2025 Program
5:00 p.m. - Welcome Reception
6:30 p.m. - Program
- Featured Speaker
- Dinner Break
- Sponsor Remarks: Lenovo
- Fireside Chat
8:00 p.m. - Desserts and Networking, sponsored by Delta Air Lines
Speakers
Tue Micheelsen
President, Novonesis
Lee Lilley
Secretary of Commerce
Senator Phil Berger
President Pro Tempore
Cheo Johnson
Executive Director, US Inside Sales, Lenovo
Tom Looney
Chair, North Carolina Board of Community Colleges
Thank You To Our 2025 Sponsors
PRESENTING SPONSOR
Premier Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
2024 State of The Region
In 2024, our program featured Travis A. McCready from JLL, Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen, and Barbara Stephenson from UNC-Chapel Hill. Because of your support, our program continues to sell out each year!
