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LEADERSHIP FORUM AND HOLIDAY RECEPTION Photography by HuthPhoto The Durham Chamber of Commerce invited business leaders, city and county staff, and elected officials to the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club for its annual Leadership Forum and Holiday Reception on Dec. 17, 2024. The event kicked off with a President’s Reception, where attendees heard remarks from Duke University President Vincent E. Price, followed by a networking reception and a program that featured remarks from Durham County Manager Claudia Hager, Kompleks Creative Principal and Creative Director and outgoing Durham Chamber Board Chair Tobias Rose, Mayor Leonardo Williams, Durham Chamber President and CEO Geoff Durham and Durham Chamber Vice President of Community Investment Angelique Stallings. Duke Energy’s Ray Trapp presented the 2024 Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Award to former city manager Wanda Page, who joined the City of Durham in 1987 as a senior staff accountant and served in several progressively responsible positions before being named deputy city manager in 2006. She was named interim city manager following the departure of former city manager Tom Bonfield in October 2020 and was officially appointed to the role in March 2021. She retired from the position on Dec. 31, 2024.
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7 1 Mayor Leonardo Williams, Ali | Heijmen co-founder Farad Ali and former mayors Elaine O’Neal and Bill Bell. 2 Duke University President Vincent E. Price and Durham Chamber Vice President of Community Investment Angelique Stallings. 3 LeChase Construction’s Denise Barnes; incoming Durham Chamber Board Chair Dom Cole Johnson of Pinnacle Financial Partners; and Chamber board member Shaylah Nunn Jones of Novo Nordisk. 4 Durham Performing Arts Center Corporate Partnerships Manager Katy Shepperson, Director of Marketing and Sales Josette Roten, and Director of Community EngagementMegan Rindoks. 5 City of Durham General Services Department Director Jina Propst and T3 Leadership Solutions President Natasha Robinson. 6 Immediate Past Durham Chamber Board Chair Tobias Rose of Kompleks Creative. 7 Dionne McLean, senior manager of supplier diversity, and Director of Academic Research Engagement Tamara Terry, both of RTI International.