Wake GPS

Wake GPS Summit 2025 – Agenda Timeline

10:30 AM – Registration Opens & Networking Meet & Greet

11:45 AM – Welcome Remarks

Speakers:

• Bill Zadeits, President, Cherokee Media Group

• Chuck Norman, Owner/Principal, SA Communications

• Kris Schultz, Publisher, Cary Magazine, Main & Broad, LookWest, Wake Living

12:00 PM – Movers & Shakers Awards Luncheon

1:00 PM – Blueprints for Growth: Real Estate Strategies for a Booming Wake County

Moderator:

• Moss Withers, CEO, Principal, Lee & Associates | Raleigh, Durham, Wilmington

Panelists:

• John Powell, President, Phoenix Commercial Properties

• Paul Zarian, Managing Director – Carolinas, Hines

• Skip Hill, Senior Vice President and Raleigh Market Leader, Highwoods

• Jane Doggett, Market Leader, Partner, Foundry Commercial

2:00 PM – Healthy Growth: Scaling Care for a Thriving Wake County

Moderator:

• Senator Gale Adcock

Panelist:

• Donald R. Gintzig, President & CEO, WakeMed

2:45 PM – Networking Break

3:00 PM – Future-Proof Finance: Navigating Risk, Regulation & Innovation in 2026

Panelists:

• Tyler Grodi, President & CEO, Coastal Credit Union

• Jim Hansen, Regional President, Eastern Carolinas and Southeast Territory Executive, PNC

• Laura Bunn, Mid-Atlantic Regional President, First Horizon Bank

• Jonathan Taylor, Regional President – Triangle, Southern First Bank

• Elias Dau, Branch Manager, Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC

3:45 PM – Networking Break

4:00 PM – Destination Wake: How Hospitality & Tourism Fuel Economic Momentum

Moderator:

• Wit Tuttell, Executive Director, Visit North Carolina

Panelists:

• Scott Crawford, Chef/Owner, Crawford Hospitality

• Dennis Edwards, President & CEO, Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau

• Brian Fork, CEO, Hurricanes Holdings, LLC

5:00 PM – Icons Panel

5:30 PM – Evening Reception