Introducing the Leadership Triangle Regional 2021 Goodmon Fellows
Welcoming 15 new Alumni into our Goodmon Fellow community.
This fall, Leadership Triangle’s Regional program returned to discover the current challenges our region faces and how leaders address them. These 15 Triangle leaders spent seven hours every other week for 4 months developing leadership skills while connecting with 40+ other key leaders that are making the region a place where all can thrive. In this post, we uplift their spirits, their passions, and their work. We celebrate the commitment and courage that it takes to discover the inner workings of the Triangle and make it better for us all. We hope you all will connect with and support them as they join our alumni community of 900+ Goodmon Fellows positively impacting the Triangle through their leadership.
Angel Brown is a Durham resident, former educator, former Duke athlete, a person of faith, wife, mom, sister, and granddaughter. Committed to asking honest questions and passionate about seeing people and communities thrive, Angel brings her skill set of storytelling, shifting power, and reimagining systems to create change for Neighborhood Impact at United Way of the Triangle.
Anjanette Miller is the Executive Director for Audacity Labs, an ecosystem for youth focused on democratizing entrepreneurship through semester-long accelerators, Hackathons, summer camps and Pitch competitions. Paired with near-peer coaches and professional mentors, students can explore human-centered design thinking as well as secure the support needed to develop their own business ventures. Anjanette is also an educational consultant, an entrepreneur, and an optimistic dreamer. She’s been fortunate in her career to align her personal and professional values and be an active force in removing barriers from youth accessing educational and economic opportunities.
Chris Herndon is a proud (and relatively new) North Carolinian by choice. He serves as chief operating officer of the United Way of the Greater Triangle, helping to better align mission, strategy, and stakeholder engagement to achieve long-term sustainable impact. Chris lives in Cary with his wife Ashley.
Donna Clark is a Business Economist with over twenty years’ experience in the fields of electric and natural gas public utilities and environmental economics consulting. Committed to giving back to the community she lives in, Donna has served on over a dozen education and local government boards and committees in Indiana and Virginia including curriculum, redistricting, parks, youth sports, planning, and redevelopment. She was also elected a two-term school board member in Noblesville, Indiana. Having moved back to Durham in 2018, Donna is using her Leadership Triangle experience as a springboard into local involvement as well as a career change into academic advising for students including student-athletes.
Elisabeth Harper Wiener’s work life was spent in brand management for major consumer packages goods companies including Procter & Gamble, RJRNabisco, Nestle and PepsiCo. Now, she’s become a serial volunteer being active on Durham’s Housing Appeals Board, Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Authority, The Sheriff’s Community Advisory Board, Durham Arts Council Board, The Rotary Club of Durham Board and the Advisory Council for AmeriCorps RSVP program.
Elizabeth O’Quinn is Head of Development Operations and External Affairs for Teach For America North Carolina. Her corner of the Triangle is the one-flashing-light town of Cedar Grove in northern Orange County where she lives with her husband Jason, two sons (JP and Bennett), a couple of dogs and a barn cat; she has lived in Durham and Wake Counties too and has deep love for this region and its people. Elizabeth believes every kid in the Old North State deserves access to an excellent education that prepares them for the great big future that awaits us all. And she works each day to make that a little more true with the leaders of Teach For America who are working in classrooms and across sectors. She’s been known to see The Avett Brothers in concert a time or two (ok, 18 times) and is a lifelong Devil with a Blue Dress On (#goDuke). She also was a 2018 Goodmon Fellow (Transforming Leaders) and now serves as a peer coach through Leadership Triangle.
Kendra Hill-Hogg is a Strategic Account Manager for WRAL-TV and WRAL.com Digital Solutions. She shepherds local businesses through the shifting media landscape; helping them to craft advertising and marketing campaigns that deliver results oriented goals. Kendra provides value to her clients through her attention to detail, responsiveness, marketing prowess, and 25-years of market experience.
Nastacia Pereira is a Research Specialist in the UNC Center for Health Equity Research and founder of a fledgling social enterprise called the Empowrd Collective. Their passions converge at the intersection of public health, storytelling, community building, and belonging. Connect with them on LinkedIn to learn more about their aspirations or to share the best places to get coffee, brunch, or ice cream in the Triangle!
Petar Bojovic is a Technical manager with over 19 years of experience in developing and operating information technology solutions.
Ronnie Parker is a Program Manager for Diversity and Community Engagement and Commercial Market DEI Lead for Blue Cross NC. He is passionate about listening, bringing awareness, and taking action to address the needs of underserved and underprivileged communities
Shaun McAndrew is a Navy Veteran and the Vice President of Business Development at The Service Design Group. Shaun honed her leadership skills as a helicopter pilot and Commanding Officer in the U.S. Navy before diving headfirst into conveying the stories that build business relationships and create as-a-service transformations.
Sonia Frischemeier has over two decades of cross-functional, nonprofit experience in fund development, partner relationship management, and operational management. She joined MENTOR North Carolina in January 2021, after spending five years as the Director of Operations at Boomerang Youth. Prior to joining Boomerang, Sonia was a nonprofit consultant focusing on project and program management, and fundraising. She began her career in international development, working for the International Trade Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Sonia has a Masters in International Relations and Economics from Webster University.
Tamara Holmes Brothers, Ph.D. serves as the Deputy Director of the North Carolina Arts Council. Dr. Brothers executes the design, development, and implementation of agency programs as well as recommends policies that realize the agency’s mission of “arts for all people”. A transformational leader, Dr. Brothers’ experience is multifaceted in the areas of fine & performing arts, museum management, DEAI, non-profit governance, and higher education leadership.
