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
EDGE6: Wake County Economic Development Program – Michael Haley
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
GOLD
AECOM – France Campbell, Jim Trogdon
Clark Nexsen – Clymer Cease, Wes Parker
Duke Energy – Adrianne Elder, Marty Clayton
Google – Lilyn Hester
HDR – Jeff Douglas, Paul Meehan
IBM Corporation – Chuck Murray, Tim Humphrey
Kimley-Horn – Richard Adams, PE, Stephanie Hachem, PE
McAdams – Mary Heath, Mike Munn, PE
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
Amgen – Dana Martinez
AT&T North Carolina – 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
Citrix – Ashton Smith
Coastal Federal Credit Union – Creighton Blackwell
Credit Suisse – Brett Le Cheminant, Sophia Wajnert
Dominion Energy – Julia Wright
Duke University – Stelfanie Williams
Fidelity Investments – Leslie Walden, Kathleen Bentley
First Citizens Bank – Jay Irby, Sam Nichols
First National Bank – John McGeary, Chris Moore
Fox Rothschild LLP – Brad Risinger, Gray Styers
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies – Sarah Gaskill
Gannett Fleming, Inc. – Terry Snow, PE
GOTriangle – Chuck Lattuca, Scott Thomas
Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau – Denny Edwards
J Q Enterprises
Lenovo – Rob Herman
Martin Marietta – Buzz Crosby, Kevin Jones
MetLife – Chris Cooper, Kenan Gardner
ms consultants, inc. – Drew Draper
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, LP – Shaylah Nunn Jones
North Carolina State University – Kevin Howell, Julie Smith
Ramey Kemp Associates, – Battle Whitley
RATIO – Hal Bowen, Brett Frenier
RTI International – Harold Hicks, Patrick Gunsch
SAS Institute Inc. – Don McCorquodale
SEPI, Inc. – Sepideh Saidi, PE, Jennifer Allen
The Spectrum Companies – John Boylan
Stewart – Doug Taylor, PE, Lee Anne Nance
STV Inc. – Anne Lenart-Redmond, Monica Barrow
The Sunrock Group – Randy Lickey, Bryan Pfohl
TowneBank – Brian Reid
Truist – Chris Bell, Dave Byerley
The Umstead Hotel and Spa – Jim Beley, 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
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 – Aaron Cain
City of Durham – Sean Egan
GoRaleigh / City of Raleigh – Michael Moore
GoTriangle – Chuck Lattuca
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority – Michael Landguth
Town of Cary – Jerry Jensen
Chapel Hill Transit/Town of Chapel Hill – Brian Litchfield
Town of Holly Springs – Kendra Parrish
Town of Morrisville – Martha Paige
Triangle J Council of Governments – John Hodges-Copple
Member Chambers
FOUNDING MEMBER CHAMBERS
Cary Chamber of Commerce – Howard Johnson, Perry Wester
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce – Geoff Durham, Bryan Fox
Raleigh Chamber – Adrienne Cole, John Goodman
The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro – Aaron Nelson, Katie Loovis
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 – Cindy Poindexter
Clayton Chamber of Commerce – Dana Wooten
Franklin County Chamber of Commerce – Brenda Fuller
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 – Michelle Benedict
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 Commerce – Kate Daniels
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
Atkins – 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
HH Architecture – Kristen Hess
McKim & Creed – Jessica Graber
PNC – Rebecca Quinn-Wolf
Strada Architecture PLLC – Melissa Wolter
Summit Design and Engineering Services, PLLC – Troy Dover, PE, Ginny Kirk Andrews
WakeMed Health & Hospitals – Donald Gintzig
Standard members
AMT Engineering – Nick Ramirez
Apple Designs, Inc. – Joseph Erhart
Balfour Beatty – Trent Johnson
Baseline Mobility Group, Inc. – Mushtaqur Rahman, Ph.D., PE
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
HNTB North Carolina, PC – Spencer Franklin, PE
IBI Group Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Architects, A New York General Partnership – Ola Ferm
IEM, Inc. – Madhu Beriwal
LJB, Inc. – Mike Surasky, PE
Mack Real Estate – Jeff Marcus
Maupin Travel – Mike Owens
MBP Carolinas, Inc. – Kevin Lugo
Mead & Hunt – Rick DeCola, PE
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, PE
Poyner Spruill LLP – Dan Cahill
Qunity PA – Ariel Gamboa, PE
RS&H – Charles Cox
S&ME, Inc. – Shannon Sweitzer
Sewell Motor Express Company – David Christensen
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. – Paul Koch
Terracon – Rob Belisle
Turner Construction Co. – Josh Dobeck
Williams Mullen – Andrew Shores
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