Encounter Fall 2025

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