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Environment
- Dr. Peter Bates, Executive Director of Forest Stewards and Director of WCU’s Natural Resource Conservation and Management Program
- Brent Martin, Southern Appalachia Regional Director of The Wilderness Society
- Julie Mayfield, Co-Director of Mountain True
- Sharon Fouts Taylor, Executive Director of the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee
- Bob Wagner, Co-Director of Mountain True
- Moderated by Dr. Jay Gerlach, Director of WCU’s Masters of Public Affairs Program
Creative Arts
- Suzanne Fetcher, President & CEO of the McColl Center for Art + Innovation
- Beth Fields, Executive Director Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center
- Thomas “Yona” Wade Waidsutte, Director of the Chief Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center
- Chris Beacham, Senior Director of Creative Economies at the North Carolina Arts Council
- Moderated by Dr. George Brown, Dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts
Tourism
- Stephanie Brown, Executive Director, Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Chris Cavanaugh, President, Magellan Strategy Group
- Betty Huskins, Executive Director, Smoky Mountain Host
- Tommy Jenkins, Executive Director, Macon Co. Economic Development Commission
- Ed Phillips, Executive Director, Burke Co. Tourism Development Authority
- Ryan Sherby, Executive Director, Southwestern Commission
- Moderated by Dr. Steve Morse, Economist and Director, WCU’s Hospitality and Tourism Program
Innovation & Technology
- Dr. Tony Baldwin, Superintendent of Buncombe County Schools
- Susan Harper, Executive Director of the Asheville Community Theatre
- Ted Pate, Co-founder of Dig Local
- Steven Schain, President, Spectra3D Technologies
- Allen Ray, CEO and owner of Simply-Home.
- Moderated by Dr. Edward Wright, Director of WCU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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