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 Scott Hamilton, the CEO of the Golden Leaf Foundation, which helps fund economic development projects across North Carolina. The UNC Greensboro graduate describes the public foundation's role in spurring megasites that have attracted billions of dollars of planned investment in recent years, along with other strategic initiatives. Hamilton has led the Rocky Mount-based organization since 2019.