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July 28, 2008 - Looking for something different to do? Back for the Fall Session and 8th year Evening with 8-- Plus Smitty! The talked about dinner event where you can meet and connect with others in our community while learning something new. Building social capital in Winston-Salem "one meal at a time!"

 

 

 

 

Guest Speakers and Photos

2008

Dr. Gary M. Green - President, Forsyth Technical Community College.

John Bryan, Principal - The Wherehouse, Partner, Krankie's Coffee House, Urban Pioneer

Jamie Bronk- Partner, Wine Merchants Gourmet and Timothy Grandinetti - Executive Chef, Twin City Quarter

Jim Longworth, a veteran broadcaster, author, lecturer, columnist and Host - Triad Today

Susan M. Ivey - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Reynolds American Inc.

 

2007

Dr. Carol Strohecker, Director, Center for Design Innovation 

Dr. Richard H. Dean - President & CEO, Wake Forest University Health Sciences; Medical Center Director, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center 

Evelyn K. Rice, Rice and Associates and founder of "Find Your Soulmate

Tim and Brenda Doub, Owners – Flint Hill Vineyards, East Bend, North Carolina

Chadwick D. Davis, President – East Coast Capital Partners; Developer, Southeast Gateway

Don Kirkman, President and Chief Executive Officer - Piedmont Triad Partnership

Michael Miller, Publisher - Winston-Salem Journal

Linda Goff -Director of Technology Initiatives, Wake Forest University. Executive Director, WinstonNet, Inc.

John Mauceri, Chancellor - North Carolina School of the Arts

Pete Zifchak, Senior Vice President, Corporate Sports Marketing and Event Planning - BB&T Corporation        

 

2006

Billy Prim, Founder and CEO - Primo Water

Evelyn K. Rice, Rice and Associates and founder of "Find Your Soulmate"

Gayle Williams, Executive Director - The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Dr. Margaret Stover Mertz, Executive Director - The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts

Stephan Lyons, Vice President and General Manager - Raffaldini Vineyards, Ronda, North Carolina

Dr. Nathan O. Hatch, President - Wake Forest University

Owner, Lillian Kroustalis, and Winemaker, Mark Terry - Westbend Vineyards, Lewisville, North Carolina

Travis Simpson, Vice President,  North Carolina Operations - Dell, Inc.

Karen McNeil-Miller,  President - Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

Ben Sutton, Jr.,  President and Chairman of the Board - ISP Sports

Maureen Hall, Founder and CEO The Woodbine Agency

2005

Jose Isasi CEO and President of The Hispanic Group/Latino Communications. 

Evelyn K. Rice, Rice and Associates and founder of "Find Your Soulmate"

Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn, Temple Emanuel Winston-Salem

Milton Rhodes, President and CEO - The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County

Mark Friszolowksi,  General Manager and Winemaker of Childress Vineyards

Mike and Amy Helton, Owners - Hanover Park Vineyard; Yadkinville, North Carolina

Don Flow, Chairmen and CEO; Flow Automotive Companies

Robert Moody, New Music Director and Conductor; Winston-Salem Symphony

Andrew "Flip" Filipowski, Chairman and CEO; SilkRoad Equitiy LLC

 

2004

Mitch Easter, Musician and Recording Industry Producer

Scott Bauer - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Southern Community Bank

R. Phillip Hanes, Jr. Retired Chairmen and CEO of Hanes Companies; Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, City of Winston-Salem; Arts Patron and Community Leader

Steve Shepard, Winemaker Raylen Vineyard, Mocksville, North Carolina

Scott Wierman, President Winston-Salem Foundation

Wade Hobgood, Chancellor, North Carolina School of the Arts

Lyons Gray, President, Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership.

Evelyn K. Rice, Rice and Associates and founder of "Find Your Soulmate"

 J. Walter McDowell III, Chief Executive Officer, Carolinas Banking, Wachovia Corporation
 

Dr. Nat Irvin II, President of Future Focus 2020, Assistant Dean for MBA Student Development and Executive Professor of Future Studies at Wake Forest University; Columnist, Winston-Salem Journal

 

2003

 
Rhonda Bumgardner "Ask SAM" column, Winston-Salem Journal

Scott Livengood - Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Krispy Kreme Corporation

Thomas Ross - Executive Director Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

Dr. Harold Martin, Chancellor, Winston-Salem State University

Justin Catanoso, Executive Editor, The Business Journal Serving the Greater Triad  

Evelyn Rice of Rice and Associates and founder of "Find Your Soulmate"
 
Dr. Don deBethizy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Targacept, Inc

Bumgardner, Assistant Features Editor, Winston-Salem Journal and Jeri Rowe, Managing Editor, Triad Style Magazine.
 
Shelia Lyons, Executive Director - Triad Entrepreneurial Initiative
 
Gennaro D'Onofrio, Executive Director River Run Film Festival

 

2002

Robert Chumley, President and CEO, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Arts Council

Linda Davis, Police Chief, City of Winston-Salem

Lynn J. Beasley - President and Chief Operating Officer, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

The Honorable Allen Joines, Mayor of Winston-Salem and Executive Director of Winston-Salem Alliance photos 

Chris Murrell, national acclaim Jazz vocalist and former vocalist with the Count Basie Orchestra photos

Annette Scippio, Executive Director, Leadership Winston-Salem photos

Dale Pollack, Dean of the School of Filmmaking, North Carolina School of the Arts and Rebecca Clark, Director of the Piedmont Triad Film Commission. photos

Austin Caviness, Meteorologist, WXII – TV Channel 12

Peter Perret, Music Director/Conductor, Winston-Salem Symphony

 

2001

Bistro 420 – January 11  The First Evening with Eight Event

Lou Baldwin, President, Baldwin Commercial Properties, Developer, 4 Street Winston - Downtown Entertainment District

Evelyn Rice, Owner, Rice and Associates and Find Your Soulmate Seminars

Evans Wroten, President, Netunlimited  See photos

Michael Cunningham, Commercial Photographer, Co-Author of Photo Essay – “Black Women in Church Hats” See photos

Mark and Gail Mathabane Mark is author of national best seller “Kaffir Boy” about life in apartheid South Africa, Mark and Gail authored the book “Love in Black and White” See photos

Margaret Urquhart, Community Leader, former CEO of Lowes Foods and former COO of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Board Director of Pilot Therapeutics, a medical technology  See photos.

Larry Leon Hamlin, Founder, Executive and Artistic Director of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company, founder, producer and artistic director of the National Black Theatre  Festival– See photos

Butter Fisher, Director of Special Projects, School of Filmmaking – North Carolina School of the Arts.

James Gore, Program Officer, Winston-Salem Foundation  See photos

Michael Ford, Director, Student Development Wake Forest University -

Nigel Alston, Director, Employee and Community Relations, GMAC Insurance See photos

Bob Leake, President, Winston-Salem Business, Inc. See photos

Honorable Ron Spivey, Superior Court Judge

Stan Parker, Vice President of Marketing, Krispy Kreme Corporation