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We have a fantastic panel of very successful speakers to talk about “Leadership within an Organization – How You Navigate Change”. There is a link for each of the speakers’ LinkedIn profiles which will give you more background about them.
Notice that this month we are meeting on the FIRST Wednesday of the month.
They’ll have beer, wine, and light hors d’oeuvres available as you settle in.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Place: 150 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
The event will be held at
150 Fayetteville Street,
Raleigh, NC 27601 (Wells Fargo Capitol Center).
Highwoods has generously offered their boardroom, which provides more space than their office. The event will be held at 150 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 (Wells Fargo Capitol Center).
The meeting will be held in the conference room on the 13th floor. There’s no suite number for the conference room. When you exit the elevator on the 13th floor, signage or greeters will guide you to the room.
Host: Mark Scarbrough, Founding Partner, Encompass Financial Partners
150 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 Suite 300
Topic: Leadership within an Organization – How You Navigate Change
Each panelist will briefly introduce themselves (3-5 minutes) and then Mark will be prompting questions around the topic, “Leadership within an Organization – How You Navigate Change” (which will be about 30 minutes) then Q&A (for about15 minutes).
Speakers: JR Shearin, David Welsh, & Dr. Kenneth Russell
JR Shearin – Retired Managing Partner of Deloitte; 2019 NC State Poole College of Management Board of Advisors; Current consultant to VACO
David Welsh – Retired Director of Sales and Operations of Coca-Cola Company; Founder of 3Waves Private Equity; Current CEO of Bloom for Good
Dr. Kenneth (Ken) Russell – Former Head of Embedded EA Program Cisco; Former CIO Pfeiffer University; Current Dean of the School of Business and Innovation at Barton College
To read more about the speakers, click on their names and you can review their LinkedIn profiles.
Driving Directions
The best parking is in the garage entrance on Wilmington Street between Hargett Street and Morgan Street. Exit the garage on the Fayetteville Street side and cross the street to enter the building, the Wells Fargo Capitol Center
From RTP/RDU (Airport)/Durham/Chapel Hill
Take I-40 East to the Wade Ave. exit, number 289.
Take Wade Ave. approximately 4.5 miles, through several traffic lights, and bear right onto Capital Blvd. (toward downtown).
Upon reaching the downtown Raleigh area, Capital Blvd. will turn into Dawson St.
Continue on Dawson Street to the intersection with W. Hargett Street.
Turn left onto W. Hargett Street and continue to the intersection with Wilmington Street
Turn left into Wilmington Street.
Alexander Square parking deck is to the left.
Our building is directly across Fayetteville Street from the parking deck.
From the Beltline (440): (view maps)
Take Person Street/Hammond Road exit, number 299.
Take a left at the light if you are coming from the west, a right if coming from the east, and go straight on Person Street until the intersection with West Hargett Street.
Take a left onto West Hargett Street, then a right onto Wilmington Street (the second light)
Alexander Square parking deck is to the left.
Our building is directly across Fayetteville Street from the parking deck.
From North Raleigh via Glenwood Avenue
Take US 70 (Glenwood Avenue) toward downtown.
Follow Glenwood until the intersection with Wade Avenue.
Take the Wade Avenue exit, after you cross the overpass, toward downtown.
Please see the instructions above regarding directions from I-40 to Wade Avenue.
Our building is directly across Fayetteville Street from the parking deck.
See you at the FENG meeting on Wednesday, October 8th.
Registration: If you are planning to attend, please register early to help us get an accurate headcount and help our hosts plan for their hospitality requirements.
Members Login: http://www.thefeng.org/membersonly/ this will take you to your personal home page. Please enter the website with your password and scroll to the Raleigh Chapter to register for this event.
Guests of Members: Please use this link: https://www.thefeng.org/chapters/north-carolina/raleigh/111
Please Register no later than noon on October 6th so our host has a good headcount to plan for food and drinks.
Agenda
6:00 to 6:30 pm – Open Networking
6:30 to 6:45 pm – Welcome, thank our host, up-coming events, and general comments.
6:45 to 7:45 pm – The speakers will talk for 45 minutes to an hour saving time for questions
7:45 to 8:00 pm – Open networking