PEOP LE & P LACES
Women of Achievement
1 Karen Graves and Chapel Hill Magazine’s Melissa Crane.
Chapel Hill Magazine, Durham Magazine and Chatham Magazine hosted the annual Women of Achievement Luncheon at The Carolina Inn on May 31. The event celebrates the outstanding female community leaders featured in our publications. Attendees enjoyed networking and mimosas followed by lunch and dessert catered by Crossroads Chapel Hill. Keynote speaker Ashleigh Shelby Rosette, the James L. Vincent Professor of Leadership at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, utilized her research on the intersection of leadership, gender and race to guide an enlightening discussion on how stereotypes and bias affect present-day organizations. Triangle Media Partners’ Lauren Phillips, Melissa Crane and Lucinda Poole recognized the 2024 magazine honorees and then Triangle Media Partners President Rory Gillis and Triangle Media Partners Vice President Chris Elkins encouraged attendees to get involved in mentoring programs, especially those catered toward young girls. By Leah Berry | Photography by John Michael Simpson CHM 1
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July/August 2024
2 Cindy Salazar, 2024 honorees Susana Benites and Barbara Lee Smith. 3 Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee, Chapel Hill Mayor Jess Anderson and Indira Everett. 4 Chapel Hill Magazine’s Anna-Rhesa Versola, Debra DuBose, 2024 honoree Jeanne Langley and Shenandoah Nieuwsma. 3