Board Members
Leon Cox, Chair
General Manager, Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
Niall Hanley, Vice Chair
Owner, Hibernian Hospitality
Mike Smith, Treasurer
President, Kane Realty Corporation
Mark Zimmerman, Secretary
General Manager, Aloft Raleigh
Dan Freeland, Immediate Past Chair
Regional Vice President of Operations, Concord Hospitality
Mary Henderson, Board Member
Senior Consultant, WithersRavenel
Valerie Hillings, Ph.D., Board Member
Director & CEO, North Carolina Museum of Art
Michael Landguth, Board Member
President & CEO, RDU Airport Authority
Sandi Macdonald, Board Member
President & CEO, North Carolina Symphony
Jay Mahan, Board Member
President & CEO, Davidson and Jones Hotel Corporation
Sharat Nagaraj, Board Member
President/CEO, celito.net
Rebecca Quinn-Wolf, Board Member
Vice President & Director of Client & Community Relations, PNC Bank
Vickie Adamson, Wake County Board of Commissioners Liaison
Jonathan Melton, Raleigh City Council Liaison
Jeff Merritt, Centennial Authority Liaison
Kerry Painter, CVE, CMP, CEM, Convention Center Commission Liaison
Jack W. Smith, Town of Cary Liaison