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Carolina Chamber 2021 Annual Meeting
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The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro convened virtually with hundreds of members for the 78th Annual Meeting on Jan. 29 with the help of Critical Focus Creative. The event marked the Chamber’s 500th Zoom event in the past 10 months. During the meeting, Chamber directors (including Chapel Hill Magazine’s Ellen Shannon, the 2020 board chair) and guests reflected on the perseverance, partnerships and progress forged in the past year during the pandemic and also shared the Chamber’s vision for recovery and resiliency in the year ahead. Eleven individuals were also recognized for their contributions to the community: • Duke Energy Citizenship & Service Award: Orange County Health Director Quintana Stewart • The Chair’s Award for Service to The Chamber: Coastal Credit Union’s Chief Culture & Impact Officer Creighton Blackwell • The Chair’s Award for Public Private Partnership: Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger, Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle, Hillsborough Mayor Jenn Weaver and former Chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners Penny Rich • Citizen of the Year: Former Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP President Anna Richards • Jim Gibson Volunteer of the Year: Carrboro Business Alliance Immediate Past Chair David Jessee • Town & Gown Award: UNC’s Executive Director of OffCampus Student Life and Community Partnerships Aaron Bachenheimer • Irene Briggaman Lifetime Achievement Award: Retired WCHL 97.9 The Hill and Chapelboro.com Morning Show Host Ron Stutts • Twenty Years of Exceptional Service and Extraordinary Contributions in 2020: The Chamber President and CEO Aaron Nelson
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chapelhillmagazine.com
March 2021
1 2020 Citizen of the Year Anna Richards. 2 Indira Everett, district manager of community and government relations for Duke Energy. 3 Ellen Shannon, Chapel Hill Magazine’s VP of Planning and Development. 4 Chamber President & CEO Aaron Nelson. 5 2020 Volunteer of the Year David Jessee. 6 Chamber Board Member Creighton Blackwell. 7 Clockwise from top left: Pam Hemminger, Penny Rich, Jenn Weaver and Lydia Lavelle.