Encounter Fall 2025

Tyler Stadler
Champion Valves Inc.
Savvy Ahlgrim
StepUp Wilmington
Program Manager
Sean Ellis
Hastings Equity Partners
Operating Advisor
Dana Carter
DMJPS PLLC
CPA
Romondo McEachern
Live Oak Bank
Maya Pillai
The Humphries Law Firm, P.C.
Attorney at Law
Joe Orlando
REV Federal Credit Union
Regional Vice President
Megan Buchbinder
Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau
EVP Marketing and Strategy
Walter Gross
G3 Engineering & Surveying, LLC
Joseph McCall
Wilmington Housing Authority
Housing Inspector
Olivia Nelson
Samet Corporation
Project Engineer
Laura McBrayer
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Associate Dean of the Library
Lauren Stumberg
Think Greatly
Artist / Curator
Kimberly Wade
Beacon Education
Development Officer
Jun mo Kim
PBMares, LLP
Audit Manager
Holly Pierro
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
Sustainability Program Manager
Eleana Thompson
Guidehouse
Senior Consultant
Sharisse Brown
Conservation International
Global Compensation Director
Grace Morrissey
Thomas Construction Group, LLC
Project Engineer
Heather Wochele
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
Workforce Development Manager
Shannon Mitchell
New Hanover County Schools
Work Based Learning Coordinator and Lead Special P
Jonathan Thompson
Celito Communications, LLC
Business Development Manager
Deja Nixon
Triangle Resources Inc.
Founder & Director
Zach Sunderland
Haven Design | Build
Owner, Founder, Executive Director