2019 Annual PTP Breakfast Briefing
Photo Credit: Chelsea Parker
Here is the link to Secretary Trogdon’s presentation – PTP 2.19.19_Trogdon PPT
Piedmont Triad Partnership hosted its annual breakfast on February 19, 2019 at Grandover Resort and Conference Center in Greensboro, NC.
President Janet Spriggs, Forsyth Technical Community College ; and, Vice President Quentin Johnson, GTCC Student Support Services
CEO & President Stan Kelly, Piedmont Triad Partnership, welcomed guests to the 2nd Annual PTP Breakfast Briefing.
President Nido Qubein, High Point University, serves as co-chairman of the PTP Board of Directors. Dr. Qubein gave brief remarks, including updates about the Carolina Core.
Chancellor Harold L. Martin, Sr., North Carolina A&T, serves on the PTP board. Dr. Martin introduced President Peter Hans, North Carolina Community Colleges System.
President Hans “highlighted the urgent need to accelerate the delivery of high-quality education to an increasingly diverse and growing population to ensure North Carolina’s future economic competitiveness. “
Jim Melvin, president, The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, serves as vice chairman of the PTP Board. Mr. Melvin thanked Mr. Hans and introduced Secretary Jim Trogdon, N.C. Department of Transportation.
Secretary Trogdon “discussed how he and his team at NCDOT are accelerating projects, like Carolina Core, and streamlining delivery to meet the transportation needs of our growing region and state.”
Louis DeJoy, president, LDJ Global Strategies, LLC, and PTP board member; President Phyllis Dawkins, Bennett College; Dr. Martin; and, several of the over 100 business, education, community and political leaders who attended this year’s Breakfast Briefing.