Board of Directors Orientation

Board of Directors Orientation

Board of Directors Orientation AGENDA ........................................................................................................................................... PAGE 5 BOARD MEMBER ROSTER .................................................................................................... PAGE 6-11 CHAMBER BY-LAWS............................................................................................................. PAGE 12-29 2021 MEETING SCHEDULE ....................................................................................................... PAGE 31 CHAMBER ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ............................................................................... PAGE 33 SAMPLE MEETING AGENDA ................................................................................................... PAGE 35 CHAMBER STAFF CONTACT INFO ........................................................................................ PAGE 37 CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM ............................................................ PAGE 38-45 BROCHURES ............................................................................................................................ PAGE 46-53

Board of Directors New Member Orientation October 2020 0:00pm

Welcome

Brent Christensen

Introduction of New Board Members Overview of the Chamber 0:10pm

Advocacy

0:15pm

Creating Quality Jobs

Deborah Hooper

Brent Christensen

Starting and Growing Our Own 0:20pm 0:25pm

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Launch Greensboro Minority Business Accelerator

Lou Anne Flanders-Stec Tracy Myers

Talent and Workforce Development 0:30pm 0:35pm 0:40pm

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Other Voices Leadership Greensboro / DEI Campus Greensboro and synerG

Joyce Gorham-Worsley Niketa Greene Cecelia Thompson Megan Mabry

0:45pm

Telling Our Story

0:50pm

Chamber Financial Overview

0:55pm

Closing Remarks

Brent Christensen

1:00pm

Adjourn

Brent Christensen

Sandy Post

Chamber of Commerce 2021 Board of Directors Mr. Cantey Alexander Truist Triad Regional President 110 S. Stratford Road Winston-Salem, NC 27104 Office Greensboro (336) 547-2075 Winston-Salem Office: 336-733-1120 cantey.alexander@bbandt.com Mr. Allen Atchley Volvo Financial Services Vice President Global Strategy Head of VFS Innovation Lab 7900 National Service Road Greensboro, NC 27409 Office: 336-931-4000 Allen.atchley@vfsco.com Ms. Anita Hughes Bachmann (chair) UnitedHealthcare CEO, Community & State, NC 3803 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27455 Office: 336-540-7057 anita.bachmann@uhc.com Ms. Jennifer Baldwin Honda Aircraft Company VP Human of Human Resources 6430 Ballinger Rd Greensboro, NC 27410 Phone: 336-662-0849 Jennifer_Baldwin@haci.honda.com Mr. Scott Baxter (Exec. Committee) Kontoor Brands President & CEO 400 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-332-4445 Scott.baxter@kontoorbrands.com Ms. Beth Boulton (Exec. Committee) Boulton Creative Creative Director 601 West Smith Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-373-1919 beth@boultoncreative.com

Mr. Danny Brown United Maintenance Group President and Owner P.O. Box 2912 Greensboro, NC 27420 Office: 336-669-1648 Dbrown7031@triad.rr.com Mr. Mark Caldwell Global Brands Group Executive Vice President, Finance 4620 Grandover Parkway Greensboro, NC 27407 Office: 336-500-8190 markcaldwell@globalbrandsgroup.com Mr. Pete Callahan (GROW Oversight Committee) J.P. Morgan Chase Market Executive 717 Green Valley Road, Ste. 200 Greensboro, NC 27408 Office: 336-544-4854 pete.callahan@chase.com Ms. Dawn Chaney (GROW Oversight Committee) Chaney Properties Owner 408 Blandwood Avenue Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-273-1914 dawnschaney@gmail.com Mr. Manny Clark (Launch GSO Adv. Board) Fox Rothschild Associate 230 North Elm Street, Ste. 1200 Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-378-5568 mannyclark@foxrothschild.com Dr. Robin Coger (Exec Committee) North Carolina A&T State University Dean, College of Engineering 1601 East Market Street Greensboro, NC 27411 Office: 336-285-2640 rncoger@ncat.edu

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Chamber of Commerce 2021 Board of Directors Mr. Bill Collins (Gov. Affairs Committee) HAECO Americas President, HAECO Americas 623 Radar Road Greensboro, NC 27410-6221 Office: 336-668-4410 Ext. 32536 Bill.collins@haeco.aero

Ms. Ursula Dudley Oglesby Dudley Beauty Corp, LLC CEO 1814 Eastchester Dr. High Point, NC 27265 P: 336-905-4053 ursula@dudleyq.com

Dr. Sharon Contreras Guilford County Schools Superintendent 712 North Eugene Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-370-8992 contres@gcsnc.com

Mr. Adam Duggins (Launch GSO Adv. Board) New Page Capital Managing Partner 2616 Phoenix Drive Greensboro, NC 27406 Office: 770-853-6748 aduggins@newpagecapital.com

Mr. Adam Currie (GROW Oversight Committee) First Bank Regional President, EVP 101 North Spring Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-286-8747 acurrie@localfirstbank.com

Mr. J. Nathan Duggins, III Tuggle Duggins P.A. Director 100 North Greene Street, #600 Greensboro, NC Office:336-271-5246 nduggins@tuggleduggins.com

Dr. Larry Czarda Greensboro College President 815 West Market Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-217-7221 lczarda@greensboro.edu

Mr. David Edwards First National Bank Regional Market Executive / President Piedmont Region 701 Green Valley Road, Suite 101 Greensboro, NC 27408 Office: 336-258-3019 edwardsd@fnb-corp.com

Ms. Abby Donnelly The Leadership & Legacy Group Founder 806 Green Valley Road. Ste. 201 Greensboro, NC 27408 Office: 336.458.9939 abby@leadershiplegacygroup.com Ms. Jada Monica Drew Social Designs LLC CEO 229 North Greene Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 252-532-5243 jadamonicadrew@gmail.com

Mr. Derek Ellington (immediate past chair) Bank of America / Merrill Lynch Triad Market President 800 Green Valley Road, Suite 401 Greensboro, NC 27408 Office: 336-291-2581 Derek.ellington@baml.com Ms. Beth Fischer UNC Greensboro Vice Chancellor of University Advancement Alumni House 112 P.O. Box 26170 Greensboro, NC 27402 Office: 336-334-3876 Beth.fischer@uncg.edu

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Chamber of Commerce 2021 Board of Directors Mr. Geoff Foster Core Technology Molding Corporation President & CEO 2911 East Gate City Boulevard Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-708-2673 Geoff.foster@coretechnologycorp.com

Ms. Rhonda Joyce (vice chair, Economic Dev.) American National Bank & Trust Co. EVP/Regional President 703 Green Valley Road, Ste. 101 Greensboro, NC 27408 Office: 336-369-2777 joycer@amnb.com

Mr. David Gansberg (secretary/treasurer) Arch Capital Group Ltd. CEO 230 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-373-0232 dgansberg@archmi.com

Ms. Nancy Quaintance (GROW Oversight Comm.)

Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels Vice President 324 West Wendover Avenue, Ste. 320 Greensboro, NC 27408 Office: 336-370-0966 nkquaintance@qwrh.com

Mr. Preston Hammock Cone Health President, Moses Cone Hospital SVP of Cone Health 1200 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-832-7881 Preston.hammock@conehealth.com

Mr. Curt Ladig Delta Dental of North Carolina President and CEO 4242 Six Forks Road, Ste. 970 Raleigh, NC 27609 Office: 919-863-1040 cladig@deltadentalnc.com

Mr. Jarvis T. Harris (Exec. Committee) R. Steve Bowden & Associates Attorney 806 Summit Avenue Greensboro, NC 27405 Office: 336-285-0925 jharris@sbowden.com

Mr. CC Lamberth (Exec.and GROW Oversight Committees) C2Contractors LLC President 405 Banner Avenue Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-379-8806 cc@c2contractorsllc.com

Mr. Doug Hassman VF Corporation Vice President, Global Tax 105 Corporate Center Blvd.

Greensboro, NC 27408 Office: 336-482-8956 Douglas_hassman@vfc.com

Mr. Wilson Lester Piedmont Business Capital Executive Director 1451 S. Elm-Eugene Street, Ste. 2121 Greensboro, NC 272406 Office: 336-256-9358 wilson@piedmontbusinesscapital.org

Mr. Vern Hawkins Syngenta Crop Protection, PLLC President 410 Swing Road Greensboro, NC 27409 Office: 336-632-6000 Vern.hawkins@syngenta.com

Ms. Kathy Manning Manning & Associates PLLC Attorney 123 South Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-273-1317 kmanning@capsulegroup.com

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Chamber of Commerce 2021 Board of Directors Mr. John Martin (GROW Oversight Comm.)

Fourth Elm Construction Partner and Co-Founder 110-A Shields Park Drive Kernersville, NC 27284 336-891-4356 x100 jmartin@fourthelm.com

Ms. Susan Shumaker (Action GSO Adv. Board) Cone Health Foundation President 1200 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-832-9559 susan.shumaker@conehealth.com

Mr. Phil Petros (Finance Committee) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Assurance Partner 800 Green Valley Road, Ste. 500 Greensboro, NC 27408 Office: 336.665.2700 Phillip.f.petros@us.pwc.com

Ms. Tammy Simmons Machine Specialties, Inc. Vice President Marketing & Culture 6511 Franz Warner Parkway Whitsett, NC 27377 Office: 336-603-1919 Tammy@machspec.com

Mr. Claudel Pressa The Carroll Companies COO 201 N Elm Street, Suite 201 Greensboro, NC 27401 P: 336-814-3238 cpressa@thecarrollcompanies.com

Mr. Robert (Bob) Singer Brooks Pierce Attorney at Law P. O. Box 26000 Greensboro, NC 27420-6000 Office: 336-271-3123 rsinger@brookspierce.com

Mr. Karl Robinson R&R Transportation President & CEO 4415 Abner Place Greensboro, NC 27407 Office: 336-292-4630 karl@rrtransportationinc.com

Ms. Sherri Thomas (vice chair, Member Engagement) Truliant Federal Credit Union Chief Human Resources and Organizational Development Officer 3200 Truliant Way Winston-Salem, NC 27103 Office: 336-293-2350 Sherri.thomas@truliantfcu.org

Ms. Terri Rouleau The P&G Manufacturing Co. Oral Care Site Human Resources Manager 6200 Bryan Park Road Browns Summit, NC 27214 P: 336-954-4577 rouleau.t@pg.com Ms. Susan Schwartz (chair, Action Greensboro) The Cemala Foundation Executive Director 330 South Greene Street, Ste. 101 Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-274-3541 Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-274-3541 sschwartz@cemala.org

Mr. Clifford Thompson (vice chair, Launch Greensboro) Thompson Traders, Inc. President 2024 E. Market Street Greensboro, NC 27401-3345 Office: 336-272-3003 Clifford.thompson@thompsontraders.com Mr. Stafford Thompson (Finance Comm) Lincoln Financial Group SVP Life Product Management 100 N. Greene Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-691-3295 Stafford.thompson@lfg.com

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Chamber of Commerce 2021 Board of Directors Mr. Brian Vannoy Allegacy Federal Credit Union Chief Credit Risk Officer 1691 Westbrook Plaza Drive Winston Salem, NC 27103 Office: 336-774-2871 bvannoy@allegacy.org

Mr. David Parrish (Exec. Committee) City of Greensboro City Manager P.O. Box 3136 Greensboro, NC 27402-3136 Office: 336-373-2002 david.parrish@greensboro-nc.gov

Ms. Suzanne Elise Walsh Bennett College President 900 E Washington St. Greensboro, NC 27401 P: 336-894-7170

Mr. Walt Yates (synerG Young Professional) MassMutual Carolinas Financial Advisor 300 North Greene Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-370-3132 waltyates@financialguide.com

suzanne.walsh@bennett.edu Mr. Andy Zimmerman AZ Development Owner 111 West Lewis Street Greensboro, NC 27406 Office: 336-255-4813 andyz@azdev.biz Ex Officio

Governmental Affairs Consultant/Lobbyist) Ms. Marlene Sanford TREBIC President 115 South Westgate Drive Greensboro, NC 27407 Office: 336-855-1453 msanford@trebic.org

The Honorable ___________________ Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mr. Marty Lawing (Exec. Committee) Guilford County County Manager P.O. Box 3427 Greensboro, NC 27402-3427 Office: 336-641-3383 mlawing@guilfordcountync.gov The Honorable Nancy Vaughan City of Greensboro Mayor P.O. Box 3136 Greensboro, NC 27402-3136 Office: 336-373-2396 Nancy.vaughan@greensboro-nc.gov

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Chamber of Commerce 2021 Board of Directors Chamber Staff Mr. Brent Christensen Greensboro Chamber of Commerce President & Chief Executive Officer 111 West February One Place Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-387-8303 bchristensen@greensboro.org Ms. Deborah Hooper Greensboro Chamber of Commerce Chief Operating Officer 111 West February One Place Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-387-8320 dhooper@greensboro.org Ms. Lou Anne Flanders-Stec Greensboro Chamber of Commerce EVP, Launch Greensboro 229 North Greene Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-265-3332 laflanders-stec@greensboro.org Ms. Tracy Myers Greensboro Chamber of Commerce EVP, Member Engagement 111 West February One Place Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-387-8326 tmyers@greensboro.org

Ms. Joyce Gorham-Worsley Greensboro Chamber of Commerce VP, Other Voices 111 West February One Place Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-387-8324 jgorham-worsley@greensboro.org Ms. Niketa Greene Greensboro Chamber of Commerce VP, Leadership and Diversity & Inclusion 111 West February One Place Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-387-8325 ngreene@greensboro.org Ms. Megan Mabry Greensboro Chamber of Commerce VP, Marketing & Communications 111 West February One Place Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-387-8332 mmabry@greensboro.org Ms. Porsha Graves Greensboro Chamber of Commerce Executive Assistant 111 West February One Place Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-387-8321 pgraves@greensboro.org

Mr. Marvin Price Greensboro Chamber of Commerce EVP, Economic Development 111 West February One Place Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-387-8310 mprice@greensboro.org Ms. Cecelia Thompson Action Greensboro Executive Director 122 N. Elm Street, Ste. 110 Greensboro, NC 27401 Office: 336-387-8354 cthompson@greensboro.org S:\Board\2021\2021 Board of Directors.docx_10/27/2020 8:36 AM

Bylaws The Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated October 7, 2019 ARTICLE I General Section 1: Name This organization is incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina. The name of the corporation shall be The Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated (hereinafter, the “Corporation�). The Corporation may conduct its activities under the names associated with its programs, or under such other assumed name or names as the Board of Directors may from time to time authorize.

Section 2: Purposes The purposes of the Corporation are as set forth in its Articles of Incorporation.

Section 3: Limitation of Methods Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws, no member, director, officer, employee or representative of this Corporation shall take any action or carry on any activity by or on behalf of the Corporation not permitted to be taken or carried on by an organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code and its Regulations as they now exist, or as they may hereafter be amended. The Corporation shall observe all local, state and federal laws that apply to a North Carolina nonprofit corporation that has been recognized as an organization described under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. Further, no officer, director, council, department, committee, division, task force chair, program, or advisory board of the Corporation shall endorse in the name of, or in behalf of, the Corporation any person, activity or matter without authority of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE II Programs Section 1: General Provisions The Corporation shall seek to accomplish its objectives by conducting activities in four program areas. The programs of the Corporation shall be: (1) Member Engagement, (2) Economic Development, (3) Action Greensboro, and (4) Launch Greensboro.

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Section 2: Advisory Boards A.

General Provisions

With respect to each program, an advisory board shall provide guidance and insight into the activities of the program, as appropriate. Absent an express delegation of authority by the Board of Directors, the advisory boards shall not have and shall not purport to exercise any authority or powers of the Board of Directors. The Corporation’s Board of Directors will create, sustain, and dissolve advisory boards, as needed. In accordance with the bylaws of Action Greensboro, the members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall also serve ex officio as the voting directors of Action Greensboro, a North Carolina nonprofit corporation recognized as an organization described under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

B.

Composition and Selection

Each advisory board shall be comprised of not more than fifteen (15) individuals, designated or selected as follows: 1.

Member Engagement Advisory Board Vice Chair for Member Engagement (chair); and Up to fourteen (14) individuals elected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation

2.

Economic Development Advisory Board Vice Chair for Economic Development (chair); and Up to fourteen (14) individuals elected by the Board of Directors of the

Corporation 3.

Action Greensboro Advisory Board Vice Chair for Action Greensboro (chair); and Up to fourteen (14) individuals elected by the Board of Directors of Action

Greensboro 4.

Launch Greensboro Advisory Board

Vice Chair for Launch Greensboro (chair); and Up to fourteen (14) individuals elected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation

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C.

Terms and Term Limits 1.

Member Engagement, Greensboro

Economic

Development,

and

Launch

Each member of the Member Engagement Advisory Board, the Economic Development Advisory Board, and the Launch Greensboro Advisory Board (other than the chairs of the advisory boards, who serve ex officio) shall be elected for a term of three years. Each member of each such advisory board shall hold office until his or her resignation, removal, incapacity, or death, or until his or her successor is elected and qualified following the expiration of such individual’s term of office. The term of each member of each such advisory board shall begin at the meeting of such advisory board next following their election. An individual elected to such advisory board shall not serve more than two (2) successive full three-year terms as a member of such advisory board without a break in service of at least one (1) year; provided, however, that an individual who is serving ex officio as chair of such advisory board shall be qualified to continue to serve as chair notwithstanding the term limits.

2.

Action Greensboro Advisory Board

Each member of the Action Greensboro Advisory Board shall hold office until his or her resignation, removal, incapacity, or death.

D.

Policies and Procedures

Each advisory board may develop its own written statement of policies and procedures, the provisions of which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws, and the policies of the Corporation. The policies and procedures shall include provisions with respect to meetings of the advisory board, and other provisions relevant to the conduct of the activities within the program area.

ARTICLE III Membership Section 1: Members The members of the Corporation shall be those individuals, firms, associations, corporations, partnerships, estates, municipalities, governmental units, or instrumentalities that apply for and are admitted to membership in the Corporation. Conditions of eligibility, procedures for admission, rights, and responsibilities of members of the Corporation shall be as set forth in the policies and procedures approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Section 2: Voting Members in the Corporation shall have no right to vote on any matter with respect to the Corporation.

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ARTICLE IV Meetings Section 1: Meetings of Members A.

Call

There shall be no annual meeting of members of the Corporation, and no regularly scheduled meetings of the members of the Corporation. Special meetings of the members of the Corporation shall be held upon the call of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

B.

Quorum

At any duly called meeting of the members of the Corporation, 10% of the members of the Corporation shall constitute a quorum.

Section 2: Meetings of Board of Directors A.

Annual and Other Regular Meetings

The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held in November of each year, for the purpose of electing directors of the Corporation and for the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting. In addition, the Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the State of North Carolina, for the holding of additional regular meetings.

B.

Special Meetings

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chair of the Board, or by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request of any five (5) directors. Such meetings may be held within or without the State of North Carolina.

C.

Notice of Meetings

The time and place established for the annual meeting and other regular meetings shall be reflected in the minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors. The annual and other regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice.

The person or persons calling a special meeting of the Board of Directors shall, at least two days before the meeting, give notice thereof by any usual means of communication, which means may include without limitation email or other electronic means. Such notice need not specify the purpose for which the meeting is called.

D.

Waiver of Notice

Any director may waive notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors held without proper call or notice, either before or after the meeting is held.

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Attendance by a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the purpose of objection to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called.

Failure of a director who did not attend a meeting held without proper call or notice to file with the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation his or her written objection to the holding of the meeting or to any specific action so taken promptly after having knowledge of the action taken and of the insufficiency of notice shall constitute ratification of the action taken at the meeting.

E.

Quorum

One-third (1/3) of the directors in office immediately before the meeting begins shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors.

F.

Manner of Acting

Unless the North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these Bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

G.

Informal Action by Directors and Attendance by Telephone

Action taken without a meeting is nevertheless Board action if written consent to the action in question is signed by all of the directors and filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board. A director’s consent to action taken without a meeting may be in electronic form and delivered by electronic means in accordance with the North Carolina Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Any one or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors by means of a conference telephone or similar device that allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall be deemed presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3: Committee Meetings A.

Executive Committee Meetings

The Executive Committee shall conduct a regular meeting at least six (6) times annually in accordance with a schedule to be developed by the Executive Committee, and in addition shall conduct special meetings at the call of the Chair of the Board.

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B.

Meetings of Other Standing Committees and Special Committees

A meeting of any other standing committee and of any special committee may be called at any time by the Chair of the Board or by the committee’s Chair.

ARTICLE V Board of Directors Section 1: Authority and Responsibilities The Board of Directors shall be the governing body of the Corporation. All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by, or pursuant to authority delegated by, the Board of Directors. In addition to those responsibilities set forth in other provisions of these Bylaws or imposed by law, the Board of Directors shall have the following responsibilities: 1.

Approve (a) an annual statement of goals and objectives of the Corporation, (b) an annual consolidated budget; and (c) an annual work plan;

2.

Oversee the performance of the Corporation as measured against the goals and objectives and the budget;

3.

Develop an economic and community development strategic plan for the Corporation, and oversee the execution and progress of implementing the strategic plan;

4.

Represent the Corporation to external audiences and organizations, such as local and state governments and the Piedmont Triad region;

5.

Consider and approve needed operating policies in key areas such as human resources, financial policies and practices, and other areas of needed compliance and organizational integrity;

6.

Consider and approve, as appropriate, all major fundraising activities, and assure needed levels of stewardship in the use of funds for the purpose for which the funds were given;

7.

Retain, discharge when necessary, evaluate the performance of, and set the compensation of, the Chief Executive Officer;

8.

Consider and approve, as appropriate, any significant variations to the annual work plan and budget, and/or additional initiatives beyond the work plan and budget, with consideration given to recommendations of the committees or advisory boards; and

9.

Assure the needed orientation and ongoing education of directors as to the purposes and programs of the Corporation.

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Section 2: Composition of the Board A.

Number of Directors

The Board of Directors shall consist of from twenty-four (24) to sixty (60) individuals, which number shall be set from time to time by the Board of Directors. Of the total number of directors, a majority shall be elected by the Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. Of such total number, the remainder shall be comprised of such ex officio directors as may be provided for in these Bylaws. . The Board of Directors shall not exceed sixty (60) directors.

B.

Ex Officio Directors

The following public officials shall serve ex officio as directors of the Corporation: (1) Mayor of the City of Greensboro; (2) City Manager of the City of Greensboro; (3) Chair of the Board of Commissioners of Guilford County; and (4) County Manager of Guilford County. In addition, the Council Chair of synerG Young Professionals, a program of Action Greensboro, shall serve ex officio as a director of the Corporation. Ex officio directors shall have the right to vote on matters coming before the Board of Directors for action.

C.

Elected Directors

The elected directors shall be divided into three classes, with staggered terms. As the term of each director expires, such director’s seat shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this ARTICLE V. Each director shall hold office until his or her resignation, removal, incapacity, or death, or until his or her successor is elected and qualified following the expiration of such director’s term of office. Elected directors shall have the right to vote on matters coming before the Board of Directors for action.

Section 3: Selection and Election of Directors A.

Nominating Committee

By August 1 and after consulting with the Executive Committee, the of the Board shall appoint a Nominating Committee of five (5) members in good standing, one of whom shall be the Chair Elect of the Corporation. The Chair of the Board shall designate the chair of the committee.

At or in advance of a regular meeting prior to November 1, the Nominating Committee shall present to the Chair of the Board a slate of candidates to serve three-year terms to replace the directors whose regular terms are expiring. Each candidate must be an active member in good standing, must be eligible to serve in accordance with the term limits set forth below, and must have agreed to accept the responsibility of a directorship.

B.

Publicity of Nominations

Upon receipt of the report of the Nominating Committee, the Chair of the Board shall immediately notify the Board of Directors by mail/fax/email of the names of persons nominated as candidates for directors.

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C.

Election

The nominated slate of candidates shall be considered for election by the Board of Directors at a regular Board meeting no later than December 1.

D.

Term Limits

An individual elected to the Board of Directors shall not serve more than two (2) successive full three-year terms as a director without a break in service of at least one (1) year; provided, however, that an individual who is serving as an ex officio director shall be qualified to serve as an ex officio director notwithstanding the term limits; provided, further, that a director’s term shall be extended to include any period during which such director serves as Chair Elect, Chair of the Board, or Secretary/Treasurer; and provided, further, that a director’s term shall be extended for an additional year following his or her service as Chair of the Board.

Section 4: Seating of New Directors The term of each director shall begin, and all newly-elected and appointed directors shall be seated, at the regular January Board meeting next following their election.

Section 5: Removal Elected directors may be removed with or without cause upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then holding office.

Section 6: Vacancies Vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of those directors present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. Candidates to fill vacancies shall be recommended by the Chair of the Board. Any director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the director whose departure created the vacancy.

Section 7: Policy The Board of Directors is responsible for establishing procedure and formulating policy of the Corporation. It is also responsible for adopting all policies of the Corporation. These policies shall be maintained in a policy manual, to be reviewed annually and revised as necessary.

Section 8: Conflict of Interest Directors, officers, advisory board members, committee members, staff, employees and volunteers shall refrain from any activity that will interfere with the performance of their duties to the Corporation or resulting in personal, financial, professional and/or political gain on their part at the expense of the Corporation.

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directors, officers, advisory board members, committee members, staff, employees and volunteers of all conflict of interest issues.

Section 9: Compensation Directors of the Corporation shall not receive any compensation for their services as such, provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any person who is a director from also serving the Corporation in another capacity and receiving compensation for services rendered to the Corporation in such other capacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may reimburse directors for any reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in the performance of their duties, in accordance with the provisions of an accountable plan adopted by the Board of Directors for such purpose.

Section 10: Management The Executive Committee, with the approval of the Board of Directors, shall employ a Chief Executive Officer for the Corporation, and other executive employees as appropriate.

Pursuant to the authority that has been delegated to it by the Board in accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 1 of these Bylaws, the Executive Committee shall fix the salary and other considerations of employment of the Chief Executive Officer.

ARTICLE VI Officers Section 1: Determination of Officers The Board of Directors at a regular meeting prior to December 1 shall reorganize for the coming year. The Nominating Committee for Directors shall also nominate officers each year. At this meeting, the Board shall elect the Chair of the Board, Chair Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, the Vice Chair for Member Engagement, the Vice Chair for Economic Development, the Vice Chair for Action Greensboro, and the Vice Chair for Launch Greensboro. Officers will be elected from members of the new Board. All officers shall take office on the first day of the new fiscal year and serve for a term of one (1) year or until their successors assume the duties of office. There shall be no limit on the number of successive terms that may be served by officers other than the Chair of the Board. The Chair of the Board shall be limited to two (2) successive one-year terms of office, and after serving two successive one-year terms shall not be eligible to serve again as Chair of the Board until one year after the conclusion of such second term. The Chair of the Board, the Chair Elect, and the Secretary/Treasurer shall be voting directors.

Section 2: Duties of Officers A.

Chair of the Board

The Chair of the Board shall serve as the chief elected officer of the Corporation and shall preside at all meetings of the membership, Board of Directors and Executive Committee. The Chair of the Board may appoint such ad hoc committees and their chairs as deemed necessary to carry out the mission of the Corporation.

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B.

Chair Elect

The Chair Elect shall exercise the powers and authority and perform the duties of the Chair in the absence or disability of the Chair. The Chair Elect shall succeed the Chair of the Board as the Chief Elected Officer, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors.

C.

Vice Chairs

Each Vice Chair is responsible to the Chair of the Board. Each Vice Chair will be associated with a specific program or a specific area of responsibility. Each Vice Chair who is associated with a specific program shall serve as the chair of the advisory board associated with that program. Each Vice Chair must engage and motivate the advisory board or the committee chairs within those specific program areas or areas of responsibility to accomplish the tasks, goals, and objectives set before the advisory board or the committee by the Board of Directors. Each Vice Chair must be prepared to report progress and recommendations to the Board of Directors.

D.

Secretary/Treasurer

The Secretary/Treasurer shall be responsible for the safeguarding of all funds received by the Corporation and for their proper disbursement. Such funds shall be kept on deposit in financial institutions, or invested in a manner approved by the Board of Directors. Checks are to be signed by the President/Chief Executive Officer and an officer or an employee of the Corporation designated to have such authority in a Board resolution relating to the bank account on which such check is drawn. The Secretary/Treasurer shall cause a financial report to be made to the Board at its regular meetings. The Secretary/Treasurer shall be the Chair of the Finance and Operations Committee.

E.

Assistant Secretary/Treasurer

The Assistant Secretary/Treasurer shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary/Treasurer, respectively, perform the duties and exercise the powers of that office and shall, in general, perform such other duties as shall be assigned by the Secretary/Treasurer, by the President or by the Board of Directors.

F.

President

The President shall be the principal executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall supervise and control the management of the corporation according to these Bylaws. The President shall perform all duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

G.

Chief Executive Officer and Other Executive Employees

The Chief Executive Officer shall be employed by the Corporation as the chief executive officer of the Corporation.

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The Corporation shall also employ additional Executive Leaders as necessary or appropriate. Each Executive Leader shall attend the meetings of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, and the advisory board or committee associated with his or her program or area of responsibility.

With assistance of the Vice Chairs, each Executive Leader shall be responsible for administration of his or her program or area of responsibility in accordance with the policies and regulations of the Board of Directors.

Each Executive Leader shall be responsible for hiring, discharging, directing and supervising all employees employed with respect to his or her program or area of responsibility.

With the cooperation of the Finance and Audit Committee, each Executive Leader shall be responsible for the preparation of an operating budget covering all activities of his or her program or area of responsibility, collectively subject to approval of the Board of Directors.

Section 3: Executive Committee The Executive Committee shall be comprised of the Chair of the Board, Chair Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, Vice Chairs, and other directors elected by the Board of Directors to serve upon the Executive Committee, with the total number of individuals serving on the Executive Committee not to exceed fifteen (15) at any given time. The Chair of the Board will serve as Chair of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall: coordinate the activities of the Board’s standing committees; update the Chief Executive Officer’s position descriptions; evaluate the Chief Executive Officer’s performance; develop the Board profile; and exercise the authority of the Board of Directors between its regular meetings. In accordance with Section 55A-8-25(e) of the North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act, the Executive Committee shall have no authority: a.

To authorize distributions to the members, officers, or directors of the Corporation;

b.

To approve dissolution, merger or the sale, pledge, or transfer of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets;

c.

To elect, appoint or remove directors, or fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any committee; and

d.

To adopt, amend or repeal the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VII Committees

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comprised of directors of the Corporation. At the invitation of the chair of a standing committee, individuals who are not directors of the Corporation may attend meetings of such committee and serve as advisors to such committee; provided, however, that such invitees shall not have voting rights with respect to matters coming before such committee for action.

A.

Executive Committee

The duties and composition of the Executive Committee are as described in ARTICLE VI, Section 3, above.

B.

Finance and Audit Committee

Comprised of from two (2) to nine (9) directors plus the Secretary/Treasurer of the Corporation, who shall be the Committee Chair, the Finance and Audit Committee will establish the planning and budget cycle; review the program of work and budget; and review program targets and goals. The Committee shall also review and recommend significant changes in revenue generation models; establish fiscal reporting processes; oversee major internal administrative system upgrade; and review and recommend to the Board of Directors and/or to the Executive Committee action on major vendor contracts. The Committee shall establish and maintain an Audit Subcommittee. The Audit Subcommittee shall consist of not fewer than three (3) directors who are members of the Finance and Audit Committee. In order to be eligible to serve on the Audit Subcommittee, a director must be independent from management of the Corporation, and must have experience with the audit function or experience in the oversight of financial management, including the analysis of financial statements. The Audit Subcommittee shall select, engage, and set the compensation of independent accountants to audit the books and records of the Corporation. The Audit Subcommittee shall be directly responsible for oversight of the work of the independent accountants (including resolution of disagreements between management and the accountants regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work. The Audit Subcommittee shall review the scope of the audits as recommended by the independent accountants and the system of internal accounting controls, and shall review the reports submitted to the Audit Subcommittee by the independent accountants and the staff of the Corporation. The Audit Subcommittee shall also discharge the independent accountants when, in the Subcommittee’s view, such discharge is necessary or appropriate. The Audit Subcommittee shall have the authority to hire outside counsel or other consultants as necessary to assist the Audit Subcommittee in the performance of its functions.

Section 2: Selection of Committee and Advisory Board Members and Chairs The Chair of the Board, with the advice and counsel of the Executive Committee, shall recommend to the Board of Directors the names of individuals who would serve as members of committees and as members of advisory boards. Each Vice Chair who is associated with a specific program shall serve as the chair of the advisory board associated with that program. The Board of Directors will appoint the members of committees and the members of advisory boards, with the exception of the members of the Action Greensboro Advisory Board, who will be elected by the Board of Directors of Action Greensboro.

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Section 3: Authority and Limitations on Authority Standing committees shall make policy recommendations to the Board through their respective committee chairs.

No action by any member, committee, advisory board, council, employee, director or officer shall constitute an expression of the policy of the Corporation unless and until such policy shall have been approved or ratified by the Board of Directors.

Section 4: Divisions and Affiliates The Board of Directors may create such councils, divisions, bureaus, departments, or subsidiary corporations as it deems advisable to handle the work of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may create affiliate relationships as necessary.

The Board shall authorize and define the powers and duties of all councils, divisions, bureaus, departments, and subsidiary corporations. The Board shall annually review and approve all activities and proposed programs of such councils, divisions, bureaus, departments, and subsidiary corporations, including collection and disbursement of funds.

No action or resolution of any kind shall be taken by councils, divisions, bureaus, departments, or subsidiary corporations having bearing upon or expressive of the Corporation, unless approved by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VIII Finances Section 1: Funds All money paid to the Corporation shall be placed in a general operating fund unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors. No funds received by donation shall be diverted from the use to which they may be assigned by the donor, unless such use is contrary to or in conflict with the purposes of the Corporation, and no funds shall be used for any purpose other than to effect the purposes of the Corporation.

Section 2: Budget As soon as possible after election of the new Board of Directors and officers and before the beginning of the new fiscal year, the Board of Directors shall adopt the budget for the coming year.

Section 3: Disbursements No debt or obligation whatsoever for the payment of money or other things of value shall be created or incurred by any officer, employee or agent of this Corporation, or other person, and no money shall be appropriated or paid out of the general fund, and no contract or other act whatsoever of any officer or employee or agent of this Corporation or other person, by the terms or result of which any debt or obligation whatsoever is created, shall be in any manner binding GREENSBORO 688781.17

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upon the Corporation unless the same is authorized by provision therefor in the budget of the Corporation, or unless the same respectively, be authorized or directed or ratified by the Board of Directors in regular or special meeting called for that purpose. Disbursements shall be made by checks or by debit payments.

Section 4: Fiscal Year The fiscal year of the Corporation shall open January 1 and close on December 31.

Section 5: Annual Audit The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited annually as of the close of business on December 31 by a certified public accountant. The audit shall at all times be available to members of the organization within the offices of the Corporation.

Section 6: Bonding The President and such other officers and staff as the Board of Directors may designate shall be bonded by a sufficient fidelity bond in the amount set by the Board and paid for by the Corporation.

ARTICLE IX Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Others Section 1: Definitions For purposes of this ARTICLE IX, the following definitions shall apply: a.

“Act” means the North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act, effective July 1, 1994, and all amendments and additions thereto.

b.

“Corporation” means The Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated, as a corporation as such term is defined in Section 55A-8-50(b)(1) of the Act.

c.

“Director” means an individual who is or was a director of the Corporation or an individual who, while a director of the Corporation, is or was serving at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation (whether a business or nonprofit corporation), limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise. A Director is considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the Corporation’s request if such Director’s duties to the Corporation also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, the Director to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. “Director” includes, unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a Director.

d.

“Expenses” means expenses of every kind incurred in defending a Proceeding, including, but not limited to, legal, accounting, expert and investigatory fees and expenses.

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e.

“Indemnified Officer” shall mean each officer of the Corporation who is also a Director of the Corporation and each other officer of the Corporation who is designated by the Board of Directors from time to time as an Indemnified Officer.

An Indemnified Officer shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder to the same extent as a Director, including, without limitation, indemnification with respect to service by the Indemnified Officer at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation (whether a business or nonprofit corporation), limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. “Indemnified Officer” includes, unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of an officer.

f.

“Liabilities” means any obligation to pay any or all of the following: a judgment, a settlement, a penalty, a fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan) and reasonable expenses, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees of opposing parties incurred with respect to a Proceeding.

g.

“Proceeding” means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether formal or informal, and any appeal therein (and any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such a proceeding).

Section 2: Statement of Intent The Corporation shall indemnify the Directors to the maximum extent permitted by the Act. Section 3: Indemnification In addition to, and not in any way in limitation of, all indemnification rights and obligations otherwise provided by law, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless its Directors and Indemnified Officers against all Liabilities and Expenses in any Proceeding (including, without limitation, a Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Corporation itself) arising out of their status as Directors or officers, or their service at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation (whether a business or nonprofit corporation), limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or their activities in any such capacity; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not indemnify a Director or an Indemnified Officer against Liabilities or Expenses that such person may incur on account of activities of such person which at the time taken were known or believed by him or her to be clearly in conflict with the best interests of the Corporation. The Corporation shall also indemnify each Director and Indemnified Officer for his or her reasonable costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the enforcement of the rights to indemnification granted herein, if it is determined in accordance with ARTICLE IX, Section 4 of these bylaws that the Director or Indemnified Officer is entitled to indemnification hereunder.

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The Board of Directors shall have the authority to adopt such resolutions pertaining to the implementation of this ARTICLE IX, Section 3 as it may from time to time determine, and such resolutions shall be given full effect, even though they supplement, amplify or go beyond the provisions of this ARTICLE IX, Section 3, provided and to the extent such resolution does not violate any provision of the Act or the Articles of Incorporation. This ARTICLE IX, Section 3 shall be construed in a manner to fully effect the purpose and intent of the resolution of the Board of Directors approving and adopting this provision.

Section 4: Determination Any indemnification under ARTICLE IX, Section 3 shall be paid by the Corporation in a specific case only after a determination that the Director or Indemnified Officer has met the standard of conduct set forth in ARTICLE IX, Section 3 of these bylaws. Such determination shall be made: a.

by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of the members thereof not at the time parties to the Proceeding;

b.

if a quorum cannot be obtained under ARTICLE IX, Section 3, by a majority vote of a committee duly designated by the Board of Directors (in which designation members thereof who are parties to the Proceeding may participate), consisting solely of two or more members of the Board of Directors not at the time parties to the Proceeding; or

c.

by special legal counsel (i) selected by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof in the manner prescribed in ARTICLE IX, Section 4(a) or 4(b); or (ii) if a quorum of the Board of Directors cannot be obtained under ARTICLE IX, Section 4(a) and a committee cannot be designated under ARTICLE IX Section 4(b), selected by a majority vote of the full Board of Directors (in which selection members thereof who are parties in the Proceeding may participate).

The Board of Directors shall take all such action as may be necessary and appropriate to enable the Corporation to pay the indemnification required by this ARTICLE IX. Section 5: Advances for Expenses The Expenses incurred by a Director or an Indemnified Officer in defending a Proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director or Indemnified Officer to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation against such Expenses. Subject to receipt of such undertaking, the Corporation shall make reasonable periodic advances for Expenses pursuant to this ARTICLE IX, Section 5, unless the Board of Directors shall determine, in the manner provided in ARTICLE IX, Section 4 of these bylaws and based on the facts then known, that indemnification under this ARTICLE IX is or will be precluded.

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Section 6: Reliance and Consideration Any Director or Indemnified Officer who at any time after the adoption of this ARTICLE IX serves or has served in any of the aforesaid capacities for or on behalf of the Corporation shall be deemed to be doing or to have done so in reliance upon, and as consideration for, the right of indemnification provided herein. Such right, however, shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which such person may be entitled apart from the provisions of this ARTICLE IX. No amendment, modification or repeal of this ARTICLE IX shall adversely affect the right of any Director or Indemnified Officer to indemnification hereunder with respect to any activities occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

Section 7: Insurance The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its Directors, officers, employees and agents and those persons who were or are serving at the request of the Corporation in any capacity with another corporation (whether a business or nonprofit corporation), limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this ARTICLE IX or otherwise. Any full or partial payment made by an insurance company under any insurance policy covering any Director, officer, employee, agent or other person identified above made to or on behalf of a person entitled to indemnification under this ARTICLE IX shall relieve the Corporation of its liability for indemnification provided for in this ARTICLE IX or otherwise to the extent of such payment, and no insurer shall have a right of subrogation against the Corporation with respect to such payment.

Section 8: Savings Clause If this ARTICLE IX or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court or agency of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each person indemnified hereunder to the fullest extent permitted by the portion of this ARTICLE IX that is not invalidated and also to the fullest extent permitted or required by the applicable law.

ARTICLE X Dissolution Section 1: Procedure The Corporation shall use its funds only to accomplish the objectives and purposes specified in these bylaws, and no part of said funds shall inure, or be distributed, to the members of the Corporation. On dissolution of the Corporation, any funds remaining shall be distributed to such regularly organized and qualified charitable, educational, scientific or philanthropic organization or organizations described under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as the Board of Directors authorizes and directs.

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ARTICLE XI Parliamentary Authority Section 1: Parliamentary Authority The current edition of Roberts Rules of Order shall be the final source of authority in all questions of parliamentary procedures when such rules are not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XII Amendments Section 1: Revisions These Bylaws may be amended or altered by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then holding office, at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, providing the notice for the meeting includes the proposals for amendments. Any proposed amendments or alterations shall be submitted to the Board in writing or by email or other electronic means, at least ten (10) days in advance of the meeting at which they are to be acted upon.

As amended and restated effective: October 7, 2019

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2021 Master Calendar

GROUP

JAN

Chamber Board of Directors

12 8-9:30am

Chamber Executive Committee Chamber Office Member Engagement Advisory Board Chamber Office GROW Oversight Committee Chamber Office Action Greensboro Advisory Board AG Office Launch Greensboro Advisory Board (co//ab) Finance Committee BB&T Conf. Room Chamber Office Call-In Optional Nominating Committee (Chamber Office) Governmental Affairs Cone Health Board Room Chamber Office

6 7:30-9am

FEB

MAR

APR

9 8-9:30am

3 7:30-9am

3 7:30-9am

MAY

JUNE

11 8-9:30am

7 7:30-9am

3 11:30-1:00pm

5 7:30-9am

JULY

AUG

13 8-9:30am

2 7:30-9am

No Meeting Scheduled

4 11:30-1:00pm

SEPT

OCT

14 8-9:30am

4 7:30-9am

1 7:30-9am

DEC

9 8-9:30am

6 7:30-9am

3 11:30-1:00pm

28 11:30-1pm

NOV

3 7:30-9am

1 7:30-9am

2 11:30-1:00pm

21 11:30-1pm

20 11:30-1pm

As Scheduled No Meeting Scheduled

2 8-9:00am

2 8-9:00am

25 8-9:00am

6 8-9:00am

4 8-9:00am

9 8-9:00am

22 8-9:00am

No Meeting Scheduled

3 8-9:00am

22 8-9:00am

7 8-9:00am

5 8-9:00am

23 8-9:00am

28 8-9:00am

9 4-5:00pm

14 4-5:00pm

2 8-9:00am

7 8-9:00am

18 4-5:00pm

9 4-5:00pm

As Called 14 4-5:00pm

11 4-5:00pm

11 4-5:00pm

8 4-5:00pm

13 4-5:00pm

10 4-5:00pm

15 4-5:00pm

12 4-5:00pm

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Organizational Structure Board of Directors Executive Committee CEO/President COO

Action Greensboro

Member Engagement

Finance Human Resources

Launch Greensboro

Governmental Affairs

Economic Development

Marketing

Board of Directors Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Zoom Video Call: https://greensboro-org.zoom.us/j/89075303419?pwd=aXBFQVc0NWtqZHJvVytGbmRKV0FIdz09 Meeting ID: 890 7530 3419 Passcode: 374184 One tap mobile: +16465588656, ID: 89075303419# US 7:55am

Join Zoom Video Call

8:00am

Call to Order and Welcome

Derek Ellington

8:02am

Approval of Minutes – July 14, 2020

Derek Ellington

8:03am

Board Member Check-in

8:15am

Nominating Committee Report

Deborah Hooper

8:25am

Government Affairs:

Deborah Hooper

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$300M School Bond ¼ Cent Local Sales Tax School Bond Campaign Update - $10,000 funding contribution

8:35am

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Focus

8:45am

Chamber Focus and Work Plan - The Lightning Round

9:10am

July 2020 Financial Report

9:20am

transformGSO

9:30am

Adjournment

Bold indicates action requested

Niketa Greene Deborah Hooper Chamber Staff Deborah Hooper Clifford Thompson Lou Anne Flanders-Stec Derek Ellington

! Mark the Date !

Next Board Meeting Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 8:00am Host: TBD Next Executive Committee Meeting Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 7:30am 111 West February One Place, Greensboro

STAFF POSITION & CONTACT INFORMATION Chamber Administration Name

Brent Christensen Deborah Hooper Porsha Graves Sandy Post Megan Mabry Holly West Debbie White Claire Cooke (PT)

Title

President & CEO Chief Operating Officer Executive Assistant Controller Vice President, Marketing & Communications Marketing & Communications Manager Information Specialist Member & Investor Relations Coordinator

Office #

Mobile #

336-387-8303 336-387-8320 336-387-8321 336-387-8304 336-387-8332 336-387-8308 336-387-8300 336-387-8327

336-708-6286 336-482-7238 336-437-4362 336-324-3858 828-808-7224 910-431-2605 336-708-0988

Email bchristensen@greensboro.org dhooper@greensboro.org pgraves@greensboro.org spost@greensboro.org mmabry@greensboro.org hwest@greensboro.org dwhite@greensboro.org ccooke@greensboro.org

Action Greensboro Name

Cecelia Thompson Candace Martin Dabney Sanders (PT) Laura Lorenz (PT) Lizzy Tahsuda Sarah McGuire Caroline Dean Glover

Title

Executive Director Operations and Communications Manager Downtown Greenway Project Manager Downtown Greenway Assistant Director of Campus Greensboro synerG Young Professionals Director Campus Greensboro, Student Engagement Consultant

Number

Mobile #

336-387-8354 336-387-8351 336-387-8353 336-387-8355 336-387-8358 336-387-8350 336-387-8352

336-392-7073 336-402-0386 405-650-4027 336-387-8350 828-443-7889

Email cthompson@actiongreensboro.org ctucker@actiongreensboro.org dsanders@actiongreensboro.org llorenz@actiongreensboro.org etahsuda@actiongreensboro.org smcguire@actiongreensboro.org cdean@actiongreensboro.org

Member Engagement Name

Tracy Myers Ainsley Johnston Heavenly Walker India Murrain-Allen Joyce Gorham-Worsley Katrina Butts Niketa Greene Stephanie Rivers

Title

Executive Vice President Manager, Event Planning Member Engagement Specialist Database Manager Vice President, Other Voices Member Engagement Concierge Vice President, Leadership and Diversity & Inclusion Member Engagement Retention Specialist

Number

Mobile #

336-387-8326 336-387-8307 336-387-8349 336-387-8357 336-387-8324 336-387-8337 336-387-8325 336-387-8331

336-830-4598 276-732-2872 336-420-9231 336-963-3236 336-312-4647 262-748-8114

Number

Mobile #

336-387-8310 336-387-8312 336-387-8329

336-262-4724 336-456-9874

336.420.6387

Email tmyers@greensboro.org ajohnston@greensboro.org hwalker@greensboro.org imurrain@greensboro.org jgorham-worsley@greensboro.org kbutts@greensboro.org ngreene@greensboro.org srivers@greensboro.org

Economic Development Name

Marvin Price Barbara West Meridith Berger

Title

Executive Vice President Director, Business Recruitment Director, Existing Industry Services

Email mprice@greensboro.org bwest@greensboro.org mberger@greensboro.org

Launch Greensboro Name

Lou Anne Flanders-Stec Jennifer Hensel

Title

Executive Vice President Assistant Director

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Number

Mobile #

336-265-3332 336-265-3331

646-429-2679 970-640-3834

Email laflanders-stec@greensboro.org jhensel@greensboro.org

CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY OF THE GREENSBORO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INCORPORATED Amended effective as of January 10, 2017 ARTICLE I Purpose The purpose of the Conflict of Interest Policy (this “Policy”) is to protect the interests of The Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated (the “Corporation”), when the Corporation is contemplating entering into a transaction or arrangement that might benefit the private interest of an officer, director or key employee of the Corporation. This Policy, adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”), is intended to supplement but not replace any applicable laws or regulations of the State of North Carolina governing conflicts of interest applicable to nonprofit corporations.

ARTICLE II Definitions and Rules of Construction For purposes of this Policy, the following definitions and rules of construction shall apply: 1.

“Interested Person” shall mean a Director, Officer, or Key Employee, who has an Individual Interest in a Proposed Transaction.

2.

“Director” shall mean a director of the Corporation.

3.

“Officer” shall mean an officer of the Corporation whose office is described in the bylaws of the Corporation. An officer’s specific title need not be described in the bylaws in order for the officer to come within the ambit of this definition. The presence of the word “officer” in an employee’s title is not determinative of the employee’s status as an “Officer.”

4.

“Key Employee” shall mean the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and any other employee designated by the Board of Directors as a “Key Employee” for purposes of this Policy.

5.

“Individual Interest” shall mean a Financial Interest that will result in a Material Benefit.

6.

An Interested Person has a “Financial Interest” with respect to a Proposed Transaction if such Interested Person (or a Family Member of such Interested Person): a.

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is a Party to the Proposed Transaction; or

b.

has, directly or indirectly, through business, investment or a Family Member: i.

an ownership or investment interest in any Party to the Proposed Transaction; or

ii.

a compensation arrangement with any Party to the Proposed Transaction; or

iii.

a potential ownership or investment interest in, or compensation arrangement with, any Party to the Proposed Transaction.

For purposes of this section, a compensation arrangement shall include without limitation an arrangement by means of which an independent contractor is paid for services rendered.

7.

“Party to a Proposed Transaction” shall mean an individual or a legal entity (other than the Corporation) that is a party to, or will or may derive a Material Benefit from, a Proposed Transaction.

8.

“Proposed Transaction” shall mean a transaction, arrangement, contract or agreement, that has been proposed to the Corporation or that the Corporation has proposed or is considering.

9.

“Material Benefit” shall mean a financial or economic benefit that is both (a) more than de minimis in value (for purposes of this Policy, any value that is Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or less is considered de minimis) and (b) more than remotely likely to occur.

10.

“Family Member” of an individual shall mean: (1) spouse, (2) ancestor, (3) brother, (4) half-brother, (5) sister, (6) half-sister, (7) child (whether by birth or by adoption), (8) grandchild, (9) great grandchild, or (10) spouse of brother, halfbrother, sister, half-sister, child, grandchild, or great grandchild. For purposes of this definition, “spouse” shall include husband, wife, domestic partner, and any person not otherwise included in the definition of “Family Member” with whom the individual resides and shares financial obligations and/or property ownership.

11.

“Business Entities” shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, nonprofit corporations and unincorporated nonprofit associations, but shall not be deemed to include governmental units or any subdivision or agency of government.

12.

An Interested Person who has an Individual Interest with respect to one or more parent, sister, or subsidiary Business Entities of a Party to a Proposed Transaction shall be deemed to have an Individual Interest in a Proposed Transaction involving such Party to a Proposed Transaction.

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An Interested Person who has an Individual Interest in a subdivision or agency of government shall not be deemed solely by virtue of such Individual Interest to have an Individual Interest in other subdivisions or agencies of such government that are not subject to the control of the subdivision or agency of government with respect to which the Interested Person has an Individual Interest.

ARTICLE III Procedures Where Individual Interest Exists

1.

No Interested Person who has an Individual Interest with regard to a Proposed Transaction shall participate in voting upon, discussing, or taking any other action with respect to such Proposed Transaction.

2.

No Interested Person who has an Individual Interest with regard to a Proposed Transaction shall take part in the Corporation’s evaluation or implementation of such Proposed Transaction (except as expressly permitted herein). The prohibition imposed by this section shall be deemed to include but not be limited to signing an agreement on behalf of the Corporation with respect to such Proposed Transaction.

3.

An Interested Person shall disclose the existence and nature of his or her Individual Interest, and shall disclose all material facts relating to such Individual Interest, to those individuals who are considering or implementing the Proposed Transaction. An Interested Person shall not be required to disclose the nature of his or her Individual Interest where such disclosure would violate obligations of privilege imposed under applicable rules of professional responsibility or otherwise (e.g., attorney/client privilege) or a contractual obligation of confidentiality; provided, that in such cases the Interested Person must nevertheless comply with Section 1 and Section 2 of this Article III.

4.

If an Interested Person having an Individual Interest in a Proposed Transaction is present at a meeting at which the Proposed Transaction is being considered, discussed, or voted upon, after disclosure of the Individual Interest and (unless privileged or confidential) all material facts relating to the Individual Interest, and after providing information as contemplated in Section 3 of this Article III, the Interested Person shall leave the meeting room while the remaining persons participating in the meeting consider, discuss and/or vote upon the Proposed Transaction.

5.

In many cases, an Interested Person will possess information concerning a Proposed Transaction or a Party to a Proposed Transaction that would be helpful to those disinterested individuals who are considering the Proposed Transaction.

To deprive the Corporation of access to such information would not serve the best interests of the Corporation. Accordingly, other Directors, Officers, employees or other representatives of the Corporation may seek to elicit such information by asking the Interested Person questions of fact, and the Interested Person shall

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respond to such questions to the extent that such response does not require the Interested Person to violate a legal privilege or an obligation of confidentiality.

Moreover, in the event that the Interested Person is aware of facts that the Interested Person in good faith considers material to the Corporation’s action with respect to a Proposed Transaction, the Interested Person shall proffer such facts unless to do so would require the Interested Person to violate a legal privilege or an obligation of confidentiality. Both during the meeting and at all other times, the Interested Person shall not advocate for or against the Proposed Transaction, and shall not seek to exert influence on any Director, Officer, or Key Employee with regard to the Proposed Transaction.

6.

In all cases involving Proposed Transactions in which a Director, Officer or Key Employee has an Individual Interest, the Board or committee shall determine whether the transaction or arrangement is in the Corporation’s best interest and whether the transaction or arrangement is fair and reasonable to the Corporation.

7.

In situations in which a Director has a Financial Interest in a Proposed Transaction that will not give rise to a Material Benefit to the Director or to a business of the Director or to a Family Member of the Director, the Director may, but is not required to, disclose the existence of the Financial Interest, and the Director will be permitted to participate in the Board or committee’s consideration of the matter notwithstanding the Director’s Financial Interest.

From a public policy standpoint, such de minimis benefits are deemed unlikely to compromise an individual’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV Records of Proceedings

The minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, all standing committees, and all special committees shall include: 1.

The names of all persons who have disclosed or otherwise were found to have an Individual Interest, and (unless privileged or confidential) the nature of the Individual Interest; and

2.

The names of the persons who were present at the meeting for discussions and votes relating to the Proposed Transaction, the content of these discussions, and a record of the vote.

Each Director may request that his or her disclosure of a specific Individual Interest be treated as a standing disclosure; in the event of such a request, the existence of the disclosure and (unless privileged or confidential) the nature of the Individual Interest and the material facts disclosed shall be recorded in the minutes of every meeting at which the Board or committee considers or takes any action that might implicate such Individual Interest.

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ARTICLE V Prohibition on Acceptance of Personal Gifts 1.

No Director, Officer, or Key Employee shall solicit or accept for his or her individual benefit any Material Benefit from a Party to a Proposed Transaction or from any vendor, contractor, or other party to an existing contract or arrangement with the Corporation. For purposes of this Article, a Material Benefit shall be deemed to include, without limitation: (1) a gift, (2) a loan of cash or property without consideration or on terms less than fair market value, or (3) any other good or service of value. For purposes of this Article, a Director, Officer, or Key Employee shall be deemed to have solicited or accepted a Material Benefit if the Material Benefit was solicited for or accepted by a Family Member.

2.

No Director, Officer, or Key Employee shall solicit or accept for his or her individual benefit cash or cash equivalent in any amount, even if de minimis, from a Party to a Proposed Transaction or from any vendor, contractor, or other party to an existing contract or arrangement with the Corporation. For purposes of this Article, cash or cash equivalent shall be deemed to have been solicited or accepted by the Director, Officer, or Key Employee if the cash or cash equivalent was solicited for or accepted by a Family Member.

3.

This Article shall be deemed not to preclude Directors, Officers, or Key Employees from accepting personal benefit from a third party provided that the personal benefit is incidental to compensation (or payment or reimbursement of expenses) paid by the third party to the Corporation for services rendered by the Corporation.

4.

This Article shall be deemed not to preclude Directors, Officers, or Key Employees from: (1) accepting a Material Benefit or cash or cash equivalent to the extent that such Material Benefit or cash or cash equivalent is earned income for personal services that are customarily provided in connection with a bona fide business, trade or profession, or (2) receiving fair market value in consideration for the sale, lease or other conveyance of goods or other property.

ARTICLE VI Compensation Matters

A Director, Officer, or Key Employee who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the Corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to his or her compensation. A voting member of any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the Corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to his or her compensation.

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ARTICLE VII Annual Statements Each Director, Officer, and Key Employee shall, upon commencement of his or her employment or term of office, and annually thereafter, sign a statement, in the form attached hereto as Appendix A, certifying that the person: 1.

received a copy of this Policy;

2.

has read and understands this Policy;

3.

agrees to comply with this Policy; and

4.

understands that the Corporation is a tax-exempt organization and that in order to maintain its tax-exempt status, it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.

Such annual statement also requires disclosure of information necessary to permit the Corporation to complete its annual information return for federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE VIII Periodic Reviews The Corporation shall conduct periodic reviews of its activities to ensure that it is operating in a manner consistent with accomplishing its tax-exempt purposes and that it is not engaging in activities that could jeopardize its status as an organization exempt from federal income tax. In conducting such reviews, the Corporation shall evaluate the following: 1.

Whether the Corporation’s compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable and the result of arm’s length negotiations; and

2.

Whether contractual arrangements with providers of goods or services conform to written policies, are properly recorded, reflect reasonable payments for goods or services, and further tax-exempt purposes.

In conducting its periodic reviews, the Board of Directors may in its discretion engage outside advisors, but the Board of Directors shall at all times retain responsibility for ensuring that periodic reviews are conducted.

ARTICLE IX Due Diligence Each Director, Officer, and Key Employee shall undertake reasonable due diligence to determine whether he or she has an Individual Interest before taking any corporate action to which this Policy applies. To promote and assist in the exercise of such due diligence, staff of the Corporation shall, prior to each meeting of the Board or of a Committee, distribute a copy of

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the agenda that is to be considered at the upcoming meeting. Each Director, Officer, and Key Employee that will participate in such meeting shall review the agenda in advance of the meeting, and shall conduct such inquiries as may be reasonably necessary under the circumstances to determine whether he or she has an Individual Interest in one or more Proposed Transactions included on the agenda. With regard to having an ownership or investment interest in a Business Entity that may derive a Material Benefit from a Proposed Transaction, a Director, Officer, or Key Employee may fulfill the due diligence requirement by reviewing records in his or her possession that relate to his or her direct investments in stock or other equity interests. A Director, Officer, or Key Employee is not required to obtain or to review records relating to his or her direct or indirect investments in stock or other equity interests: (a) managed by a third party; or (b) held in a mutual fund or similar investment vehicle; or (c) owned by or through a business; or (d) owned by a Family Member.

ARTICLE X Violations of Conflict of Interest Policy 1.

The failure of a Director, Officer, or Key Employee to disclose an Individual Interest of such Director, Officer, or Key Employee that was known by or that with reasonable due diligence should have been known by such Director, Officer, or Key Employee shall constitute a violation of this Policy. The solicitation or acceptance of an individual benefit in violation of the prohibition imposed by Article V shall also constitute a violation of this Policy.

2.

If the Board has reasonable cause to believe that a Director, Officer, or Key Employee has committed a violation of this Policy, the Board shall inform such person of the basis for such belief and afford such person an opportunity to explain the alleged violation. If, after hearing the response of such person and making such further investigation as may be warranted under the circumstances, the Board determines that such person has in fact violated this Policy, the Board shall take appropriate action. In the case of an Officer or Key Employee, such action may include appropriate disciplinary or corrective action, including but not limited to removal of such Officer or termination of the employment of such Key Employee. In the case of a Director, such action may include removal of such Director, if such removal is approved by the Board in accordance with the provisions for removal of a Director that are contained in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

3.

A Director, Officer, or Key Employee who in good faith conducts reasonable due diligence to determine whether he or she has an Individual Interest in a Proposed Transaction and who, despite such reasonable due diligence, fails to discover an existing Individual Interest shall be deemed not to have violated this Policy even where it is later determined that he or she participated in the consideration or implementation of the Proposed Transaction with respect to which he or she had the undiscovered Individual Interest.

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Appendix A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DISCLOSURE FORM The undersigned person, who is a Director/Officer/Key Employee of The Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated (the “Corporation”), hereby confirms that the undersigned has read and does understand the Corporation’s Conflict of Interest Policy and has received a copy of such Policy for present and future reference.

The undersigned agrees to take appropriate action with respect thereto, including initiative in disclosing activities, interests or relationships wherever an actual or potential conflict may exist, and to otherwise comply in all respects with the Conflict of Interest Policy.

Consistent with the foregoing, the undersigned makes the following disclosure in accordance with applicable reporting responsibilities (if none, please write “NONE”.)

Name: Signature: Date:

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FUNDING TALENT for NEW COLLAR JOBS in a COVID19 WORLD Eastern Triad Workforce Development Initiative Six Pilot Career Academies Ready for School, Ready for Life Early Childhood Disruptor Initiative First Launch Capital Fund POLICY CHANGES FOR NEW COLLAR JOBS in a COVID19 WORLD Support Guilford County Local Option Sales Tax Flexibility Correct Fulfillment Facilites’ Sales Tax Exemption Statute Six Pilot Career Academies MEGASITE and OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES Greensboro-Randolph Megasite Infrastructure Making North Carolina a Global Aviation Center WE ALSO SUPPORT High Point Market

Transportation

Guilford County Comprehensive Mental Health Center

Downtown Revitalization as Economic Development Strategy

Expand Health Coverage Solutions

Education

Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG)

Infrastructure for Jobs

FUNDING PRIORITY 1: EASTERN TRIAD WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (ETWI) ETWI is a business-led, 6-10-year pilot public-private partnership between 24 workforce development agencies in Alamance, Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham Counties. Begun in 2017, it has already become a national model for overhauling workforce development programming. In Phase 1 we first built the partnership and carefully planned for the best ROI. Then we delivered more than we promised with your $3.2M FY18/19 implementation grant and the other $12.6M it leveraged from private sources. The comprehensive, professional communications campaign generated 1100+ leads and 4M impressions, successfully raising awareness, acceptance and participation in New Collar Career paths. Programs delivered 200-400% increases in teacher, company and youth and adult worker participation in innovative, effective training strategies. All ETWI elements are scalable, replicable, and being shared across the state. In 2019, because ETWI was now a proven model for success, H966 provided $9M in biennial funding to continue and expand program efforts. Without that funding, we face severe cuts and eliminations of otherwise essential programs. And we lose momentum and hardwon trust in New Collar Careers.

Yet ETWI is more important in a COVID-19 economy than ever. Workforce development programming – always essential – is crucial to responding to the pandemic in the short term, and to ensure economy recovery and emergence into a new 21st Century reality. Soundly established and business-led, ETWI is uniquely situated to pivot nimbly to address the myriad needs of employers and workers in the COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 environments. Businesses are modifying practices due to COVID-19, so returning workers will have to be retrained. COVID-19-displaced workers need assistance to choose and transition to in-demand occupations with higher wages. Entirely new businesses, services, products and jobs are being developed (such as COVID-19 testing). Workers and employers alike need new or adapted programming. Both workplaces and workforce development delivery must change, adapting to more virtual technology and new workplace safety standards.

COVID-19 RESPONSE ($4.5M now, $4.5M 2nd year) – Shift programs to create opportunities, with particular emphasis on training and upskilling over 6500 displaced and incumbent adult workers for the changing needs of over 100 businesses in in-demand industries:

1. On the Job Training: for new workers.

2. Incumbent Worker Training: skill-enhancements for changed work environments.

3. Occupational Skills Training: training and credentials needed to change careers in a post-

pandemic environment.

• Fast Track Certificate Programs through Community Colleges

• Industry Professionals to teach at community colleges

• Access to transportation and technology such as computers and hot spots

4. Career Exploration for workers from industries hardest hit by COVID-19.

• Virtual Labs to promote career pathways, Job Readiness Coaching and Job Fairs

5. Expand comprehensive professional Communications campaign with revised focus on

COVID-19 displaced and under-employed workers.

6. Education, counseling and recruiting and other outreach strategies aimed at COVID-19-

impacted workers and businesses, students, parents, and teachers

7. Service to higher-wage sectors with post-covid19 labor shortages like IT, Cyber-security, Aviation, Healthcare, Logistics, Construction, Advanced Manufacturing and Service

Technicians

8. Continue Youth Apprenticeship programs that also supply current workers

9. Expand pilot Middle School Career Discovery to all 29,000 students at all 40 middle

schools (leverages $3.5M in volunteer value)

10. And perhaps most important, maintain ETWI’s momentum; hard-won trust in “new

collar” career paths; and NC’s competitive edge, because states that win, keep, and grow

transformational employers offer extraordinary workforce development programming.

FUNDING PRIORITY 2: SIX PILOT CAREER ACADEMIES HB966’s grant of $3M FY19/21 has become time-sensitive AND is in INCREASED AND URGENT DEMAND DUE TO COVID19. The grant supplements another $3M+ in local funding to cover unique, $6M+ need: mission-critical industry-standard equipment, technology, and materials that are not statutorily funded. They must be acquired and installed in FY20/21 for workforce training to continue. Otherwise the 6 Pilot Career Academies face significant scale-backs that endanger results.

In this pandemic environment, the already strong demand for CTE programming in our schools will sharply increase as businesses scramble for trained workers, and students seek in-demand, good-wage career paths. CTE programming will also evolve, with training for new occupations and more training done virtually and at jobsites. Guilford County Schools and its partners are pivoting now to respond to the new demands of COVID-19 realities.

After careful study with the business community, as a partner in Eastern Triad Workforce Development Initiative, and as a key element of its new Facilities Master Plan, Guilford County Schools is overhauling CTE programming with innovative, cluster-targeted Career Academies at all high schools. The first 6 opened this year to very high interest: 817 applications for about 240 1st-year slots in Advanced Manufacturing, Computer Science, Biomedical Technology, and Transportation/Distribution/Logistics. Career academies offer rigorous programming that leads to credentials and degrees.

(The following pilot Regulatory Relief is also desperately necessary:

• “Charter/restart/private school” flexibility to engage experts in classrooms • Public-private partnership options to pay for buildings, technology and equipment

• Openness to latitude in various policies in a covid19 world.

FUNDING PRIORITY 3: READY FOR SCHOOL/READY FOR LIFE EARLY CHILDHOOD DISRUPTOR INITIATIVE In this pandemic the early childcare and education industry is collapsing, in part because it has been operating on unsustainable business and service models for decades. Over 30% of childcare centers will not likely re-open. This is a significant, immediate challenge for families and businesses alike… and a unique opportunity. Our Ready for School, Ready for Life” (Ready/Ready) pilot is perfectly positioned to immediately reimagine and rebuild the industry on a more sustainable model, taking a COVID-19 environment into account. Further, there is a COVID-19-related amplified need for the planned integrated data system so health and human services organizations and nonprofits can get and share information to better support families, and address gaps in community services.

Ready/Ready was developed because by age 3, 80% of brain development is over - the foundation for all future learning - and success or failure in adulthood. But we know these early years aren’t going well for about half of NC (47%) and Guilford County (55%) children because they aren’t reaching the 2 key developmental milestones for life-long success: being ready for kindergarten, and then reading at grade level by grade 3. This spells failure for NC’s 21st Century citizens, economy and social services costs.

Ready/Ready is a nationally unique public/private partnership of several Guilford County-area private funders, schools and universities. They have invested $7M to develop a rigorous, empirical approach using innovative practices to transform the early childhood support system. The program is so strong the Duke Endowment/Blue Meridien Group selected Ready/Ready for one of only two $100M investments in US pilot programs. Together we will invest over $107M to ensure extraordinary outcomes in cognitive and social-emotional development, and industry success in a post-COVID-19 world.

Promising extraordinary societal and economic ROI for NC, Ready/Ready serves both urban and rural populations, is replicable across the state and nation, and is critical to helping the industry, families and businesses rebound from the pandemic; for building a strong economy in Guilford County and North Carolina; and for preparing our youngest citizens for life-long success.

To ensure success, WE NEED THE FOLLOWING FROM THE STATE – ONLY ABOUT 7% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST: $808,000 TO SUPPLEMENT $37M PHASE 1 FUNDS - for a 3-year pilot at 8 early childhood centers to implement UNCG’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment Model Work Standards. The pilots will improve the quality of care and education and develop a model for statewide implementation. The Center will lead and resource rigorous criteria, assessment, coaching, refinements and replication to 112 teachers, 8 administrators and 890 of NC’s youngest citizens and families. (FY20/21 or before, through NCDHHS) TO SECURE $70M PHASE 2 Duke/Blue Meridien FUNDS - $1M annually over 6 years ($6M total) for DATA ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGY - We’ll build, test, improve and perfect an Amazon-level integrated data system necessary to enable empirical analysis and decision-making, and fix a disjointed service landscape that frustrates providers, families and futures. ($1M FY20/21 or before, through NCDHHS)

FUNDING PRIORITY 4: FIRST LAUNCH CAPITAL FUND ACCESS TO CAPITAL for ENTREPRENEURS North Carolina lacks one major economic development tool that will be even more important in a post-COVID-19 world: a venture capital seed fund. Without local seed capital, promising startups companies are forced to leave NC or slow growth. Now there are dramatic increases for some services and products; new businesses and services are being created in response to the pandemic; and displaced workers will strike out on their own.

A national challenge, states like OH, OR and OK get good ROIs by funding well-run early-stage seed funds. We have created a NC solution: First Launch Capital Fund (FLCF) • The Triad program needs $2.5M non-recurring state funds as a 1:1 match to $2.5M private

funds of ($1.5M in FY20/21 and $1M in FY21/22) to address the minimum $5M pre-COVID-19

qualified, pent-up demand in the Triad alone.

• With higher funding, we can immediately expedite the creation of a strong NC program.

First Launch Capital Fund (FLCF) is an innovative seed-stage capital fund:

• Serves qualified startups with high-growth potential

• Recipients are required to locate here

• Rigorous vetting and oversight process run by qualified experts

• Makes Equity-like investments and loans

• Will be a self-sustaining “evergreen” fund

• Will bolster State tax revenues

• So far has $790K, 58 applicants, 16 vetted, 4 in-process, 3 funded in the program, in Guilford,

Forsyth and Alamance Counties

• Is refined and replicable across the state BREAKING NEWS! On April 28th, the “Triad Business Journal” reported that Winston-Salem cybersecurity firm ThreatSketch LLC … received a second investment from First Launch Capital Fund, a seed-stage venture fund based in the Triad. Rob Arnold, ThreatSketch founder and CEO, …was not short on praise for First Launch and the Triad capital ecosystem. “They are kind of a bright star in that they are continuing to look for investment opportunities, which is pretty cool because to be honest, most of the small angel and individual investors are holding back,” Arnold said. “…as a result of the Covid crisis,…every company in the country has had an immediate digital transformation to their business model….To put some numbers around it, just in ransomware alone, we have seen a 150% increase in ransomware attacks in just these first few weeks of the COVID crisis,” Arnold said.

“The Fund was a missing link for the Triad start-up space. I am thrilled with how many exciting and innovative companies have come forward in search of funding. We are starting to see startups from outside the Triad consider moving their operations to take advantage of Launch Greensboro’s programming and an investment from the Fund,” said Clifford Thompson, First Launch Capital Fund Board member.

POLICY CHANGES FOR NEW COLLAR JOBS in a COVID19 WORLD POLICY PRIORITY 1: SUPPORT GUILFORD COUNTY LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FLEXIBILITY Guilford County needs authority for a 1/2 cent local sales tax that can be legally purposedesignated, with ballot language specific to the purpose…NOW more important than ever in a postcovid19 economy. Our new Comprehensive Facilities Master Plan (FMP) proposes a visionary overhaul of Guilford County Public Schools facilities into economic development infrastructure for our postcovid19 reality and the 21st Century economy. (Pre-covid19, it would provide $38M annual funding critical for the $2B FMP costs.)

POLICY PRIORITY 2: CORRECT FULFILLMENT FACILITIES’ SALES TAX EXEMPTION STATUTE

so it applies to contractors in addition to their owner/clients…especially important during covid19 economic struggles. Some exempt items must be bought and handled by special licensees and/or the installer.

POLICY PRIORITY 3: SIX PILOT CAREER ACADEMIES – Policy Relief As previously mentioned, Guilford County Schools is overhauling CTE programming with innovative, cluster-targeted Career Academies at all high schools, the first 6 opening this year to very high demand. In a post-pandemic world, the already strong demand for CTE programming in our schools will sharply increase. CTE programming will also evolve, with training for new occupations and more training done virtually and at jobsites. Guilford County Schools and its partners are pivoting now to respond to the new demands of COVID-19 realities.

Besides the funding for equipment and technology, the following Pilot Regulatory Relief is also desperately necessary:

• “Charter/restart/private school” flexibility to engage experts in classrooms • Public-private partnership options to pay for buildings, technology and equipment

• Openness to latitude in various policies in a COVID-19 world.

MEGASITE and OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES GREENSBORO-RANDOLPH MEGASITE INFRASTRUCTURE Your past bold action helped make the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite a serious, global contender for transformational prospects. To further strengthen its competitiveness and to speed COVID-19 recession recovery:

• Support infrastructure needs at the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite as they arise, including

the eventual $30M relocation of the transmission line from the middle to the outer edge of

the site.

• Reactivate, fund, and/or create an official “rapid response” protocol for DOC’s Site Infrastructure Development Fund to eliminate “site readiness” as a negative for NC sites.

MAKING NORTH CAROLINA A GLOBAL AVIATION CENTER With unique logistics infrastructure, an aviation Megasite and a substantial, existing aviation cluster, NC’s Triad is ideally suited to be a global center of both emerging and conventional aviation jobs sectors.

Here is how we start winning NC’s rightful place at the top, and speed covid19 recession recovery: A. Secure HB966’s increased, recurring funds for Commercial Service Airports.

B. Apply the sales and use tax exemption on aviation parts to parts for all aircraft 2K+ pounds takeoff weight (TOW), not just 9-15K and 100K+ pounds TOW. Our companies are losing $millions to other states that provide such exemptions.

C. Make the Triad home to HB966’s $1.5M study of emerging UAV sector D. Recognize the Triad as the official headquarters of NC’s aviation cluster E. Support NC’s Global Center of Aviation Excellence in the Triad F. Streamline Community College recruiting of students from other counties and states G. Modernize the Triad Inland Port’s antiquated infrastructure and technology H. Continue strong support of Piedmont Triad International Airport and its 1,000-acre Aviation/ Aerospace Megasite.

WE ALSO SUPPORT HIGH POINT MARKET Continue to support recurring annual funds of $2,955,472 for transportation and marketing, critical to maintaining the $6.73B economic impact in NC and global dominance. Even with the cancellation of the 2020 spring market, about 3/4 of this year’s funds had already been put to good use, and new COVID-19 needs are arising now.

GUILFORD COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER Secure HB966’s $7.7M and add $2.3M for a total of $10M (1:1 match to local $10M) for a first-ofits-kind, “one-stop-shop” behavioral health center that offers more cost-effective, efficient and successful care, separated from pandemic care. This revolutionary new model is replicable elsewhere in NC and the US. EXPAND HEALTH COVERAGE SOLUTIONS Support businesses by expanding health coverage through Medicaid expansion or other appropriate options for NC. JOB DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT GRANT (JDIG) Continue to strengthen the State’s key economic development tool by eliminating JDIG’s cap and sunset.

TRANSPORTATION Support the 2013 Strategic Transportation Investments law, and key area road improvements: Lexington Avenue Gateway, Sandy Ridge Road (I-40 to Market Street), and US-70 widening to Burlington.

DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Your 2017 $1.5M matching grant for Congdon Yards (High Point 365) has leveraged over $35M to serve home furnishings entrepreneurs, innovators, and makers in a Small-Scale Manufacturing center that includes the US’s first prototype production facilities. Be open to other opportunities to complement 15+ exciting public/private projects in downtown Greensboro and High Point.

EDUCATION Support funding for NC’s educational system at every level: pre-K-12, community colleges, and universities, including UNCG and NC A&T, which are vital to educating North Carolina’s workforce.

INFRASTRUCTURE FOR JOBS Support policies and investments in roads, rail, airports, seaports, intermodal facilities, advanced telecommunications, and information technology.