Meet our Alum

Meet WILMA's Leadership Institute Alum

August 1, 2019

Staff Reports,

Meet WILMA’s Leadership Institute Alum:

Class of 2024

Tanya Armour – Chief Philanthropy Officer, Novant Health Foundation

Alina Aviles – Design Center Manager/Lead Selections Coordinator, Kent Homes

Amy Baldwin – Acting Advanced Nuclear Sourcing Manager & Material Planner, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

Kiley Barr – Project Coordinator, Monteith Construction

Christina Beam – Director of Communications, New Hanover County Schools

Erin Boykin – Drafting, Purchasing & Estimating Manager, Kent Homes

Karen Cassidy – Assistant Director of Student Success and Retention, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Renee Clauson-Rivera – Bridge and Community Program Coordinator, UNCW Admissions

Lysa Nichole Clifton –Compliance Director, AutoXcel/Founder, GRIT to GROW Inc.

Ellie Cura – HR Generalist, Thomas Construction Group

Mindy Davis – Early Care & Education Director, Smart Start of New Hanover County

Sarah DelVecchio – Manufacturing Engineer II, Corning Incorporated

Sarah Exley Craver – Tax Supervisor, Williams Overman Pierce LLP

Angela Fernot – Director of Communication, Cape Fear Literacy Council

Denise Foat – Operations Support Manager, Live Oak Bank

Megan Fournier – Beverage Marketing Director, the Americas, Aptar Group Inc.

Nicolette Fulton – Authority Attorney, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority

Arie Gee – Associate Director of Transition Programs, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Lexi Green Dilena – Programs Director, Canines for Service

Rae Greer – Tax Associate, EARNEY Accountants & Advisors

Brittany Hall – Partner/Attorney, Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm, & Sayed LLP

Alice Hogarth – Senior Manager of Events and Marketing Programs, Vantaca

Jillian Hon – Marketing Consultant, Wilmington Media + Marketing

Alice Hudson – Healthy Opportunities Manager, Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina

Josalin Hunter – Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Coastal Horizons Center Inc.

Toni Johnson – Project Development Manager, Samet Corporation

Madison Knoll – Analyst, Live Oak Bank

Emily Lawler – Chief Operating Officer, Recess by Bevin Prince

Ashleigh Lueck – CEO, Breakthrough Autism

Abby Lorenz0 – Deputy Director, Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization

Kelly Maher – Business Continuity Manager

Jordan Martine – Owner/Physical Therapist, Salt & Light Physical Therapy and Wellness

Amy Mead – County Extension Director, N.C. Cooperative Extension – Brunswick County Center

Britney Melvin – Community Risk Reduction Coordinator, New Hanover County Fire Rescue

Jennifer Moyer Bethell – Rehab Manager of Compliance and Outcomes, Novant Health New Hanover Rehabilitation Hospital

Mackenzie O’Connell – Senior Finance Coordinator, APPROVE

Elizabeth Overton – Director of Philanthropy, Cameron Art Museum

Danielle Pearson – Senior Business Value Consultant, nCino

Daniella Reina – Manufacturing Engineer II, Corning Incorporated

Kaitlyn Richards – Deputy County Attorney, New Hanover County Attorney’s Office

Maria Rodriguez Morales – Volunteer, Christ Community Clinic

Christie Schreckengost – Project Manager, Town of Leland

April Scott – Director, Brunswick Community College Small Business Center

Cathy Smith – Senior Manager, Marketing Operations and Analytics, Perceptyx

Stephanie Stanford – Consulting Engineer, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

Jamie Stokley – CEO, Helping Hands of the Cape Fear

Catherine Michelle Sumrall – Respiratory Care Services, Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Novant Health BMC Wellness Center, Novant Health BMC

Amber Walters Burnette – Marketing Manager, Monteith Construction

Class of 2023

Julie Andrews – Marketing Campaign Manager, Apiture

Jordyn Appel-Hughes – Executive Director, Feast Down East

Cassandra Barba – Co-Owner, End Game Exterminators & Independent Marketing Strategist

Jessica Beardsley – VP Human Resources, Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

Michelle Bethea – Owner, Elaborate Outings Luxury Picnics

Alex Bollinger – Owner, Soul Waves Therapy

Emily Capek – Glassmaking Operations Section Supervisor, Corning Incorporated

Olivia Clark – Owner, Olivia Clark CPA PLLC

Hannah Clymer – Financial Advisor, CCU Wealth Strategies, Raymond James Financial Services Inc.

Mahlaynee Cooper – Founder & Artistic Director, Speak Ya Peace NC LLC

Annette Devore – Estimator, Thomas Construction Group

Alana Dos Santos – Project Manager, Monteith Construction

Tiffany Erichsen – Community Engagement & Talent Development Program Manager, UNCW CHHS

Rachel Gillilan – Manager of Fraud & Forensic Services, Red Bike Advisors

Linsey Hackett – People Department, Monteith Construction

Sarah Hess – Owner, Nurture Wellness PLLC

Lillie Hewitt – Founder/Certified Yoga Therapist, ILM Yoga Therapy

Gina Marie Jasionowski – Grad Student/Founder & Art Educator, UNCW/Creative Geniuses Art Program

Emily Kraft – Director of Community Outreach & Support Services, Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina

Cecilia Liu – Pediatric Dentist, Coastal Pediatric Dentistry

Isela Martinez – Architect, LS3P

Sara Meyer – Human Resources Director, Town of Leland

Jessica Milam – Corporate Controller, Villari Food Group LLC

Emily Mitchell – Relationship Development Manager, United Way of the Cape Fear Area

Shelley Morris – Business Officer, UNCW CHHS

Stefanie Norris – Director of Transfer Partnerships, UNCW Department of Student Engagement, Enrollment & Retention

Grace North – AVP-Inclusive Banking, Live Oak Bank

Alexis Perry – Founder, The Bash Pad LLC

Karly Plemmons – Marketing Manager, Utility Management Services Inc.

Allie Rawl – Loan Officer, Live Oak Bank

Whitney Ricci – Corporate Regional Training Manager, MegaCorp Logistics

Madelyn Rice-Pelepko – Senior Development Engineer, Corning Incorporated

Colleen Rollo – Co-Founder, CEO & Physical Therapist, Paradigm Performance Therapy

Gina Solari – School-Based Mental Health Therapist, New Hanover County Health & Human Services

Dana Stachowiak – Director/Associate Professor, Curriculum Studies, UNCW Gender Studies and Research Center

Sarah Stone – Director of Retail Experience, Excite Credit Union

Cara Stretch – CEO, Cape Fear Collective

Kristin Tait – Project Manager, Novant Health

Keri Taylor – Senior Manager, Implementations, Apiture

Krissy Vick – Media Relations Specialist, UNCW Office of University Relations

Fransha’ Wagner – Sales Manager-Proposals, GE Vernova

Jamie-Lynn Weeks – Owner & CEO, Sol Solutions + Co.

Tara Weymouth – Graphic Designer, Wilmington Media + Marketing

Alysha Wilkins – Enrollment Coordinator, Elderhaus Inc.

Karen Williams – EHS Programs Manager, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

Roz Williams – Senior Content Marketing Manager, nCino

Elise Wilson – Financial Advisor, UBS Financial Services Inc.

Class of 2022

Kate Baillon – Manager of Collections & Exhibits, Cape Fear Museum

Heather Barcus – Director of Operations, Medical Center Specialty Pharmacy

Dori Bishara – Community Engagement Coordinator, REV Federal Credit Union

Maggie Blackham – Founder, Elevate Coworking

Stephanie Bolton – Owner, Patriot Roofing Company

Katie Braskett – Director of Marketing, MegaCorp Logistics

Crystal Burnett – Private Investigation Consultant, Lighthouse Investigative Services

Rosalie Calarco – Associate State Director of Advocacy & Outreach for the Coastal Region, AARP NC

Caress Clegg – Communications Supervisor, New Hanover County Schools

Colleen Coons – Strategic Marketing & Business Development, Monteith Contruction

Katherine Corpening – Assistant Public Defender, New Hanover County Public Defender’s Office

Kate DaSilva – Sales Operations Team Leader, Kent Homes

Becky DeGroote – Manager of Acute Care Rehabilitation Services, Novant Health

Aris DurJava – Territory Sales Manager, US Foods

Kim Emory – Creative Project Manager, Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

Catherine Ferguson – Microbiology Supervisor, Lab Operations, Alcami Corporation

Jasmin Fuller – Lead Manufacturing Engineer, GE Aerospace

Caroline Gann – AVP-Solar Energy, Live Oak Bank

Christina Hallingse – Director of Media Relations, Cape Fear Community College

Pam Hardy – District Manager, Duke Energy Progress

Kristen Hole – Lead Project Consultant, Cape Fear Solar Systems

Amanda Knauff – Physical Therapist/Owner, Pender Pelvic Health & Therapy Services LLC

Rachel LaCoe – Senior Long Range Planner, New Hanover County

Tristan Manley – SVP Deposit & Next Generation Credit Product Leader, Live Oak Bank

Kate Martin – Engineering Operations Manager, GE Hitachi

Kellie McDade – Product Designer, Apiture

Leigh Everette Milligan Sullivan – Co-Owner, Real Green Turf LLC

Rachel Morin – Managing Director, Cucalorus Film Foundation

Amy Newberry – Owner/Physical Therapist, Pelvic Prescription PT & Wellness

Stefanie Powell – Assistant Dean for Administration & Resource Management, UNCW

Franchesca Ramirez – MDT/Advocate Supervisor, The Carousel Center

Abby Roetger – Performance Excellence Programs Manager, Novant Health

Jenny Shearin – Principal Product Marketing Manager, nCino

Melissa Sinclair – Assistant Vice Chancellor, Division for University Advancement, UNCW

Courtney Townsend – Ed Lab Coach, UNCW Watson College of Education

Alex Umstead-Wrenn – VP-Closing, Live Oak Bank

Cierra Washington – Strategic Partnership Coordinator, Northside Food Cooperative

Becky Whiteside – Director of Professional & Support Services, Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center

Shan Zhao – Senior Development Engineer, Corning Incorporated

Class of 2021

Paige Beert – Manufacturing Engineer, Corning

Sarah Brickels – Development Director, Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW)

Emily Byrum – Assistant Capital Defender, Office of The Capital Defender

Frances Carter – Isaac Bear Early College Coordinator & Liaison, UNCW Watson College of Education

Katie Castner – Product Designer, Apiture

Lynda Chambers – Manager of Regional Continuing Nursing Education, Novant Health NHRMC

Samantha Cleary – Director of Advancement and Engagement, paws4people foundation

Leah DeMasters – Construction Specialist, Live Oak Bank

Mili Dunlap – Lead Psychologist, New Hanover County Schools

Amanda Fontana – Principal Revenue Analyst / nCino, Owner / Sign Gypsies Wilmington

Jasmine Henry – Family Self Sufficiency Coordinator, Wilmington Housing Authority

Tameca Jenrette – Director of Education & MLS Operations, Cape Fear Realtors

Jackie Jordan Welker – Senior Director, Marketing & Communications, Make-A-Wish Eastern NC

Meagan Kascsak – Communications Director, Brunswick County

Morgann Kauffman – Program Manager, A Safe Place

Karen Lagonell-Busch – Senior Software Engineer-Team Lead, Apiture

Chelsea Lloyd – Lead Production Quality Specialist, GE Aviation

Cynthia McBride – Global Customs Compliance Manager, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy/Global Nuclear Fuels

Lauren McKenzie – Executive Director, Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity

Alighiery Mendoza – Senior Country Approval Specialist, PPD

Megan Mullins – VP, Marketing & Communications, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce

Kate Oelslager – Associate Director of Communications, Process Systems and Optimization, PPD

Amy Phillips – Clinical Trial Coordinator – Local, PPD

Deanna Rabon – Project Manager, Thomas Construction Group

Sarah Rivenbark – Mobile Integrated Healthcare Coordinator/Captain, Novant Health NHRMC

Tessa Romanowski – Architect/Project Manager, LS3P

Rebekah Roth – Planning & Land Use Director, New Hanover County

Holly Snider – Program Director, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Novant Health NHRMC

Beth Stanfield – Litigation Practice Group Leader & Senior Employment Attorney, Forrest Firm

Sara Warmuth – Chief Facilities Officer, New Hanover County

Michelle Watson – Marketing & Communications Director, Cape Fear Realtors

Cathy Wright – Manager Therapy Services, Rehabilitation Services, Novant Health NHRMC

Class of 2020

Dana Allen – Marketing and Communications Strategist, Novant Health NHRMC

Sarah Archibald – HR Director, N.C. Ports

Nora Arnold – Staff Interpreter, Novant Health NHRMC

Melissa Atkinson Baird – Associate Attorney, Rountree Losee LLP

Elizabeth Barfield – Health Equity Education Specialist, Novant Health NHRMC

Mariah Bianchi – Human Resources/Employee Relations Coordinator, Corning Incorporated

Jessica Boyd – Certified Public Accountant & Senior Accountant, Williams Overman Pierce, LLP

Jo Ann Boyle – Director of Business Development, CMC BioPharma

Alison Brien – Technical Program Manager, Apiture

Morgan Byerly – Nuclear Fuel Engineer, General Electric/GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

Meagan David – Manufacturing Engineer, Corning Incorporated

Julie Dixon – Legal Team Manager, Live Oak Bank

Laken Greenwood – Corporate Trainer, CastleBranch

Beth Harvey – Senior Marketing Programs Manager, Apiture

Breana Hebert – Development Director, Wilmington Symphony Orchestra

Amber Hoagland – General Manager, Office Depot

Jennie Jackson – Business Services Coordinator, UNCW Research and Innovation Team

Carter Jewell – Business Intelligence Analyst, CastleBranch

Ashley Kent – President, Kent Homes

Alexis Perkins – Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender-New Hanover County

Liz Peterson – Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development, N.C. Cooperative Extension in Pender County

Tracy Saieed – Community Relations Coordinator, New Hanover Regional Medical Center-Pender Memorial Hospital

Leah Sherrill – Founder and CEO of Special Pedals Inc./EC Teacher at Topsail Elementary

Samantha Silver – Process Engineer, Corning Incorporated

Taylor Simms – Director of Facility Planning, Novant Health NHRMC

Michele Simpson – Dentist and Owner, Michele Simpson DDS PA

Victoria Spyratos – Interim Manager of Centralized Nursing Resource, Novant Health NHRMC

Logan Thompson – Director of Philanthropy , Cape Fear Community College

Andi Matt Van Trigt – Partner, Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, PLLC

Ashley Wells – Assistant Dean for Community Engagement, UNCW College of Health and Human Services

Jessica Williams – Director, Practice Support Services, SEAHEC/NHRMC

Genna Wirth – Executive Director, Voyage

Class of 2019

Kate Collins, Human Resources Business Partner, Live Oak Bank

Erin Costa, Owner, Erin Costa Photography

Niccoya Dobson, Assistant Public Defender, New Hanover County Office of the Public Defender

Lisa Edgerton, Pharmacy Residency Coordinator, Novant Health NHRMC

Maggie Ernst, Client Services Manager, Pathfinder Wealth Consulting

Amy Feath, Executive Director, The Carousel Center Inc.

Katie Greene, Associate Attorney, Rountree Losee, LLP

Helen Grubb, Client Account Manager, CloudWyze

Elizabeth Guy, Marketing & Events Coordinator, WARM Inc.

Lindsey Hallock, Director of Public and Environmental Policy, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority

Fraleane Hudson, Accounting Supervisor – Operations, Live Oak Bank

Jessica Humphries, Associate Attorney, Hamlet & Associates, PLLC

Libby Kane, Communications Manager, Apiture

Tamie Keel, Facilities Manager, Wilmington International Airport

Kara Kenan, Survivorship Program Director, Going Beyond the Pink

Jona Lamphier, Physician / Owner, Tidal Wellness Integrative Family Medicine

Christina Lanier, Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Katelyn Mattox, Program Director, NourishNC

Latrice McKoy, Master Deputy, New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office

Cathy Millsap, Director of Operations, Well Care Health

Amy Myers, Sr. Director, Marketing & Communications, Novant Health

Rachel Petrosky, New Hanover Program Director, Coastal Horizons Center Inc.

Kathryn Pohlman, Chief Sustainability Officer, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Melissa Pressley, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Cloudwyze

Sheri Shaw, Assistant Dean for Student Success, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Amanda Sipes, Community Manager, tekMountain

Lauren Stevenson, Neurosciences Performance Improvement Manager, Novant Health NHRMC

Katie Tate, Chief Program Officer, YWCA Lower Cape Fear

Rebecca Trammel, President, Ruthie Trammel’s Champions for Compassion

Summer Vat, Director of Human Resources, Untappd

Class of 2018

Tammy Benson, Manager of Administration, Advanced Marketing International

Laura Brogdon-Primavera, Manager, UNCW-CIE

Rebecca Christiansen, Associate Director for Employer Development, UNCW

Ashley McQueen Civatte, Manager, Internal Audit, PPD

Chrissy Coor, Regional Manager, Fluid IT

Adrienne Cox, Office Manager, SEPI Engineering

Lindsay Crighton, Director of Development for Major Gifts, College of Arts and Sciences, UNCW

Christine Hoskins, Regional Sales Manager, Well Care Home Health

Lyana Hunter, Assistant Public Defender, NHC Public Defender’s Office

Kendall Hurt, Owner, Meadowlark

Bethany Leighton, Community Engagement Director, StepUp Wilmington

Christy Leopold, Director of Account Services, Tayloe/Gray

Jessica Loeper, Chief Communications Officer, New Hanover County

Elena Masters, Financial Adviser Associate, Morgan Stanley

Becky McGhee, Manager of Outpatient Rehabilitative Therapies Services, Novant Health NHRMC

Caroline Merrill, Managing Director of Accounts and Projects, Forte’ Institute

Erika Merriman, Executive Director, OASIS NC

Amanda Miars, Attorney, Murchison Taylor

Colleen Mistovich, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Coordinator / Clinical Coordinator NHRMC Emergency Department, Novant Health NHRMC

Carla Pike, Executive Director, Vantage Pointe Inc.

Justine Reel, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation, CHHS, UNCW

Brooke Skipper, Business Development Manager, Salt Air, Inc.

Dawn Wagner, Owner, BrightStar Care of Wilmington & Brunswick County

Joy Wade, Program Manager, Going Beyond the Pink

Denton Williams, Realtor/Broker, Intracoastal Realty

Class of 2017

Stefanie Adams, Training and Development Manager, CastleBranch

Ashley Bell, Director of Continuing Medical Education, SEAHEC

April England, Public Relations Assistant, Duke Energy

Katie Gloe, Product Line Engineer, Corning Inc.

Carly Hubicki, Student Treatment Program Teacher Assistant, Onslow County School District

Hayley Jensen, Owner, Beer Barrio

Lindsay Maher, Associate Director of Operations, Coastal Carolina Health Alliance