The following twenty-five individuals are members of the inaugural North Carolina Black Entrepreneurship Council:
Executive Committee
- Shannon Baylor-Henderson, Content Commanders (Elizabeth City)
- Dee McDougal, Pacific Western Bank (Durham)
- Kevin Price, NC Institute of Minority Economic Development (Durham)
- Doug Speight, AnnexTech Partners (Greensboro)
- Terik Tidwell, Smith Tech-Innovation Center at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte)
- Desmond Wiggan, BatteryXchange (Charlotte)
- Allan Younger, Forsyth Technical Community College (Winston-Salem)
Members
- Nikita Allen, GROWMETIX (Charlotte)
- Katrece Boyd, Small Business and Technology Development Center (Raleigh)
- Spencer Disher, Charlotte Angel Fund (Charlotte)
- Jerry Edmonds, Vance-Granville Community College (Henderson)
- Ijeoma Emeka, Bank of America (Charlotte)
- Perry Harker, Carteret Community College (Beaufort)
- Patricia Harris, UNC Chapel Hill, School of Education (Chapel Hill)
- Mark Little, UNC Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill)
- Tonya Lynch, The Black Light Project (Greenville)
- Alyssa Martina, Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Elon)
- Gerry McCants, McCants, LLC (Greensboro)
- Rosanna Mulcahy, City of Asheville-Office of Economic Development (Asheville)
- Dana Newell, BentonNewell Communication (Greenville)
- Karl Ricanek, Lapetus Solutions Inc. (Wilmington)
- Kristi Tally, KD7 Enterprises Inc. (Raleigh)
- Iesha Usher, Smiile (Greensboro)
- Calvin Williams, Freeman Capital (Charlotte)
- Natalie Williams, The Women’s Business Center of Charlotte (Charlotte)
The NC BEC is supported by NC IDEA staff, Andrea Cook, Daisy Magnus-Aryitey and Thom Ruhe. For questions, please connect with one of these individuals directly or email ncbec@ncidea.org.