I’ve been a Carolina Hurricanes fan since the early 2000’s. I really got hooked on them when I attended the 2006 Stanley Cup Final where the Canes took down the Oilers for their first (and so far only) NHL Championship. It’s been a long slog being a Hurricanes fan over the last decade or so with…
Susan Ross moss+ross I’m Susan Ross. I’ve been on various nonprofit boards for 35 years and now I run a consulting business where we have worked with nonprofits for the last decade, and we have worked with 171 different nonprofits. They’ve all got a board. They’re all hoping their board is doing the best job…
Chuck Recorr The Harvard 100 I’m Chuck Recorr. In my day job, I’m a managing director at Merrill Lynch — I’ve been there for 47 years. Every board is configured a little differently because every organization is a little different. So in some organizations, the board is more engaged. In some, the organization is running…
My name is Justin Raymond, and I just joined the Angel Oak Creative team as a digital marketing strategist. I’ve always been passionate about marketing. Whether it was creating an ad for shoes back in high school or critiquing every commercial on TV. Marketing has always been a part of me, and I love it…
Lee Whitman SAFEchild (’03-’09) Band Together (’12-’18) For me, I like my job, I’m good at my job, I spend a lot of time at my job, but it doesn’t feed my soul. I realized after ten years practicing that I needed something else in my life, and I was fortunate to find SAFEchild. While…
Kristine Sloan StartingBloc Chuck Recorr Triangle Nonprofit 100 (formerly Harvard 100) Susan Ross moss+ross Lee Whitman SAFEchild (’03-’09) Band Together (’12-’18) When you sign on to being on a board, you are actually accepting fiduciary responsibility for the organization. The Secretary of State of North Carolina believes you to be responsible for…
What’s March Madness and the NCAA Tournament without a few underdogs beating the odds and making it into the Finals? Perennial underdog University of Virginia has had quite a run after experiencing what’s been called “the greatest upset ever” in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Now they’ve got a chance for redemption as they go up…
I graduated college and started my graphic design career in the same year—1990. That was the same year Law & Order and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air debuted on the silver screen. And the year when Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” and Madonna’s “Vogue” were #1 radio hits, and when Goodfellas won the Academy Award…
Thirty million people watched this year’s Oscars broadcast. That’s a lot of eyeballs on Hollywood’s elite actors, actresses, directors, screenwriters, costume designers and special effects producers. So how do these celebrities try to stand out among their peers? They usually resort to extravagant clothes, expensive jewels or gravity-defying hair dos. The results aren’t always positive,…
Young companies can learn a lot from mature ones. No matter the size — big or small — the ones who have gone before us have a lot of wisdom to impart. At the end of the day, companies are more alike than they are different. Think about it. There are three must-haves for…