March is Women’s History Month, a time for society to collectively take a moment to appreciate the progress and contributions of women in both the public and private spheres. As we.
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CHARLOTTE – A southeastern venture conference traditionally held in Atlanta is broadening their presenter recruitment efforts, launching a workshop series that will be held in cities across the region, including ones in Raleigh and Charlotte.
Venture Atlanta says in a statement that in order for greater diversity to be reflected on the event’s presentation stage, it believed it needed to widen the applicant pool, receiving applications from a more diverse set of founders.
Women and founders of color were 38% of the presenters in the organization’s 2020 conference.
Black founders receive less than one percent of all venture capital funding, and women founders receive less than 3% of all venture capital funding.
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(Top row, from left to right) Bill Cameron, Stedman Stevens, Cedric Dickerson, Michele Holbrook; (middle row) Spence Broadhurst, Dr. Virginia Adams, Chris Boney, Dr. Patrick Maguire; (bottom row) David Sprunt, Hannah Gage. Not pictured: Shannon Winslow.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY The entire 11-member board of the newfound New Hanover Community Endowment, Inc. nonprofit has been named, with board members recently conducting their first meeting.
The endowment is tasked with managing $1.25 billion the lion’s share of sale proceeds generated by the sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health.
Regulators are currently reviewing the sale in advance of its anticipated closing date, which is expected sometime in the first quarter of 2021.