Business Leader Names 2008 Triangle Movers & Shakers
Award Honors Leaders in the Triangle Business Community
TRIANGLE, NC - Business Leader Media is proud to recognize its 2008 Triangle Movers & Shakers. Winners were honored at a ceremony on September 22nd, 2008 at the North Raleigh Hilton and were featured in the September 2008 issue of Business Leader magazine. The 2008 Mover & Shaker Awards were sponsored by Capital Bank and Apple Rock Advertising & Promotion Inc.
The Movers & Shakers Awards honor up-and-coming business leaders in the Charlotte community. Nominees must be either rising leaders within companies with more than 100 employees or C-level executives leading rising companies with fewer than 100 employees. This year’s Movers & Shakers were chosen from a record number of nominations.
2008 Triangle Movers & Shakers:
- Fred Adams, Jr., Fred Adams Paving
- Ryan Allis, iContact Corp.
- Mark Anderson, McGuireWoods LLP
- Jim Anthony, Anthony & Co. ONCOR International
- John Anthony, TrustAtlantic Bank
- Sepi Asefnia, SEPI Engineering Group
- Jeff Benes, Catalyst Manufacturing Systems
- Jeff Benson, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
- Patty Briguglio, MMI Associates
- Richard Bryant, Capital Investment Companies
- Thomas Buckley, Hedrick, Gardner, Kincheloe & Garafalo, LLP
- Eddie Campbell, Gateway Bank and Trust Co.
- D. Scott Howard, K&L Gates
- Rene Daughtry, Cisco
- Heather Denny, McDonald- York
- Jennifer Dunleavy, The Accuro Group
- Charlene Foley, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Judy Fourie, J. Fourie & Company
- Phillip Frye, North State Bank
- Tim Gupton, Huges, Pittman and Gupton, LLP
- David Gwyn, French/West/Vaughan
- Brian Hamilton, Sageworks, Inc.
- Greg Hatem, Empire Properties
- Cindy Heath, Five Staf Staffing and Accounting Recruiters
- Jerry Heneghan, Virtual Heroes
- Thomas "Skip" Hill, Highwoods Properties
- Susan Holbrook, Coldwell Banker/Howard Perry and Walston
- David Jones, Southern Capitol Ventures
- Paula Joshi, SAS
- Diane Kuehn, VisionPoint Marketing
- Linda Kulka, BJAC, pa
- Leigh Ann Lanier, Alltel
- Kile Law, Blue Water Spa
- David K. Liggett, Ragsdale Liggett PLLC
- John Linderman, Grugg & Ellis/Thomas Linderman Graham
- Donna Mercer, Howard, Merrell & Partners
- April Mills, Dixon Hughes, PLLC
- W.D. "Don" Mills Jr., SIA Group
- Todd Misenheimer, Gordon Asset Management, LLC
- Jerry Norris, Network South, Inc.
- James O'Brien III, Head of Entertainment Law
- Dean Ogan, Rocky Top Hospitality
- William "Bill" Patterson, AIHF
- Roger Plott, Marketing Executive, Capital Bank
- Anastacia Pucci, Carlye and Conlan
- Donald R. Reynolds, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
- Tracy Sanders, Greene Resources
- Tucker Shade, TriProperties
- Mary Catherine Sigmon, Kennedy
- Michael Steinitz, Robert Half International
- Arles A. Taylor Jr., Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, PA
- Stafford L. Thompson, Jr., NC Mutual Life Insurance
- Jeff Vojita, Stockton Graham & Co.
- Camden Webb, Williams Mullen
- IraWeiss, PhD., CPA, N.C.S.U. College of Management
- Tom Williams, Rex Healthcare
- Timothy Wilson, Corporate Facility Services, Inc.
- Sheldon Wolitski, The Select Group
- Terry Yeargan, Business Developer, DPR Construction, Inc.
About Business Leader Media:
Since 1989, Business Leader Media has focused on providing regional business profiles, business news, leader profiles, and best practices to C-level executives and business owners. Business Leader Media develops magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters and events that support the critical local market information needs of business leaders.
About Business Leader in the Triangle:
Business Leader Media publishes Business Leader magazine, The Book of Leaders and the Corporate Relocation Guide in the Triangle, the Park Newcomers Guide in RTP, and The North Carolina Legal Guide. Business Leader operates the area’s largest newswire featuring daily business news, business rankings, and business profiles at www.RaleighDurham.com. The company hosts over 30 local business events each year in the Triangle, including the annual Movers & Shakers, Women Extraordinaire, Hall of Fame, Business Champions and Healthiest Company/CEO, Top 100 Small Businesses, Top CFOs awards, and two monthly breakfast speaker series featuring top Triangle and RTP CEOs.