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RTA has an unmatched, 20+ year record of successfully championing the most critical mobility priorities for our growing region’s success, including 540, I-40, enhanced transit, and RDU Airport.
All RTA members gain connections, recognition, insights and meaningful impact. Learn about member benefits, view our current membership list below, and download our one-page Case for RTA Regional Leadership Team investment.
RTA Regional Leadership Team
Gold members
OMNIA GOLD
Amgen – Dana Martinez, Paul Lewus
Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina – Scott Levitan, Travis Crayton, Andrew Holton
SUSTAINING GOLD
EDGE6: Wake County Economic Development Program – Michael Haley
First Citizens Bank – Jay Irby, Sam Nichols
Google – Lilyn Hester
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce – Geoff Durham, Bryan Fox
IBM Corporation – Frederico Egli, Tim Humphrey
Kane Realty– John Kane, Greg Kuruc
Raleigh Chamber – Adrienne Cole
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority – Mike Landguth, Crystal Feldman
The Sunrock Group – Alexander Culpepper, Bryan Pfohl
GOLD
Duke Energy – Derrick Remer, Adrianne Elder
HDR – Jeff Douglas, Paul Meehan
Kimley-Horn – Richard Adams
Martin Marietta – Buzz Crosby, Kevin Jones
McAdams – Mary Heath, Mike Munn
Pinnacle Financial Partners – Mark Carlton, Ashley Jones
Smith Anderson – Pete Marino
United Therapeutics – Dewey Steadman, Avi Halpert
VHB – Taruna Tayal
Wetherill Engineering, Inc. – Eddie Wetherill
WSP – Damien Graham
Silver members
Bolton & Menk – Jim Mertz, Kyler Bender
Capitol Broadcasting Co., Inc. – Michael Goodmon, Loretta Harper-Arnold
Chatham Park / Preston Development – Chuck Smith, Karl Blackley
CSL Seqirus – Jennifer Bailey. Richard Hughes
Coastal Federal Credit Union – Creighton Blackwell
Cloud Software Group – Jeanette Golden
Dominion Energy – Julia Wright
DRMP – Jeremy Potter
Duke University – Stelfanie Williams, Adam Kline
Fidelity Investments – Leslie Walden, Ryan Kiley
First National Bank – John McGeary, Chris Moore
Forge Nano – Don Kaiser, Curtis Zimmermann, Thomas Dryman
Fox Rothschild LLP – Brad Risinger, Gray Styers
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies – Sarah Gaskill
Gannett Fleming, Inc. –
GoTriangle – Scott Thomas
Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau – Denny Edwards, Loren Gold
KCI Associates – Chad Sary. Doug Taylor
KDC Real Estate Development & Investments – Larry Wilson
Lenovo – Rob Herman
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, LP – Shaylah Nunn Jones, Nicole Niwa
North Carolina State University – Julie Smith
RTI International – Harold Hicks, Patrick Gunsch
SAS Institute Inc. – Don McCorquodale
TranSystems – Sepideh Saidi, Jennifer Allen
The Spectrum Companies – John Boylan
Stewart – Andy Young, Willy Stewart
STV Inc. – Anne Lenart-Redmond, Monica Barrow, Terry Snow
TowneBank – Brian Reid
Truist – Chris Bell, Dave Byerley
The Umstead Hotel and Spa – David Mars Bryn Nicholson
UBS Nicole Rapuano, Brett LeCheminant
UNC Chapel Hill – Nate Knuffman, Cheryl Stout
UNC Health – Kerry Grace Heckle, Emily Ziegler
Wake Technical Community College – Dr. Scott Ralls, Matt Smith
Westin Raleigh-Durham Hotel – Leon Cox
York Properties, Inc./McDonald-York Building Company – Skipper Day, Smedes York
Senior Regional Partners
Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization – Chris Lukasina
Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization – Doug Plachcinski
Central Pines Regional Council (formerly Triangle J Council of Governments) – Lee Worsley
City of Durham – Sean Egan, Evian Patterson
GoRaleigh / City of Raleigh – Michael Moore, Paul Kallam
GoTriangle – Chuck Lattuca, Scott Thomas
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority – Michael Landguth, Crystal Feldman
Chapel Hill Transit/Town of Chapel Hill – Brian Litchfield
Town of Cary – Shelley Curran
Town of Holly Springs – Kendra Parrish
Town of Morrisville – Giselle Rodriguez
Town of Wake Forest – Kip Padgett
Member Chambers
FOUNDING MEMBER CHAMBERS
Cary Chamber of Commerce – Mark Lawson, Jacqui Roth
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce – Geoff Durham, Bryan Fox
Raleigh Chamber – Adrienne Cole, Andrew Blackburn
The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro – Aaron Nelson, Ian Scott
MEMBER CHAMBERS
Angier Chamber of Commerce – Shelby Blackmon
Apex Chamber of Commerce – David Bohm
Benson Area Chamber of Commerce – Loretta Byrd
Chatham Chamber of Commerce – Cheryl Littleton
Clayton Chamber of Commerce – Dana Wooten
Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce – Richard Veverka
Franklinton Chamber of Commerce – Zach Steffey
Fuquay-Varina Area Chamber of Commerce – Dustin Williams
Garner Chamber of Commerce – Matthew Coppedge
Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce – Scott Czechewski
Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce – Tonya Palumbo
Knightdale Chamber of Commerce – Chinyere Ulasi
Moore County Chamber of Commerce – Linda Parsons
Morrisville Chamber of Commerce – Rose Cornelius
Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce – David Farris
Rolesville Area Chamber of Commerce – Philip Carter, Tammie Johnson-Blount
Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce – Dana Blackwell
Sanford Area Growth Alliance – Jimmy Randolph, Susan Gomez, Todd Tucker
Triangle East Chamber of Commerce – Maureen McGuinness
Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce – Julie Kruse-John
Wayne County Chamber of Commerce –
Wendell Chamber of Commerce – Roger Peterson
Wilson Chamber of Commerce – Ryan Simons
Zebulon Chamber of Commerce – John Saffold
Supporting members
Bronze members
Acuity Design Group (ADG) – Cantrece Jones, Garold Smith
AECOM – Jim Trogdon
AT&T North Carolina – Joey Nelson, Robert Doreauk
Alfred Benesch & Company – Greg Stewart
AMT Engineering – Jason Gaddy
AtkinsRéalis –Scott Boyles, PE
Biogen – Mike McBrierty
Clancy & Theys Construction Company – Matt Chambers
CPL Architecture and Engineering, PC – Mayowa Alabi
Dewberry – Matt West
Gregory Poole Equipment Company – Ben Bradsher
Highwoods Properties – Skip Hill
McKim & Creed – Jessica Graber
PNC – Rebecca Quinn-Wolf
Strada Architecture PLLC – Melissa Wolter
WakeMed Health & Hospitals – Donald Gintzig
Basic members
Arcadis Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Architects, A New York General Partnership – Robert Bush
Apple Designs, Inc. – Joseph Erhart
Balfour Beatty – Trent Johnson
Baseline Mobility Group, Inc. – Mushtaqur Rahman, Ph.D.
Catalyst Design, PLLC – Roberta Fox
The Centennial Authority – PNC Arena – Jeff Merritt
CH Engineering, PLLC – Maha Chambliss
Consor Engineering – Nilesh Surti
Discover Durham – Susan Amey
CTL Engineering – Nick Tennyson
Downtown Durham, Inc. – Nicole Thompson
First Bank – Doin Bennett, David Booth
HH Architecture – Kristen Hess
HNTB North Carolina, PC – Spencer Franklin
Holding Oil & Gas Company – James Holding
LJB, Inc. – Mike Surasky
Lochner – Dennis Jernigan
Mack Real Estate – Jeff Marcus
Maynard Nexsen
MBP Carolinas, Inc. – Kevin Lugo
Mead & Hunt – Rick DeCola
Michael Greenspon
North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives – Paul Mott
NV5 – Jay Bissett
Pate Realty Group – Brian Pate
Poyner Spruill LLP – Dan Cahill
Qunity PA – Ariel Gamboa
RS&H – Charles Cox
S&ME, Inc. – Shannon Sweitzer
Sewell Motor Express Company – David Christensen
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. – Paul Koch
Summit Design and Engineering Services, PLLC – Troy Dover
Terracon – Rob Belisle
Triangle Trails – Sig Hutchinson
Williams Mullen – Andrew Shores
Join the RTA business coalition.
Questions? Email Jacob Rigg at Jacob@letsgetmoving.org or call 919.664.7062.