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Tammie Hall-Roberts

City of Durham

Tammie Hall-Roberts is an Assistant County Manager for Durham County. She previously led the Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses in the N.C. Department of Administration and served as a U.S. Congressional staffer and policy advisor. Hall-Roberts was honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine as she exited state government, one of the highest accolades awarded by a North Carolina governor for outstanding public service. Hall-Roberts is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Dominion Energy Environmental Council and the Board of Visitors for Elizabeth City State University, as well as an alumna of Leadership NC. She earned her B.S. from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and her Executive M.P.A. from North Carolina Central University.

Nina Szlosberg-Landis

City of Raleigh

Nina Szlosberg-Landis is a civic leader with multiple involvements at all levels of government — local, state and national. Szlosberg-Landis is retired from a profession in communications with more than 25 years of experience in broadcasting, media production, community relations and social advocacy. She served four terms under three Governors as an At-large member of the NC Board of Transportation and was the Board’s first female Vice Chair. While there, she established and chaired the Board’s Environment Planning and Policy Committee, chaired the Board’s Multi-Modal Committee (which included Aviation) and Transit Subcommittee and the Board’s Advanced Technology Committee. Szlosberg-Landis also served on the Triangle Region’s transit authority board, GoTriangle, and on the Transportation Advisory Committee of the Durham, Chapel Hill Carrboro and Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs.) She also served as a director on the board of the North Carolina Railroad Company.

Yesenia Polanco-Galdamez

Durham County

Yesenia Polanco-Galdamez is the Principal Attorney at Polanco Law, P.C., located in Durham. The practice specializes in criminal defense and immigration law with an additional specialty in family law. Yesenia has worked as an immigration attorney for over 15 years, gaining her education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and obtaining her law degree from the University of the District of Columbia, The David A. Clarke School of Law.

Shelley Winters

City of Raleigh

Shelley Winters is a dedicated public servant and lifelong resident of Raleigh, with her family roots tracing back six generations in the city. An alumna of North Carolina A&T State University, she currently serves as a manager in Wake County Human Services, bringing a wealth of experience and a solid commitment to her community. As a communication officer well-versed in county statutes, Shelley has demonstrated her passion for serving North Carolina through roles such as Vice Chair of the City of Raleigh Planning Commission and Chairwoman of the Raleigh Citizen’s Advisory Council.

David Kushner

Wake County

David Kushner has more than 20 years of experience in media and communications law, focusing on broadcasting, media policy, First Amendment issues and defamation. He is a Partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP in Raleigh. A Morehead Scholar, David earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Ph.D. from Princeton University and a Juris Doctor from Duke University. His bar and court admissions include North Carolina, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2^nd, 4^th, 7^th, 11^th and D.C. Circuits.

Ellis Hankins

Wake County

Ellis Hankins is a senior attorney with the Brough Law Firm, PLLC, a seven-member firm with offices in Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Concord. The law firm engages in a statewide practice focused primarily on local government, land use, and public school system representation, and related litigation. Hankins is a visiting professor in graduate public policy and management programs at UNC­ Chapel Hill, NC State and Duke University, and senior vice president with The Mercer Group, Inc., a nationwide public sector consulting firm.

Indranil Ghosh

Durham County

Nil Ghosh is a land use and zoning attorney at Morningstar Law Group who represents landowners in front of elected and appointed boards for legislative and quasi-judicial approvals. He also helps his clients navigate the regulatory processes for development in municipalities across the state. Nil previously worked in land development and construction, and he regularly volunteers his expertise by serving on boards and organizations dealing with local development issues. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and law degree from Villanova Law School.

Nana Asante-Smith

City of Durham

Nana Asante-Smith is an attorney at Parker Poe, where she focuses her practice on business litigation, internal investigations and allegations of sex discrimination at colleges and universities. She previously prosecuted an array of cases as a Wake County Assistant District Attorney. Asante-Smith is committed to serving her community and her fellow attorneys, currently serving on the Durham YMCA’s advisory board and the board of directors for Duke University’s alumni network in the Triangle. She is also the former chair of the Durham Mayor’s Council for Women. She earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.