A Steering Committee, chaired by Tom Ross, Executive Director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and Watts Carr, Chairman of the Piedmont Triad Partnership Board of Directors, was established at the beginning of the strategic planning process to provide guidance and leadership. The Committee was selected from both public and private sectors throughout the 12-county Piedmont Triad Region to provide broad representation of businesses, economic development groups, higher education institutions, K-12 education systems, elected officials, and tourism assets.

The Steering Committee has been responsible for reviewing and providing feedback on project deliverables and participating in discussions about the future direction of the Region. It has made decisions about the final selection of the goals and objectives in the Regional Vision Plan and reached consensus on a vast majority of the detailed action steps. The Steering Committee approved unanimously on June 23, 2005 that the Vision Plan provides the strategies that need to be implemented to move this Region forward.

The following are the chairmen and members of the Steering Committee.

Co-Chairmen
Watts Carr	Piedmont Triad Partnership
Tom Ross	Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Members
Evelyn Acree	Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Winston-Salem
Dennis Barry	The Greensboro Partnership
Robert Brown	B & C Associates, High Point
Steve Googe	Economic Developers Advisory Council/ Davidson County Economic Development Commission
Lyons Gray	Piedmont Triad Partnership
Nate Hall	Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Phil Hanes	Cultural Affairs - City of Winston-Salem
Wade Hobgood/Susan Booth	North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem
Keith Holliday	Greensboro Mayor
Jose Isasi	Latino Communications, Inc., Winston-Salem
Allen Joines	Winston-Salem Mayor
David Jones	NC Zoological Park, Asheboro
Mary Kirk	Montgomery Community College
Harold Martin	Winston-Salem State University
Jim Melvin	Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, Greensboro
Judy Mendenhall	International Home Furnishings Market Authority, High Point
James Merrill	Alamance-Burlington School System
Jeff Miller	High Point Regional Hospital
Adnan Mjalli	TransTech Pharma, High Point
Dave Norbury	Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurs Network
John O’Leary	Thomas Built Bus, High Point
Dan Pugh	Northwest Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
James Renick/Phil Halstead	North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro
Steve Ross	Burlington Mayor
Frank Sells	Surry Community College
Ralph Shelton	Southeast Fuels Incorporated, Greensboro
Becky Smothers	High Point Mayor
Patricia Sullivan/John Merrill	UNC Greensboro
Priscilla Taylor	UNC Board of Governors, Greensboro
Barbara Todd	Yadkin County Schools
Craven Williams	Greensboro College
Ralph Womble	Hanes Dye & Finishing, Winston-Salem

Market Street’s role in this process has been primarily as a researcher and facilitator, providing information and initial recommendations on the strategies in the Vision Plan.