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Carmin Black with HALF UNITED Foundation and Douglas Tarble with the Small Business Center at CFCC

January 24, 2014 by kirstenkalsky

Carmin Black-HALF UNITED

Carmin Black is one of the founders of HALF UNITED. Carmin and her brother Christian started HALF UNITED, a socially conscious business based here in Wilmington that sells accessories for men and women and then gives HALF of all of their net profits to feed children in need. These two started their business with $200 and the dream of fighting and ending hunger. As a former journalist herself, Carmin loves that she gets to not only feed children in need, but share their stories of triumph with HALF UNITED supporters and customers world wide. To date, HALF UNITED has given away over 100,000 meals to children in Wilmington, Fiji, Cambodia, Haiti and Liberia. They are sold in shops all over town as well as nation wide in Nordstrom and in North East Barnes and Noble campus stores.

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Douglas Tarble- The Small Business Center at Cape Fear Community College

Douglas Tarble is a native New Englander, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 1950. He received his BS in Management Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, in 1973 and his MBA from Iona College in 1976. He has 20 years of manufacturing management experience with large and small companies including the Clairol Division of Bristol Myers and a division of RJR Nabisco. In 1991 he became the General Manager of a US division of a Canadian packaging company in Rochester, NY. He also owned and operated his own small business, a general contracting company specializing in insurance restoration repairs, from 1994-2007 before relocating to southeastern NC and joining Cape Fear Community College.

He has been married to his wife Lynn for 40 years and resides in Bolivia, NC. They have one son, Michael who is married and lives in Wilmington, NC with his wife and their 5 year old son, Aiden.

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Jim Roberts with the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UNCW and John Panaccione with LogicBay

January 20, 2014 by kirstenkalsky

John Panaccione with LogicBay

President and CEO John Panaccione has over 18 years of experience leading teams that focus on using technology to improve corporate performance. As CEO of LogicBay, he has led the company from startup in early 2003 through its capital raising efforts through the transition of the company’s business model to a Cloud-based Partner Relationship Management (PRM) software model in 2006. Prior to founding LogicBay, he led sales and marketing for Cognitive Arts, an innovative leader in high end simulation-based e-learning, until helping to sell the company to a strategic acquirer in 2002. Prior to his tenure at Cognitive Arts, John led SumTotal Systems’ professional services and technology integration organization, overseeing the operations of over 200 staff in 10 offices located in three countries. He also served several years as Director of Learning Technologies for MetLife. He has led the integration of six successful acquisitions during his career.

John also served for six years on active duty as a U.S. Army officer and paratrooper in the 82^nd Airborne Division prior to launching his business career. He has lived in Wilmington since 2010.

Website: www.logicbay.com

Twitter: @LogicBay

Jim Roberts with The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UNCW

Named one of the “40 Most Influential People Under 40” at the age of 30 by the Charlotte Business Journal, Jim Roberts’s experience with business development, life sciences, information technology and governmental agencies aligns with the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s vision for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

He started an entrepreneur council in Charlotte called FirstRound during the technology boom in 2000. He was then recruited to the Asheville region to start the Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council (BREC) and Blue Ridge Angel Investor Network (BRAIN) where he hosted the annual Carolina Connect Entrepreneur and Venture Capital Conference. He also served as the Director of Business Development at the Center of Innovation for NanoBiotechnology (COIN), a program of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center; and as a Business Development Manager for the International Trade Division of the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

Mr. Roberts graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising.

Website: www.uncw.edu/cie

Twitter: @UNCW_startups and @UNCW_CIE

David Benford and Brian Moxey with Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage

January 17, 2014 by kirstenkalsky

David Benford

David has lived in Wilmington since 1988 and became involved in Real Estate in 1989. He has owned a company, sold, and developed real estate. His current role allows him to direct several departments within the organization and his vision has been a game-changer for the forward direction of Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage.

David is married and has two sons—one had graduated from Ole Miss and the other is a junior at Auburn. His hobby is politics, at local, state, and national levels.

Brian Moxey

Brian came to Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage 5 years ago from their parent company, Realogy. His role is to bring in new revenue opportunities for the company, both from individual agents as well as new markets.

Brian is the company’s Ironman—several times over—and continues to compete in triathlons near and far. Brian was nominated for Philanthropic Volunteer of the Year for 2013, primarily for his sponsorship of the annual Dolphin Dip at Surf City, now in its’ 12^th year, whose proceeds all benefit Hope for the Warriors.

Website: http://www.seacoastrealty.com/

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/company/coldwell-banker-seacoast-realty

Twitter: https://twitter.com/InsideSeaCoast

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seacoastrealty

Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+ColdwellBankerSeaCoastAdvantageWilmington/posts

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/insideseacoast/

Whitney Spratt with The Blockade Runner Resort and WaterPlay USA President Will Smith

January 13, 2014 by kirstenkalsky

Whitney Spratt/The Blockade Runner Resort

Whitney Spratt is the Director of Sales at the Blockade Runner Beach Resort in Wrightsville Beach. She has been with that property for almost 4 years and was previously the Food & Beverage Outlet Manager at the Hilton in New Bern, NC before moving to Wilmington. Originally from Massachusetts, she has resided in North Carolina for the past 8 years where she has held various management positions in the hospitality field.

Website: www.blockade-runner.com

Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyspratt

Facebook: Facebook.com/blockaderunnerwb

Pinterest: Pinterest.comblockaderunner

Twitter: @Blockade_runner

Will Smith/WaterPlay USA

Will Smith co-founded WaterPlay USA with his brother, Walt, in 2012 in an effort to combine their passions with the enormous opportunity that exists in travel and tourism. Prior to starting WaterPlay USA, Will & Walt operated a travel website winning an award for Best Informational and Best Overall website in a worldwide competition. In addition, Will worked in the local Wilmington area in the mortgage, finance, real estate sales and development areas from 2005 – 2009. He also had worked in Atlanta with Wells Fargo Finance and in New York with JP Morgan Chase in the finance and auditing division of the investment bank after graduating from NC State’s School of Business Management in 2003.

Website: www.waterplayusa.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/WaterplayUSA

Twitter: @waterplayusa

Councilman Kevin O'Grady and Joan Loch Co-Owner of Crescent Moon NC

January 10, 2014 by kirstenkalsky

Kevin O’Grady/ Wilmington City Councilman

Downtown Wilmington resident Kevin O’Grady was elected to a four-year term on Wilmington City Council in 2009 in his first stab at elected office in Wilmington. He was re-elected for his second term in 2013. A retired attorney, O’Grady serves on the council’s Evaluation, Vision 2020, and Cape Fear Public Utility Authority. His priorities on council include downtown historic preservation, trying to improve standards in downtown nightlife and protecting the quality of life in existing neighborhoods. O’Grady formerly served on the boards of the Historic Wilmington Foundation and Wilmington Downtown Inc. He is past president of the Residents of Old Wilmington.

Website: www.wilmingtonnc.gov/city_council/council_members/kevin_ogrady

Joan Loch/Crescent Moon NC

Joan is co-owner of Crescent Moon at 24 N.Front along with her husband Mike Loch, currently full time dock master at Wilmington Marine Center. She is also a member of the Downtown Business Alliance and current chairperson of the Bring It Downtown marketing initiative. She has an extensive business and consulting background, but has found her love in retail with marketing and selling hand craft from American artists. Read more of their bio on the About Us page of www.crescentmoonnc.com.

Website: www.crescentmoonnc.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrescentMoonNC

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crescentmoonnc