowell, MBA Mecklenburg Executive Director The Duke Endowment David Horn, MS Caldwell Vice President Business Development Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Inc.	Bo Somers, J.D. Wake Director, State Regultory Affairs Duke Energy Carolinas Deborah Sperati, J.D. Nash Partner Poyner Spruill LLP Todd Stevens Gaston Vice President of Operations WB Moore Company of Charlotte, Inc. Cheryl Sutton, MBA New Hanover University Program Specialist - HUB Program UNC Wilmington Brent Taylor, MBA, MIE, BSIE Wake Director of Supply Chain and Materials EMC Corporation Kelly Thompson, Ed.D, MA Wilson Vice President for External Relations Barton College Cindy Thompson Guilford Chief Financial Officer Visiting International Faculty (VIF) Program John Tramontin Wake North Carolina Sales Director AT&T Jaz Tunnell, MBA, MPA Wake Community Relations Manager Piedmont Natural Gas Company Ivan Urlaub Durham Executive Director NC Sustainable Energy Association Anne Vulcano Mecklenburg First Vice President, Office Real Estate CB Richard Ellis, Inc. Leslie Walden, MS Chatham Senior Public Affairs Director Fidelity Investments Marci Williams CMR Guilford Senior Data Admin. Assistant FedEx Express Dottie Womack Harnett President Saab Barracuda LLC Joseph Zhou Wake Principal Open Asset Management Co.

LEADERSHIP North Carolina

Class XVII Roster

Dana Beeson Guilford

Partner

Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co.

Greg Bounds, MD Duplin

CEO

Goshen Medical Center, Inc.

Brad Broadwell Orange

Director, Economic Development Commission

Orange County Government

Cathy Campbell, MA Johnston

Planning and Research Assistant

North Carolina Railroad Company

Patsy Carson Harnett

Mayor

Town of Erwin

Olivia Collier, MPA Harnett

Chief of Local and Regional Affairs

North Carolina Department of Commerce

David Diaz Wake

President/CEO

Downtown Raleigh Alliance

Brenda Diggs Forsyth

Don Esposito Jr., J.D. Wake

General Counsel

Rex Healthcare

Atrayus Goode Orange

Manager, Minority Executive Education Institute

NC Institute of Minority Economic Development

John Goodman Wake

Director of Governmental Affairs

NC Chamber

Carrie Gray Wake

Director of Donor Engagement

North Carolina Community Foundation

JC Hash Forsyth

CEO and Pastor

St. Peter's Church and World Outreach Center

Lin Hollowell, MBA Mecklenburg

Executive Director

The Duke Endowment

David Horn, MS Caldwell

Vice President Business Development

Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Dana Beeson Guilford

Partner

Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co.

Greg Bounds, MD Duplin

CEO

Goshen Medical Center, Inc.

Brad Broadwell Orange

Director, Economic Development Commission

Orange County Government

Cathy Campbell, MA Johnston

Planning and Research Assistant

North Carolina Railroad Company

Patsy Carson Harnett

Mayor

Town of Erwin

Olivia Collier, MPA Harnett

Chief of Local and Regional Affairs

North Carolina Department of Commerce

David Diaz Wake

President/CEO

Downtown Raleigh Alliance

Brenda Diggs Forsyth

Don Esposito Jr., J.D. Wake

General Counsel

Rex Healthcare

Atrayus Goode Orange

Manager, Minority Executive Education Institute

NC Institute of Minority Economic Development

John Goodman Wake

Director of Governmental Affairs

NC Chamber

Carrie Gray Wake

Director of Donor Engagement

North Carolina Community Foundation

JC Hash Forsyth

CEO and Pastor

St. Peter's Church and World Outreach Center

Lin Hollowell, MBA Mecklenburg

Executive Director

The Duke Endowment

David Horn, MS Caldwell

Vice President Business Development

Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Bo Somers, J.D. Wake

Director, State Regultory Affairs

Duke Energy Carolinas

Deborah Sperati, J.D. Nash

Partner

Poyner Spruill LLP

Todd Stevens Gaston

Vice President of Operations

WB Moore Company of Charlotte, Inc.

Cheryl Sutton, MBA New Hanover

University Program Specialist - HUB Program

UNC Wilmington

Brent Taylor, MBA, MIE, BSIE Wake

Director of Supply Chain and Materials

EMC Corporation

Kelly Thompson, Ed.D, MA Wilson

Vice President for External Relations

Barton College

Cindy Thompson Guilford

Chief Financial Officer

Visiting International Faculty (VIF) Program

John Tramontin Wake

North Carolina Sales Director

AT&T

Jaz Tunnell, MBA, MPA Wake

Community Relations Manager

Piedmont Natural Gas Company

Ivan Urlaub Durham

Executive Director

NC Sustainable Energy Association

Anne Vulcano Mecklenburg

First Vice President, Office Real Estate

CB Richard Ellis, Inc.

Leslie Walden, MS Chatham

Senior Public Affairs Director

Fidelity Investments

Marci Williams CMR Guilford

Senior Data Admin. Assistant

FedEx Express

Dottie Womack Harnett

President

Saab Barracuda LLC

Joseph Zhou Wake

Principal

Open Asset Management Co.

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Faculty & Staff

the aggie minute!

Vote for the blue and gold marching machine!

BLACK NATIVITY

Jazz Ensemble

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The Blue & Gold Marching Machine of North Carolina A&T State University has joined nearly 5,000 student-musicians from 45 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in taking their first steps on "The Road to the Honda," in hopes of being one of the eight lucky bands slated to finish their journey in Atlanta, Ga., at the 2010 Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase.

The Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) Invitational Showcase, scheduled to take place Sat., Jan. 30, 2010 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, is the world's largest and most highly anticipated HBCU musical event of its kind. The Invitational Showcase not only serves as a platform to highlight and showcase the heritage and showmanship of the HBCU college marching bands, but it also serves as the only national music scholarship program of its kind. For the 2010 program, the A&T Blue & Gold Marching Machine is among the 45 participating bands that will receive a $1,000 grant for their musical programs, with an additional $20,000 awarded to the eight institutions selected to advance to the 2010 Invitational Showcase.(Read More)

Back by popular demand, the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Department of Visual & Performing Arts, Theatre Arts Program will present its annual production of "Black Nativity" by Langston Hughes.

This high-energy gospel musical chronicles the birth of Christ using vibrant songs and dance of praise and worship. Storytellers guide the viewer through the glorious words of the Holy Scripture allowing the audience to fully experience this biblical story.

Show dates and times will be Thursday - Friday, Dec. 3-4 at 8 p.m. and Saturday - Sunday, Dec. 5-6, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Harrison Auditorium. Tickets are: $15 - general admission; $10 - senior citizens; $10 - non A&T students and $5 – children 12 and under. A&T students are free with Aggie One Card.

For more information call the Ticket Office at 336.334.7749.

Date	Thusday, November 19, 2009
Event	Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and prolific composers, pianists and big band leaders in the world. A&T’s Jazz Orchestra commemorates Ellington with “A Salute to Duke” directed by A&T Music Department adjunct professor and director of jazz, noted jazz trumpeter and composer Mondre Moffett. Moffett performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, from 1995 to 2000. Ellington’s music is so rich and varied that it really is a treasure trove of very artistic entertainment and music education at the same time. The first half of the concert features music by other jazz greats such as John Coltrane and W.C. Handy, leading up to the exciting Salute to Duke.
Location	Harrison Autorium 1601 E. Market St. NC A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411
Ticket Information	General Admission - $10.00 Non-A&T Students - $5.00 A&T Students Free with Aggie One Card
Box office Information	336-334-7749

FACULTY AND STAFF IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
The new chairperson of the Department of Foreign Languages, Dr. Jose Bravo de Rueda, seeks to combine teaching of languages with teaching of culture. Ongoing community service outreach efforts and a special cross-campus initiative this fall exemplify his vision. Born in Lima, Peru, Bravo de Rueda moved to the U.S. in 1989 and attended the University of Maryland, where he received his master’s and Ph.D. In 1995, Bravo de Rueda was hired as an adjunct instructor at North Carolina A&T State University. Since then, he has gained experience of how the department works; networking with other chairpersons and friends also gave him insight on how to do the job. (Read More)	Dr. Goldie Byrd has been invited to speak at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington DC, on the topic of Alzheimer. Read the invitation letter here. Congratulations, Dr. Byrd!	Dr. Sarita D. Jackson, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, has been selected as a Fulbright scholar to the Dominican Republic. Dr. Jackson will conduct research on the impact of business associations on the U.S.-Dominican Republic and Central American free trade negotiations. Her project titled, “DR-CAFTA from the Room Next Door,” will be funded from January to May 2010. In addition, Dr. Jackson gave a guest lecture at UNC-Charlotte on March 25, 2009 upon receiving an invitation from the Latin American Studies program. Her lecture titled, “International Power through Multilateral Institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean," was based on a current research project analyzing the establishment of particular institutions among the developing countries in the Western Hemisphere.