Welcome to Chatter with BNC, Business North Carolina's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people.

Today's episode features an interview with Lily Cochrane Harper. Lily Harper is the executive director of the Wake Forest University Center for Private Business, which has more than 200 companies headquartered in North Carolina or with large operations in the state as its members. The nonprofit organization helps companies with issues such as leadership and succession planning. The Center is expanding into Wilmington.