Robin Spinks Selected by Greater Wilmington Business Journal to WilmingtonBiz 100
The WilmingtonBiz 100 is an annual Business Journal initiative to recognize the top 100 Power Players, Influencers, Innovators, Connectors and Rising Stars impacting Southeastern North Carolina’s business landscape. The Business Journal’s editorial team selected the WilmingtonBiz 100, who will be featured in the December issue of the WilmingtonBiz Magazine. Individuals must live or work in the Wilmington region to be eligible for the WilmingtonBiz 100. Elected officials weren’t considered because of their clear influence on business in our region.
Here are the WilmingtonBiz 100
The Power Players – The businesspeople and officials having the greatest impact on the region’s business and economic landscape
The Influencers – The changemakers, in front of or behind the scenes
The Innovators – The disruptors shaking things up and getting the region to see things in a different way
The Connectors – The real-world networkers who bring together people and resources to get things done
The Rising Stars – The next generation of leaders who are already making waves (limited to those 35 years old and younger)
Here are the WilmingtonBiz 100
The Power Players – The businesspeople and officials having the greatest impact on the region’s business and economic landscape
- Jeff Bourk, Airport Director, Wilmington International Airport
- Spence Broadhurst & Hannah Dawson Gage, Co-chairs, New Hanover Community Endowment
- William Buster, Executive Director, New Hanover Community Endowment
- Bill Cameron, Co-founder & President, Cameron Management
- Brian Clark, Executive Director, N.C. State Ports Authority
- Brian Eckel, Founder & Partner, Cape Fear Commercial and GHK CapeFear Development/Member, Novant Health Board of Trustees
- Natalie English, President & CEO, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
- Huntley Garriott, President, Live Oak Bank
- Michele Holbrook, Capital Program Manager, Corning Incorporated
- David Johnston, Senior VP & President Clinical Research, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Russ Lopatka, Wilmington Plant Manager, Corning Incorporated
- Chip Mahan, Chairman & CEO, Live Oak Bank
- Tim Milam & Denise Kinney, CEO & President, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage
- Jim Morton, President, CFCC
- Pierre Naudé, CEO, nCino
- Shelbourn Stevens, President, Novant Health NHRMC & Novant Health's Coastal Market
- Neil Underwood, Co-founder, Canapi Ventures
- Aswani Volety, Chancellor, UNCW
- Trey & Jim Wallace, President & Founder/CEO, Intracoastal Realty Corp.
- Laurie Whalin, COO, Novant Health NHRMC & President, Scotts Hill Medical Center
- Jay Wileman, President & CEO, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
The Influencers – The changemakers, in front of or behind the scenes
- Jackson Autry, Wilmington Plant Leader, GE Aviation
- Chris Boney, Chief Relationships Officer, LS3P
- Rob Burrus, Dean, UNCW Cameron School of Business
- Wes Carter, President, Atlantic Packaging
- Dana Cook, Chair, Novant Health Coastal Board of Managers
- Chris Coudriet, County Manager, NHC
- Meaghan Dennison, CEO, Cape Fear Collective
- Ken Dull, Founder, McKinley Building Corp.
- Daniel Fountain, Director of Operations, Summit Logistics Group
- Charles Foust, Superintendent, NHC Schools
- Donna Girardot, Chair, NHC Planning Board/Consultant, CIL Capital
- Mouhcine Guettabi, Regional Economist, UNCW
- Andy Hewitt & Sandy Thorpe, Partners, Parastream Development LLC
- Ryan Legg, CEO & Owner, MegaCorp Logistics
- Stephanie Mann, Chief Strategy Officer, Live Oak Bank
- Tyler Newman, CEO, Business Alliance for Sound Economy
- Chris Norvell, Partner, Edgewater Ventures
- Marie Parker, Executive Director, WAVE Transit
- Ben & Michael Powell, Co-founders, Drift Coffee Shop
- Chris Reid, President & COO, Thomas Construction
- Leslie Smith, Property Owner & Founder, Cargo District
- Gene Smith, President, Brunswick Community College
- Adam Sosne, President & Managing Member, McAdams Homes LLC
- Robin Spinks, Co-owner, Greenfield Development
- Lynda Stanley, President, Dosher Memorial Hospital
- Jason & David Swain, Developers, Swain & Associates
- Bryan Thomas, President, Monteith Construction
- Spruill Thompson, Senior VP, Cape Fear Commercial/Chair, New Hanover County Airport Authority
- Raiford Trask, President, Trask Land
- Kenneth Waldroup, Executive Director, CFPUA
- Zachary Welch, Executive Director, EmergeOrtho Coastal Region
The Innovators – The disruptors shaking things up and getting the region to see things in a different way
- Chris Babcock, CEO, Apiture
- Ulku Clark, Director, UNCW Center for Cyber Defense Education
- Ben Currin & Dave Sweyer, CEO & Founder, Vantaca
- Kirk Englebright, CEO & President, Dark Horse Studios
- Todd Godbey, CEO, Beacon Education/GLOW Academy
- Ken Halanych, Executive Director, UNCW CMS
- Wayne Hippo, Owner, PS Solutions
- Keith Holden, CEO, FOCUS Broadband
- Jeff James, CEO, Wilmington Health
- Girard & Tracey Newkirk, Co-founders, Genesis Block
- Shaun Olsen, Owner, CloudWyze
- Jose Quiros, Co-founder & CEO, F3TCH
- Tyler Rees, Founder & CEO, Innovative Financial Group
- Yousry Sayed, President & CEO, Quality Chemical
- Natalie Waggett, CEO, Ohanafy
The Connectors – The real-world networkers who bring together people and resources to get things done
- Rhonda Bellamy, Executive Director, The Arts Council of Wilmington/New Hanover County
- Lannin Braddock, COO, The Braddock Group
- Anne Brennan, Executive Director, Cameron Art Museum
- Chakema Clinton-Quintana, VP-Inclusive Small Business, Live Oak Bank
- Jerry Coleman, Director, CFCC Small Business Center
- Joe Conway, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, City of Wilmington
- Bill Early, Executive Director, Brunswick BID
- Shane Fernando, VP of Advancement and the Arts, CFCC Wilson Center
- Jim Flock, General Manager, HSM Machine Works South
- Constance Foreman, Crystal Pellam & Sheri Shaw, Founders, Three Ladies in Wilmington
- Beth Gaglione, Wilmington Branch Director, Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
- Anne Gardner, CEO, Cape Fear Realtors
- Johnny Griffin, Executive Director, Wilmington Regional Film Commission
- Josh Hallingse, VP-Small Business Development & Business Retention, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
- Pam Hardy, District Manager, Duke Energy
- Kim Hufham, President & CEO, New Hanover County Tourism Development Authority
- Velva Jenkins, CEO, YWCA Lower Cape Fear
- Randall Johnson, Executive Director, N.C. Biotechnology Southeastern Office
- Stephanie Lanier, Founder, Lanier Property Group & The Inspiration Lab
- Heather McWhorter, Director, UNCW CIE
- Cameron Moore, Executive Officer, Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association
- Will Rikard, Executive Director, StepUp Wilmington
- Scott Satterfield, CEO, Wilmington Business Development
- April Scott, Director, BCC Small Business Center
- Linda Thompson, Chief Diversity and Equity Officer, NHC Office of Diversity
- Bill Vassar, Executive VP, EUE/Screen Gems
- Cynthia Walsh, CEO, Brunswick County Association of Realtors
The Rising Stars – The next generation of leaders who are already making waves (limited to those 35 years old and younger)
- Maggie Blackham, Founder, Elevate Coworking
- Travis Gilbert, Executive Director, Historic Wilmington Foundation
- Brad Johnson, CEO, Sweyer Property Management
- Alexis Raeana Jones, Owner & CEO, Alexis Raeana LLC
- Taylor King, Owner & CEO, Taylored Construction Services
- Mike Langston, Owner, Foundation Footwear/Boseman's Shoes