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
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
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.