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Women to Watch Finalists-Nonprofit Category

Charrise Hart CEO YWCA Lower Cape Fear  In over a year as head of YWCA Lower Cape Fear, Charrise Hart already has been making an impact on the Wilmington-based organization. The YWCA has won a national grant to improve its…

Women to Watch Finalists-Arts Category

Nancy McCurtin Artist & Author Topsey and Friends Local artist Nancy McCurtin paints and has written a children’s book about one determined sea turtle named Topsey. Like Topsey, McCurtin has learned how to navigate daily life after losing her vision.…

Women to Watch Finalists-Business Category

Danielle Boisse Owner Port City Design Group Port City Design Group owner Danielle Boisse is the lead designer for the local interior design firm, which she started in 2014. The firm, which works on both residential and commercial interiors, has…

Women to Watch Finalists-Education Category

Valerie Melvin CFCC Math Instructor and Wilmington Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Meet Up Group Organizer For over two decades, Valerie Melvin has taught math at Cape Fear Community College including seventeen years of online instruction. Melvin, past-president of CFCC’s Faculty Association,…

Women to Watch Finalists-Public Service Category

Lyana Hunter   Assistant Public Defender State of North Carolina Lyana Hunter says that as a public defender, she fights daily to represent her clients. Hunter, who practices primarily in juvenile law, is responsible for maintaining and running the court-appointed…

Women to Watch Finalists-Rising Star Category

Note: The Rising Star category is for those under the age of thirty. Jordan Duhe Willetts Attorney and Owner Duhe Willetts Law  Jordan Duhe Willetts graduated from Washington and Lee University’s law school in 2013. She became acquainted with North…

Women to Watch Finalists-Health Category

Elizabeth Harris Director of Strategic Development Coastal Children’s Services Elizabeth Harris is a member of the management team at Coastal Children’s Services, a pediatric subspecialty practice. She previously was the graduate medical education director at South East Area Health Education…