Hometown Heroes

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Lisa Kaylie! Kaylie’s work as a volunteer, education, mentor and voice everywhere from Extraordinary Ventures to local schools has made her an invaluable resource to our community.

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Jeffrey Lander and Aurorah Arndt! Together, Lander and Aurorah run “Accessibility in Making,” an organization that uses UNC’s maker spaces to create better equipment for people with disabilities.

  This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Thava Mahadevan! Mahadevan is director of operations at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and a clinical instructor in the UNC Department of Psychiatry, and also founder of...

  This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Daniella Runyambo! Refugee Community Partnerships co-executive director Daniella Runyambo is part of the team at RCP working to build bridges, inroads and connections for people and communities who...

  This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, highlights the incredible work and community contributions of three outgoing mayors: Pam Hemminger, Damon Seils and Jenn Weaver. Listen to this week’s Hometown Hero segment below, and check in next...

  This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is soon-to-be-former UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz! As a leader, a researcher, and member of UNC staff, Kevin Guskiewicz's departure from North Carolina is as good an occasion as any to mark his...