The Greater Wilmington Business Journal recently announced the 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 WilmingtonBiz Magazine. Individuals must live or work in the Wilmington region to be eligible, and elected officials weren’t considered "because of their clear influence on business in our region," according to
the WilmingtonBiz 100 website.
The WilmingtonBiz 100 are as follows:
The Power Players – The businesspeople and officials having the greatest impact on the region’s business and economic landscape
- Jeff Bourk, Wilmington International Airport
- Brian Clark, N.C. Ports
- Ben Currin & Dave Sweyer, Vantaca
- Sophie Dagenais, New Hanover Community Endowment
- Sean Desmond, nCino
- Bryce Dill, Corning Inc.
- Brian Eckel, Cape Fear Commercial
- Natalie English, Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
- Nicole Holmes, GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy
- Ryan Legg, MegaCorp Logistics
- Chip Mahan, Live Oak Bancshares
- Tim Milam & Denise Kinney, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage
- Mark Moon, GE Aerospace
- Jim Morton, CFCC
- Holly Sullivan, Amazon
- Neil Underwood, Canapi Ventures
- Aswani Volety, UNCW
- Jim Wallace & Trey Wallace, Intracoastal Realty Corp.
- Laurie Whalin, Novant Health Coastal Region
The Influencers – The changemakers, in front of or behind the scenes
- Giorgios Bakatsias, Giorgios Hospitality Group
- Christopher Barnes, New Hanover County Schools
- Jesica Blake, Coastal Land Trust
- Chris Boney, LS3P
- Ernie Bovio, UNC Health Southeast Coastal Region
- Kyle Breuer, Surf City
- Trevor Carroll, NC Department of Transportation
- Chris Coudriet, New Hanover County
- Shane Fernando, Thalian Hall
- Becky Hawke, City of Wilmington
- Chad Hodges, McKinley Building Corp.
- Jeff James, Wilmington Health
- Dick Jones, YMCA of Southeastern NC
- Mike Kozlosky, WMPO
- BJ Losch, Live Oak Bank
- Laura Miller, LS3P
- Dean Neff, Zora's and Seabird/Little Bird
- Chris Norvell, Edgewater Ventures
- Jerod Patterson, Business Alliance for a Sound Economy
- Will Purvis, Liberty Senior Living
- Chris Reid, Thomas Construction Group
- Yousry Sayed, Quality Chemical Laboratories
- Gene Smith, Brunswick Community College
- Lynda Stanley, Dosher Memorial Hospital
- Jason Swain & David Swain, Swain Associates
- Bryan Thomas, Monteith Construction Corp.
- Kenneth Waldroup, CFPUA
- Jack Watson, UNCW College of Health & Human Services
- Margaret Weller-Stargell, Coastal Horizons
The Connectors – The real-world networkers who bring together people and resources to get things done
- Kate Baillon, Cape Fear Museum
- Rhonda Bellamy, Arts Council of Wilmington & New Hanover County
- Rob Burrus, UNCW
- Chris Capone, Capone & Associates
- Wiley & Mallory Cash, Floodplain Books
- Bill Early, Brunswick Business & Industry Development
- Johnny Griffin, Wilmington Regional Film Commission
- Christina Haley, Wilmington Downtown Inc.
- Pam Hardy, Duke Energy
- Kim Hufham, Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Alexis Hunter
- Althea Johnson, MedNorth Health Center
- Atiba Johnson, Wilmington Minority Chamber of Commerce
- Janet Kane, Cape Fear Realtors
- Thom Kelly, North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce
- Katrina Knight, Good Shepherd Center
- Sheri Leavens, UNCW College of Health & Human Services
- Lisa Leath, Vantaca
- Heather McWhorter, UNCW CIE
- John Monahan, Vistage Worldwide
- Cameron Moore, Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association
- Girard Newkirk, Newkirklytics/Genesis Block
- Jhaniqua Palmer, YWCA Lower Cape Fear
- Yolanda Pollard, UNCW Swain Center
- Tammy Proctor, Greater Topsail Chamber of Commerce and Tourism
- Scott Satterfield, Wilmington Business Development
- Kerry Skiles, CreativeMornings
- Barnes Sutton, town of Leland
- Meade Van Pelt, The Harrelson Center
- Cynthia Walsh, Brunswick County Association of Realtors
- Heather Wilson, Cameron Art Museum
The Innovators – The disruptors shaking things up and getting the region to see things in a different way
- William Baird IV, Boreas Monitoring
- Umar Bowers, Dawson Med Primary Care & Urgent Care
- Rob Cooley, Nuream
- Robin Cowie, Skillmaker.ai
- Barrett Earney, Earney IT
- Michelle Fogle, Fleet Feet
- Marlowe Foster & Christine Luciano, Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity/Brunswick County Habitat for Humanity
- Tyrone Garrett, Wilmington Housing Authority
- Randall Johnson, N.C. Biotechnology Center
- Maureen Lewis, Carolina Beach Mural Project
- Jason Ruegg, NextBoat
- Tully Ryan, IQExit
- Christy Swann, RCoast
- Steve Uebele, Frontier Scientific Solutions
- Evonne Varady & Don Varady, Clean Eatz
The Rising Stars – The next generation of leaders who are already making waves (limited to those 35 years old and younger)
- Jordyn Appel-Hughes, Feast Down East
- Hannah Betancourt, Novant Health Scotts Hill Medical Center
- John Gavin, Cameron Management
- Corbin Penland, Synply
- Lydia Thomas, UNCW CIE
- AJ Trelease, CareHome Health Solutions
