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.
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 important 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
Research Triangle Foundation
Board Member
Tia McLaurin
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.
Angella Dunston
NC Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Cyrus Wilson
Microspace
Harold Hicks
RTI International
Kendall Harris
Hunter Rowe Real Estate
Board Co-Chair
LeVon Barnes
Young Male Achievers
Sarah Chick
Research Triangle Foundation
Tanaya Suddreth Lynch
Triangle Community Foundation
Tarkisha Poole
Coastal Credit Union
Board Co-Chair
Tina Blake
Consultant
Trina Clayeux, Ph.D
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