Get to Know Leadership Triangle

The Triangle area has a bright future.

Our forward-looking community exudes promise and energy from every corner.

To live up to this promise, we need leaders to step up, build a cohesive vision for the region as a whole, and make our potential a reality for all.

Leadership Triangle exists to train these leaders and connect them into a strong network with a shared vision, intent upon seeing each other succeed.

Over the last 30 years, 1,000+ Triangle leaders have completed our programs, building positive momentum and community impact. And we’re just getting started.

Leadership Triangle Serves

Chatham County
Durham County
Orange County
Wake County

What We're About

#ConnectTheTriangle

OUR MISSION

To educate, develop, connect and activate leaders committed to making the Triangle the best place to work, live and thrive.

OUR VISION

We envision that all residents of the Triangle enjoy the highest quality of life for themselves and future generations.

OUR VALUES

Self-awareness | Interdependence | Equity | Transformation

Self-awareness: We believe we can’t lead without first knowing who we are - our strengths, our biases, and our blind spots. Self-awareness is the foundation of emotional intelligence and the bedrock of leadership.

Interdependence: We believe in creating right relationship between individuals, systems and our environment. Our success and well-being depends on the success and well-being of every person, organization, and community within the Triangle.

Equity: We recognize that, along all spectrums of identity, systems have been designed to create harm for some and benefit for others. We work to correct these imbalances and ultimately, see justice and liberation realized for our full community.

Transformation: Change is constant; we believe that there is always room for personal growth and progress in our region.

The challenges of our communities do not lie neatly within city or county boundaries.

The Triangle’s quality of life and future growth depends on our ability to work across these boundaries to find common ground.

Meet Our Team

Kristine Sloan

Executive Director

A Triangle native, Kristine brings a deep commitment to justice, interdependence, and authenticity into all of her work. She’s an entrepreneur, organizational leader, facilitator and strategist. As the Executive Director of Leadership Triangle, Kristine works to connect local leaders to their values, purpose and vision, in service of greater regional collaboration and impact.

Prior to joining Leadership Triangle, Kristine was the CEO of StartingBloc, where she supported 3200+ entrepreneurs, activists, and organizational leaders as they made significant social change. Earlier in her career, Kristine led a multimillion dollar grant project in Burundi for All Across Africa, designed cross-cultural programming for NC State University, worked on water advocacy rights with indigenous populations in South India and co-founded a social enterprise in West Africa. She holds three degrees from NC State, including a Masters of International Studies with a specialization in Rural Development.

Jeannine Brown

Fellowship Director

Jeannine Brown is an experienced educator and nonprofit professional who views the world through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. She takes pride in bringing compassion and empathy to building and sustaining relationships. Jeannine’s skills include workshop facilitation, donor stewardship, engagement, and volunteer management.

She enjoys working with nonprofit organizations to create sustainable transformations to shift their organizational cultures and develop a climate of inclusion for ALL. Jeannine serves on the board of the Association of Fundraising Professionals of the Triangle, holds a Masters's in Nonprofit Management through Drexel University, and a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of N.C. at Greensboro.

Lauren Bock

Learning & Development Manager

A native of the Triangle, Lauren proudly attended Wake County Public Schools before moving to Winston-Salem where she received her B.A. from Wake Forest University. Lauren worked in Washington, D.C. for several years, then returning to graduate school at North Carolina State University. After receiving her Master of Public Administration, Lauren worked for over a decade in education, nonprofits and consulting in the Raleigh area.

Lauren joined Leadership Triangle in 2023 as the Learning & Development Manager. In her free time, Lauren can often be found spending time outdoors with her two children or reading a good book, preferably with a cup of coffee in hand.

Chimi Boyd-Keyes

Leadership Triangle Faculty

Chimi brings together unique experiences from 18 years in higher education administration and 20 years in the field of anti-violence work for the facilitation of equity and inclusion training and strategic planning processes. As Founder and CEO of CBK Enterprises, Chimi focuses on equity by helping organizations incorporate intersectional approaches in their work. Her mission is to help people realize their highest potential by connecting to their Purpose.

Mark Molitor

Leadership Triangle Faculty

Mark Molitor is a leadership development consultant. He serves as a designer and instructor for a variety of leadership development programs. He consults with leadership teams. And, he coaches executives.

Mark has served in leadership roles throughout his life, such as president, CEO, chair, managing partner, cofounder, and team lead. In this phase of his career, he finds deepest fulfillment investing in others to enhance their leadership effectiveness and be the best they can be. Mark believes that people are essentially good, innately creative, and able to continually learn and develop their skills.

Beth Breneman & Tiffany Moran

Of Thompson, Price, Scott, Adams & Co., P.A.., Accountant

Our Board

Board of Directors

Leadership Triangle’s Board of Directors brings together a wide and impressive swath of Triangle-area leaders. We have alumni, supporters, and established community figures all working together to set the right course for this important organization.

Adam Klein

Capitol Broadcasting Company

Board Member

Cheryl Parquet

Blue Cross Blue Shield NC

Board Member

Creighton Blackwell

Coastal Credit Union

Board Member

Damon Circosta

A.J. Fletcher Foundation

Board Treasurer

Eric Guckian

United Way of the Greater Triangle

Board Member

Michael Goodmon

Capitol Broadcasting Company

Chairman of the Board

Nick Allen

United Way of the Greater Triangle

Board Member

Raymond Trapp

NPower

Board Member

Tia McLaurin

Google

Board Member

Virginia Parker

Bank of America

Board Member

James F. Goodmon

Capitol Broadcasting Company

Chair Emeritus

Alumni Board of Advisors

Leadership Triangle’s Alumni Board is elected by the members of the Goodmon Fellow Alumni Network. This board creates content, inspires and promotes new programs and serves as the direct connection between Leadership Triangle, the community and its graduates.