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, Capco (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)
• 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)
• Natalie Williams, The Women’s Business Center of Charlotte (Charlotte)

The NC BEC is supported by NC IDEA staff, Andrea Cook, Aya Okale-Weeks and Thom Ruhe. For questions, please connect with one of these individuals directly or email ncbec@ncidea.org.