 Join
Host Dean Linke and RTRP President and CEO Charles Hayes
for an in-depth look at regional economic growth and competitiveness
on State Government Radio, Wednesdays at 7:24 a.m.
on AM 570 WDNZ.
October 18, 2006
MeadWestvaco Puts Knowledge to Work at NC State
Guest: Jack Goldfrank, President, MeadWestvaco Center for Packaging Innovation
October 11, 2006
RDU Contributes $12.6 Billion to Region's Economy
Guest: Teresa Damiano, Marketing Director, RDU International Airport Authority
October 4, 2006
Recruiting High-Tech Companies to the Region's Rural Areas
Guest: Whitney Touch, Executive Vice President, Corneal Science Corporation
September 27, 2006
Cluster Networks Spark Innovation & Business Opportunities
September 20, 2006
Unique Partnership Creates Prime Opportunity to Expand in Moore County
Guest: Ed Lewis, President, Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Company
September 13, 2006
Triangle Tomorrow: Ensuring a World Class Quality of Life
Guest: Roger Perry, President, East-West Partners and Chairman of Triangle Tomorrow
September 6, 2006
Seeding Entrepreneurial Companies
Guest: Dave Rizzo, President & CEO, NC IDEA
August 30, 2006
NCEDA Chair Looks Ahead
Guest: Ronnie Goswick, Director, Franklin County Economic Development Commission, 2006-2007 Chair of the North Carolina Economic Developers Association
August 23, 2006
Fidelity Announces Major Expansion, 2000 Jobs
Guest: Don Haile, Senior Vice President & Site Manager, Fidelity NC
August 16, 2006
Novartis Announces $267.5 Million Flu Vaccine Plant
Guest: John Vavricka, President, Commercial Operations for the Americas, Novartis
August 9, 2006
World Trade Center North Carolina Reopens to Guide Region's Global Strategy
August 2, 2006
Greczyn Chairs RTRP Board
Guest: Robert J. Greczyn Jr., President & CEO, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina
July 26, 2006
Enhancing Rural Competitiveness
Guest: The Honorable Lucy Allen, N.C. House of Representatives, District 49
July 19, 2006
JetBlue Airways Launches RDU Service
Guest: Todd Burke, Vice President Corporate Relations, JetBlue
July 12, 2006
Growing Biofuels and Industrial Biotechnology Clusters
Guest: Dr. Maria Rapoza, Vice President, Science and Technology Development Program, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
July 5, 2006
Regional Business Leaders Pursue Federal Legislative Agenda
Guest: John McKinney, Director of Corporate and External Affairs, BellSouth
June 28, 2006
Venture Funding for New Business Creation
Guest: Monica Doss, President, Council for Entrepreneurial Development
June 21, 2006
Transitioning the Workforce to New Economy Jobs
Guest: Vincent Gilreath, Director, Kerr-Tar Region Workforce Development
June 14, 2006
Tourism Agencies Act to Support Staying on Top Plan
Guest: Reyn Bowman, President and CEO, Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau
June 6, 2006
Recruiting Danish Investment
Guest: Charlotte Kirk Elkjaer, Project Manager, Danish-American Business Forum
May 31, 2006
Region Booms in 2005, Competitiveness Strategy Yields Results
Guest: Jim Roberson, Chair, Research Triangle Regional Partnership
May 24, 2006
Fueling Innovation and High-Growth Companies
Guest: Sam Taylor, President, North Carolina Entrepreneurial Association
May 17, 2006
Regional Business Leaders Set State Legislative Agenda
Guest: John Powell, Owner of Powell Properties, Chair of the Regional Legislative Agenda Team, Member of Research Triangle Regional Partnership Board of Directors
May 10, 2006
Air Service Expands to Meet Regional Business Needs
Guest: Teresa Damiano, Marketing Director, Raleigh-Durham International Airport
May 3, 2006
Duke University & Economic Development
Guest: MaryAnn Black, Associate Vice President, Community Affairs, Duke University Health System
April 26, 2006
NCCU and Economic Development
Guest: Dr. James H. Ammons, Chancellor, North Carolina Central University
April 19, 2006
Campbell University & Economic Development
Guest: Dr. Bill Taylor, Director of the PharmD/MS Clinical Research Program, School of Pharmacy, Campbell University
April 12, 2006
Ensuring
Global Preemince in Life Sciences
Guest:
Pete Pellerito, PMP Public Affairs Consulting
April
5, 2006
UNC-Chapel Hill & Economic Development
Guest: Dr. Mark Crowell, Associate Vice Chancellor for Economic Development & Technology Transfer, UNC-Chapel Hill
March 29, 2006
NC State University and Economic Development
Guest: Dr. David Winwood, Associate Vice Chancellor for Technology Development and Innovation, North Carolina State University
March 22, 2006
NC China Center Opens
Guest: Dr. Lian Xie, Volunteer Executive Director, NC China Center
March 15, 2006
Issues Facing NC Businesses
Guest: John Atkins, President, O'Brien/Atkins and 2007 Chair-Elect, NC Citizens for Business and Industry
March 8, 2006
RTP Sets New Strategic Direction
Guest: Rick Weddle, President & CEO, Research Triangle Foundation
March 1, 2006
Foreign Trade Zones
Guest: Duane Long, Chairman, Longistics
Feb. 22, 2006
Accessing Asia Opportunities
Guest: Rick Weddle, President & CEO, Research Triangle Foundation
Feb. 15, 2006
Region Launches New International Strategy
Feb. 8, 2006
Delta Launches Non-Stop West Coast Service
Guest: John Brantley, Director, RDU International Airport
Feb 1, 2006
Promoting Global Relations
Guest: Todd Culpepper, Executive Director, International Affairs Council
Jan. 25, 2006
Expanding Globally: Challenges and Opportunities
Guest: Carol Conway, Deputy Director, Southern Growth Policies Board
Jan. 18, 2006
Reaching Out for International Investment
Guest: William G. Pappas, Partner, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Jan. 11, 2006
Lee County: Growing through Innovation
Guest: Bob Heuts, President, Lee County Economic Development Commission
Jan. 4, 2006
Staying On Top 2006: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Dec. 28, 2005
Leveraging Higher Education to Promote Economic Development
Guest: Kelly Huffstetler, Director of Economic Development Initiatives, University of North Carolina
Dec. 21, 2005
RBC Centura Relocates Headquarters to Raleigh
Guest: Scott Custer, CEO, RBC Centura
Dec. 14, 2005
Barnes Takes Helm at Durham Chamber
Guest: Libby Barnes, President & CEO, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
Dec. 7, 2005
Kerr-Tar
Counties Approve Landmark Agreement to Jointly Develop
Hub
Guest:
Danny Wright, Vance County Commissioner and
Chairman of the Kerr-Tar Regional Economic Development
Corporation
Nov.
30, 2005
Survey: RTRP
Among Nation's Best Recruitment Programs
Guest:
Don Iannone, Publisher, Economic Development
Futures Web Journal
Nov.
23, 2005
Precision
Marketing: Turning Higher Education Assets into Jobs
and Opportunity
Guest:
Ken Atkins, Executive Director, Wake County
Economic Development
Nov.
16. 2005
Winning
Strategies: Research Triangle Region Ranks Best for
Business
Guest:
Ted Levine, Chairman & Founder, Development
Counsellors International
Nov.
9. 2005
Leveraging
Key Contacts: The Region's Denmark Strategy
Guest:
John Atkins, President, O'Brien/Atkins
Nov.
2, 2005
IBM
Celebrates 40 Years with Wireless Center, Service Projects
Guest:
Diedre Lenderking, Radio Fequency Identification
Solutions Manager, IBM
Oct.
26, 2005
Leveraging
Defense and Technology Assets for Job Creation
Guest:
Joan Myers, President & CEO, North Carolina
Technology Association
Oct.
19, 2005
Workforce
Development and Job Creation
Guest:
Tom White, Director of the Division of Employment
and Training at the North Carolina Department of Commerce
Oct.
12, 2005
Mobilizing
Transportation Services to Move Commerce Forward
Guest:
Joe Milazzo II, Executive Director, Regional
Transportation Alliance
Oct.
5, 2005
Legislative
Wins for Regional Competitiveness
Guest:
Sam Taylor, President, North Carolina Biosciences
Organization
Sept.
28, 2005
NC
Idea: Early-stage Capital to Support to Support Business
Growth
Guest:
David Rizzo, President & CEO, NC Idea
Sept.
21, 2005
Commercial
Real Estate Market: Primed for Business Growth
Guest:
Steve Stroud, Chairman, NAI Carolantic Realty
Sept.
14, 2005
Promoting
Rural Entrepreneurship
Guest:
Leslie Scott, Director, Institute for Rural
Entrepreneurship, North Carolina Rural Economic Development
Center
Sept.
7, 2005
Research
Triangle Capital: Online Access to Sources of Capital
Aug.
31, 2005
Expanding
Air Service to Meet the Needs of Business
Guest:
Teresa Damiano, Marketing Director, Raleigh-Durham
International Airport
Aug.
24, 2005
Ensuring
Quality of Life: Triangle Tomorrow Merges with RTRP
Guest:
Mack Paul, Chairman, Triangle Tomorrow
Aug.
17, 2005
Innovation
to Impact: Supporting Entrepreneurs and New Business
Creation
Guest:
Monica Doss, President, Council for Entrepreneurial
Development
Aug.
10, 2005
Credit
Suisse First Boston: Finding Success in the Research
Triangle Region
Guest:
Jim Captain, Director, Americas Operations/RTP,
Credit Suisse First Boston
Aug.
3, 2005
Staying
on Top Strategy 5: Create Agile Leadership Networks
Guest:
Rick Childrey, President, Smithfield-Selma
Area Chamber of Commerce
July
27, 2005
Staying
on Top Strategy 4: Develop Creative Approaches to Rural
Prosperity
Guest:
Neil Mallory, Executive Director, Kerr-Tar
Regional Council of Governments
July
20, 2005
Staying
on Top Strategy 3: Integrate Higher Education into Economic
Development
Guest:
Molly Broad, President, University of North
Carolina
July
13, 2005
Staying
on Top Strategy 2: Create Jobs through Balanced Economic
Development
Guest:
Jay Tilley, Regional Retentionl & Expansion
Specialist, N.C. Department of Commerce
July
6, 2005
Staying
on Top Strategy 1: Expand Clusters of Innovation
Guest: Kirk Smith, Regional Customized
Training Director, North Carolina Community College
System
June
29, 2005
Business
Advantage Center: Online Tools to Help Local Businesses
Grow
Guest:
Bo Carson, Director of Research, Research Triangle
Regional Partnership
June
22, 2005
Cluster
Networks: Nurturing Relationships, Sparking Innovation
Guest: Peter Young, President & CEO, AlphaVax
June
15, 2005
NC
State's Incubator: Growing New Companies
Guest:
Gene Fornaro, Technology Incubator Director,
NC State University
June
8, 2005
US
Open: Attracting Dollars and Business Prospects for
the Research Triangle Region
June
1, 2005
State
of the Research Triangle Region 2005
Guest:
Jim Roberson, Chairman, Research Triangle Regional
Partnership
May
25, 2005
"High-Tech
Textiles: Shaping the Future, Today"
Guest:
Blan Godfrey, Dean, College of Textiles, N.C.
State University
May
18, 2005
Chatham
County: Paving the Way for Prosperity
Guest:
Tony Tucker, President,
Chatham County Economic Development Corporation
May
11, 2005
Warren
County: Distributing Jobs, Creating Opportunity
Guest:
John Church, Executive Director, Warren County
Economic Development Commission
May
4, 2005
BioNetwork
Capstone Center: Meeting Needs of Workers and Industry
Guests:
Dr. Lin Wu, Dean, North Carolina Community
College System's BioNetwork Capstone Center and Len
Amico, Aseptic Instruction, North Carolina
Community College System's BioNetwork Capstone Center
Apr.
27, 2005
Orange
County: Moving Strategically Forward
Guest:
Dianne Reid, Executive Director, Orange County
Economic Development Commission and Ruffin Slater,
General Manager, Weaver Street Market and Orange County
EDC Chairman
Apr.
20, 2005
Regional
Legislative Agenda, Part III: Transportation
Guest:
Joe Milazzo, Executive Director, Regional Transportation
Alliance
Apr.
13, 2005
Regional
Legislative Agenda, Part II: Incentives
Guest:
Don Donadio, Managing Partner, Womble, Carlyle,
Sandridge & Rice and RTRP Board Member
Apr.
6, 2005
Regional
Legislative Agenda, Part I: Education and Workforce
Development
Guest:
Susan Seymour, Director, BioNetworks for the
N.C. Community College System's Economic and Workforce
Development Office
Mar.
30, 2005
Durham
County: Diversifying with Financial Services
Guest:
Ted Conner, Vice Presient of Economic Development,
Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
Mar.
23, 2005
SBTDC
Management Education Services: Growing Companies, Creating
Jobs
Guest:
Dan Parks, Director, The University of North
Carolina SBTDC Management Education Services
Mar.
16, 2005
Person
County: Business-Friendly Climate, Quality Workforce
Guest:
Glen Newsome, Executive Director, Person County
Economic Development Commission
Mar.
9, 2005
Advanced
Medical Care: Prescription for Growth
Guests:
John Nelms, Director of Existing Industry,
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and Mike
Riddle, President & COO, Sicel Technologies
Mar.
2, 2005
Research
Triangle Park: Setting a Strategy for the Future
Guest:
Rick Weddle, President, Research Triangle Foundation
of North Carolina
Feb.
23, 2005
Johnston
County: Supporting Companies through Workforce Development
Guests:
Chris Johnson, Executive Director, Downtown
Smithfield Development Corp., and Ann Game,
Johnston County Economic Development Representative
and Interim Discovery Room Director for the Johnston
County Workforce Development Center
Feb.
16, 2005
U.S.
Open: Opening Moore County and the Region to the World
Guests:
Ray Ogden, Executive Director, Moore County
Partners in Progress, and Fred Hobbs,
President, Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates, Chair of
Moore County Partners in Progress, member, Research
Triangle Region Board of Directors
Feb.
9, 2005
Lee
County: Nurturing Innovation to Create Jobs
Guests:
Bob Heuts, Director, Lee County Economic Development
Commission and Bill Manning, Manufacturing
Manager, Static Control Components and President of
Lee County Industrial Managers Association
Feb.
2, 2005
Vance
County: Attracting 21st Century Jobs and Opportunity
Guests: Benny Finch, Executive Director.
Vance County Economic Development Corp., and
Terry Garrison, Vance County EDC Board Member,
Dean of Workforce Development at Vance-Granville Community
College, Vance County Commissioner and Research Triangle
Regional Partnership Board Member
Jan.
26, 2005
CertainTeed
Expansion Boosts Granville County Economic Development
Guest:
Leon Turner, Executive Director, Granville
Economic Development Commission
Jan.
19, 2005
Legislative
Outlook for 2005 Session
Guest:
N.C. Rep. Jim Crawford, Appropriations
Committee Chair
Jan.
12, 2005
Harnett
County Economic Development
Guests:
Lee Anne Nance, Director, Harnett County Economic
Development Commission, and Johnson Tilghman,
Chairman, Harnett Forward Together
Jan.
5, 2005
Marketing
the Research Triangle Region: A Five-Year Plan
Guest:
Ronnie Goswick, Director, Franklin County Economic
Development Commission and Chairman, Research Triangle
Region's Regional Advisory Committee
Dec.
29, 2004
Staying
on Top Strategy 5: Create Agile Leadership Networks
Guest:
Rick Childrey, President, Smithfield-Selma
Area Chamber of Commerce
Dec.
22, 2004
Staying
on Top Strategy 4: Develop Creative Approaches to Rural
Prosperity
Guest:
Neil Mallory, Executive Director, Kerr-Tar
Regional Council of Governments
Dec.
15, 2004
Staying
on Top Strategy 3: Integrate Higher Education into Economic
Development
Guest:
Molly Broad, President, University of North
Carolina
Dec.
8, 2004
Staying
on Top Strategy 2: Create Jobs through Balanced Economic
Development
Guest:
Jay Tilley, Regional Retention & Expansion
Specialist, N.C. Department of Commerce
Dec.
1, 2004
Staying
on Top Strategy 1: Expand Clusters of Innovation
Guest: Kirk Smith, Regional Customized
Training Director, NC Community College System
Nov.
24, 2004
Staying
on Top Plan for Regional Economic Development
Nov.
17, 2004
Wake
County Contributes $1.3 Million for Regional Economic
Development
Guest:
Harvey Schmitt, President & CEO, Greater
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Nov.
10, 2004
Targeted Recruitment Expands
Clusters of Innovation
Nov.
3, 2004
Election Impact on Regional
Economic Development
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