The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance talks with Mohammad Jenatian from the Greater Charlotte Hospitality Alliance and Heath Dillard from the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority about the current trends and potential future of the hospitality industry. These experts discuss hiring shortages, successful industry leaders, and vaccine and mask mandates. 

The 2020 social injustices heightened the need to create safe spaces for workplace conversations, designed to provide a non-judgemental mindset towards growth. As part of the CLT Alliance’s Young Professionals Spotlight series, CLT Alliance Young Professional board chair Michaelina Antahades and vice chair Kristerpher Smith share an authentic dialogue about how courageous conversations can help us grow, personally and professionally.

In this episode, CLT Alliance Chief Advocacy and Strategy Officer Kelly O’Brien sits down with David Head, Chair of the CLT Alliance Foundation, to discuss its signature programs: Young Professionals, Emerging Business Leaders, Power of Women, and ScaleUp CLT. Tune in as David shares insight about these important programs, his passion for serving the community, and more.

Founded in 1984, Microban International is a global leader in antimicrobial, odor-control, and continuously active surface disinfection and sanitization technologies. Tune in as Michael Ruby, Vice President of Global Built-In Business at Microban, discusses the company’s history in the Charlotte Region, how their important products work, and how companies can partner with this highly relevant company with global headquarters in Huntersville. 

In this episode of the podcast, CLT Alliance Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Joe Bost hosts a panel including Katie Titus with the S.C. Chamber, Tiger Wells with Duke Energy, and Jeff Wafford at UPS, as they discuss how the business community can help drive racial equity. 

On this episode, the CLT Alliance spoke with Senators Mujtaba Mohammed and Danny Britt about ways to drive racial equity in the business community and bipartisan solutions to some of the challenges on criminal justice reform.

Recorded live at the CLT Alliance Investor Quarterly meeting, Erik Spanberg, of the Charlotte Business Journal, moderates the panel, as Fred, Tom, and Adam share perspective and valuable facts about how sports drives our regional economy. 

The CLT Alliance is one of over 200 chambers in a coalition intended to emphasize the importance of infrastructure. On this episode of the podcast, Ed Mortimer, vice president of Transportation and Infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce joins us to discuss the state of the Charlotte Region’s comprehensive infrastructure investments, identifies the related key leaders the CLT Alliance should engage, and explains the timeline for getting things done in Washington.

In the latest podcast episode, South Carolina House Majority Leader Gary Simrill discusses the 2021 Legislative Session and points out some key victories of the business community. Tune in as he sheds light on what’s to come for the South Carolina General Assembly.