Membership

The business group that gets results

RTA has provided strong regional business leadership to advance priorities including 540, I-40, enhanced transit, and RDU Airport since 2002.

RTA members gain connections, recognition, insights and meaningful impact. See our current membership list below, learn about member benefits or view our sales flyer.

RTA Regional Leadership Team

Gold members

OMNIA GOLD

Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina – Linda Hall, Scott Levitan

SUSTAINING GOLD

Amgen – Dana Martinez, Paul Lewus
EDGE6: Wake County Economic Development Program – Michael Haley
First Citizens Bank – Jay Irby, Sam Nichols
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce – Geoff Durham, Bryan Fox
Kane Realty– John Kane, Greg Kuruc
Raleigh Chamber – Adrienne Cole, Andrew Blackburn
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority – Mike Landguth, Crystal Feldman
The Sunrock Group – Alexander Culpepper, Bryan Pfohl

GOLD

AECOM – Jim Trogdon
Clark Nexsen
– Clymer Cease, Wes Parker
Duke Energy – Adrianne Elder, Marty Clayton, Derrick Remer
Google – Lilyn Hester
HDR
– Jeff Douglas, Paul Meehan
IBM Corporation – Frederico Egli, Tim Humphrey
Kimley-Horn – Richard Adams
McAdams – Mary Heath, Mike Munn
Pinnacle Financial Partners – Mark Carlton, Ashley Jones
Red Hat, Inc. – Danny Seaton
Smith Anderson – Pete Marino
United Therapeutics – Dewey Steadman, Avi Halpert
VHB – Don Bryson, Taruna Tayal
Wetherill Engineering, Inc. – Eddie Wetherill
WSP – John Adams

Silver members

AT&T North Carolina – Joey Nelson, Robert Doreauk
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
Credit Suisse – Brett Le Cheminant, Sophia Wajnert
Dominion Energy – Julia Wright
DRMP / Ramey Kemp Associates – Jeremy Potter
Duke University
– Stelfanie Williams
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. – Terry Snow
GoTriangle – Chuck Lattuca, Scott Thomas
Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau – Denny Edwards, Loren Gold
J Q Enterprises – Sheldon Poole
KCI Associates – Chad Sary. Doug Taylor
KDC Real Estate Development & Investments  – Larry Wilson
Lenovo – Rob Herman
Martin Marietta – Buzz Crosby, Kevin Jones
MetLife – Michael Stringer, Wendy Kaszak
ms consultants, inc. – Drew Draper
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, LP – Shaylah Nunn Jones
North Carolina State University – Kevin Howell, 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
TowneBank – Brian Reid
Truist – Chris Bell, Dave Byerley
The Umstead Hotel and Spa – David Mars Bryn Nicholson
UNC Chapel Hill – Nate Knuffman, Cheryl Stout
UNC Health – Kerry Grace Heckle, Tom Maltais
Wake Technical Community College – Dr. Scott Ralls, Matt Smith
Westin Raleigh-Durham Hotel – Leon Cox
York Properties, Inc./McDonald-York Building Company – Smedes York, Mike Kriston

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 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
Fuquay-Varina Area Chamber of Commerce – Kate Davis
Garner Chamber of Commerce – Matthew Coppedge
Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce – Kim Tesoro
Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce – Debra Kuffner
Knightdale Chamber of Commerce – Chinyere Ulasi
Moore County Chamber of Commerce – Linda Parsons
Morrisville Chamber of Commerce – Linda Frenette
Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce – David Farris
Rolesville Area Chamber of Commerce – Rachel Morris
Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce – Alicia Puryear
Sanford Area Growth Alliance – Jimmy Randolph
Triangle East Chamber of Commerce – Maureen McGuinness
Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce – Liz Simpers
Wayne County Chamber of CommerceScott Satterfield
Wendell Chamber of Commerce – Shelley Lesniewicz
Wilson Chamber of Commerce – Ryan Simons
Zebulon Chamber of Commerce – John Saffold

Supporting members

Bronze members

Alfred Benesch & Company – Greg Stewart
AMT Engineering – Jason Gaddy
AtkinsRéalis –
Dave Thompson
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

Standard members

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
Discover Durham – Susan Amey
Downtown Durham, Inc.
– Nicole Thompson
Eagle Rock Concrete – Henry Willey
EYP, Inc. – Darian Walker
First Bank – Doin Bennett, David Booth
HH Architecture – Kristen Hess
HNTB North Carolina, PC – Spencer Franklin
Holding Oil & Gas Company – James Holding
IBI Group Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Architects, A New York General Partnership – Ola Ferm
IEM, Inc. – Madhu Beriwal
LJB, Inc. – Mike Surasky
Mack Real Estate – Jeff Marcus
Maupin Travel – Mike Owens
MBP Carolinas, Inc. – Kevin Lugo
Mead & Hunt – Rick DeCola
M.H. Corbin, LLC – Kate McGaughy
Michael Greenspon
North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives – Paul Mott
North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association – Arlene Brown
NV5 – Jay Bissett
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
Turner Construction Co. – Josh Dobeck
Williams Mullen – Andrew Shores

Join the RTA business coalition.

Questions? Email Jacob Rigg at Jacob@letsgetmoving.org or call 919.664.7062.

Gold members

Thank you to our Omnia Gold, Sustaining Gold, and Gold members

Omnia Gold