Chatter with BNC

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with Perry Safran, Partner at Safran Law. Perry Safran is one of the state's leading construction law attorneys and is the founding partner of the Raleigh-based Safran Law Offices. For ten years, Mr. Safran w...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with John Martin, Partner & Co-Founder of Fourth Elm.  Fourth Elm Construction is a commercial General Contractor based in the Piedmont-Triad region of North Carolina, serving clients across North Carolina, S...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with Larry Farber, the President & Co-Founder, Middle C Jazz. As both A performer and businessman, music has been the central core of his life. Known locally as "the music man", Larry played piano with bands...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with Todd Edwards, the Chairman of NC East Alliance Board of Directors. Ben Kinney and Edwards talk the economic development in eastern NC in the last few years, music, and more.

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with Adrienne Cole. Cole is the president and CEO of the Greater Raleigh Chamber and leads the Triangle's largest business membership organization representing two-thirds of the private sector employment in W...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with Rick Thurmond, the Chief Marketing Officer at Center City Partners & the founder of Confluence. Thurmond talks to Ben Kinney about his career trajectory so far, what's new at Charlotte Center City Partne...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with Leigh Altman, a Mecklenburg County commissioner who is chair of the Metropolitan Transit Commission. The group is leading efforts for a $25 billion expansion of the Charlotte area's transportation system...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with AJ Ramsey. Ramsey is the Managing Director & COO of Transworld Business Advisors with over 35 years of involvement in both the corporate and small business worlds with experience in building, running, an...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with Trey Cash, the Economic Development Director for Lenoir and Greene Counties. Trey has worked with Greene County Government for many years and has served as Deputy Director for Emergency Services, Emergen...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with Jessica Graham, CEO of Fionix Consulting. Graham is a leader in her profession and her community.  She received her accreditation in public relations in  2003 and was named to the Public Relations Societ...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. David Moore is the CEO of  David Moore & Partners and has 20 years of experience providing M&A advice to businesses and individuals. His company provides business brokering, investment banking, due diligence assessments of companies prior to sale...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features an interview with two leaders at TowneBank, which has become a big player in North Carolina banking with offices in Cary, Charlotte, Greenville, Raleigh and the Outer Banks. Billy Foster is the president and CEO, while Wi...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features Thomas Salley, the President of Visit Wilkes, NC. Salley talks to Ben Kinney about his career journey so far, what's new in Wilkes County, the importance of customer service, and more.

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features Julian "Bubba" Rawl, cofounder of Cary-based Preston Development, which has developed more than 16,000 home lots since 1991. He and partner Tim Smith are now focused on the 8,100-acre Chatham Park, which is on pace to bec...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features Eli Cheatham, chief strategic initiatives officer for Raleigh-based International Farming, a private investment company that manages a $1.5 billion portfolio of agricultural land. International Farming has made numerous i...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Kathy C. Bailey is retiring at the end of August as CEO of UNC Health Blue Ridge in Burke County. She has held the top job since 2013. Before coming to UNC Health Blue Ridge in 2005, she was the inaugural CEO of The Outer Banks Hospital in Nags H...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features George   Schulmeyer,  area president of M/I Homes in Charlotte. He discussed the booming housing market in the region, where the market is going, and what it means for the regional economy. Schulmeyer has served for nearl...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features Brett Curley, general manager and chief operating officer of the Charlotte City Club, a 75-year-old community institution based in uptown Charlotte. Center-city private clubs are reinventing themselves as many executives...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Jed Routh is the vice president of markets and products at Kempower, which recently opened its state-of-the-art EV charger manufacturing facility in Durham. Kempower's growth strategy aims to position the company among the global top five in the...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features Meredith Archie. Archie was named president of the NC Chamber Foundation in April 2022. She leads the Foundation's competitiveness institute activities, oversees commissioned studies, and provides guidance on public polic...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Today's episode features Dr. Elizabeth Welch, founder of Community Pets Mobile Veterinary Clinic, which provides affordable spay/neuter services in the Charlotte. Her deep concern for the welfare of animals sparked her career after earning a bach...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Michelle Doran, the chief operating officer at the Smith Anderson law firm, brings over 25 years of senior leadership experience from various regional and international law firms. The firm has an all-female C suite, a rarity in the business world...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Dr. Jenni Harris is the Executive Director of Business Services, NC Dept of Commerce with expertise in strategy development, implementation, relationship management, cross-sector collaboration and building organizational capacity. Dr. Harris lead...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. Greg Wilson is the founder and chief executive officer of Ripple Fiber in Charlotte, which provides internet connectivity via its fiber optic network and patented software. The company recently received an investment from Post Road Road, an alter...

Welcome to Chatter with BNC,  Business North Carolina 's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people. John Loyack is the Vice President of Economic Development for the North Carolina Community College System. In this role, Loyack leads the operation of the Economic Development Division, which includes ApprenticeshipNC, BioNetwork, Customized Trai...