On the Porch: Lisa Sorg – Data Centers

On the Porch: Nora Gaskin – Conjuring Crime Stories

[https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/29184443/On-the-Porch-FI-1024x683.jpg] [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/17130113/Nora-Gaskin-225x300.jpg] Nora Gaskin This Week: Author Nora Gaskin [https://www.noragaskin.com/] is a lifelong resident of the Durham-Chapel Hill area. Her latest is novel is “Lammie Loves Cubby” [https://www.amazon.com/Lammie-Loves-Cubby-Nora-Gaskin/dp/B0GM1X7YZ7/ref=books_amazonstores_desktop_mfs_aufs_ap_sc_dsk_0?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=oB8wR&content-id=amzn1.sym.9c9a049f-252a-49d9-a8c2-e300a1663200&pf_rd_p=9c9a049f-252a-49d9-a8c2-e300a1663200&pf_rd_r=143-9368765-5921918&pd_rd_wg=WLEtj&pd_rd_r=5a0ad5f4-6f85-44dc-9a06-991469cf03f7]. Nora has a bachelor’s degree in English with Honors in Creative Writing from UNC, and a Masters in English from the University of Washington in Seattle. She spent over 24 years as a stockbroker and financial advisor in the Durham office of a major investment firm. She retired in 2005 to focus on writing. She is the publisher at Lystra Books and Literary Services and the author of three novels and one nonfiction book. She lives and writes in Chatham County, inspired by her native landscape, her husband, and dogs. Her favorite word is “gratitude.” ---------------------------------------- [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg]https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg Randy Voller Come on up to the porch to have a chat with Randy Voller [https://www.linkedin.com/in/randolph-voller-85a1b0/] — former mayor, real estate developer, musician, man-about-town and more — in a recurring conversation and slice-of-life program presented by VRC Limited [https://vrclimited.com/]. If you love great conversations and amazing anecdotes, then come on up and join us…On the Porch! The post On the Porch: Nora Gaskin – Conjuring Crime Stories [https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/on-the-porch/on-the-porch-nora-gaskin-conjuring-crime-stories] appeared first on Chapelboro.com [https://chapelboro.com].

On the Porch: Steven Fenberg – What Funded America’s Infrastructure?

[https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/29184443/On-the-Porch-FI-1024x683.jpg] [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/11104834/Steven-Fenberg_LL-225x300.jpg] Steven Fenberg This Week: Writer Steven Fenberg discovered Jesse Jones was reputedly the most powerful person in the nation next to President Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression and World War II. As chairman of the federal government’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)—the nation’s indispensable infrastructure bank—Jones initiated and managed massive New Deal agencies that saved and expanded the nation’s economy and then shifted the RFC’s priority from domestic economics to global defense to fight and win WWII. Fenberg told this remarkable story as executive producer and co-writer of the Emmy Award winning documentary film “Brother, Can You Spare a Billion?” that was narrated by Walter Cronkite and broadcast nationally on PBS. Fenberg then wrote the biography “Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good.” [https://www.amazon.com/Unprecedented-Power-Jesse-Capitalism-Common/dp/1623491576] ---------------------------------------- [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg]https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg Randy Voller Come on up to the porch to have a chat with Randy Voller [https://www.linkedin.com/in/randolph-voller-85a1b0/] — former mayor, real estate developer, musician, man-about-town and more — in a recurring conversation and slice-of-life program presented by VRC Limited [https://vrclimited.com/]. If you love great conversations and amazing anecdotes, then come on up and join us…On the Porch! The post On the Porch: Steven Fenberg – What Funded America’s Infrastructure? [https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/on-the-porch/steven-fenberg-what-funded-americas-infrastructure] appeared first on Chapelboro.com [https://chapelboro.com].

On the Porch: Terri Mitchell – Mentoring Women in Tech

[https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/29184443/On-the-Porch-FI-1024x683.jpg] [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/04104545/Terri-Mitchell-Headshot-300x200.jpg] Terri Mitchell This Week: Terri Mitchell is the founder of Accelerate Success [https://acceleratesuccessstem.com/], a program to help women develop the confidence, skills, and networks needed to thrive in STEM careers. She is a former IBM executive with more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry. Starting as a graduate of Le Moyne College with a degree in Computer Science, she held leadership roles across hardware, software, and systems businesses, culminating in her role as Vice President and IBM Integration Executive. Following her retirement from IBM in 2018, Terri became a founding member of Triangle Women in STEM [https://www.trianglewomeninstem.org/] and began the Accelerate Success program. ---------------------------------------- [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg]https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg Randy Voller Come on up to the porch to have a chat with Randy Voller [https://www.linkedin.com/in/randolph-voller-85a1b0/] — former mayor, real estate developer, musician, man-about-town and more — in a recurring conversation and slice-of-life program presented by VRC Limited [https://vrclimited.com/]. If you love great conversations and amazing anecdotes, then come on up and join us…On the Porch! The post On the Porch: Terri Mitchell – Mentoring Women in Tech [https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/on-the-porch/on-the-porch-terri-mitchell-mentoring-women-in-tech] appeared first on Chapelboro.com [https://chapelboro.com].

On the Porch: Carl Nordgren – Creativity Can Unite US

[https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/29184443/On-the-Porch-FI-1024x683.jpg] [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/29092435/Carl-Nordgren_LL-225x300.jpg]https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/29092435/Carl-Nordgren_LL.jpg Carl Nordgren This Week: Carl Nordgren [https://carlnordgren.com/] is a best-selling novelist, a teacher, and an imaginal cell. After 25 years as an entrepreneur, he taught Creativity at Duke for 14 years. He’s a two-time TEDx speaker and hosts the weekly radio show ‘Exploring your Creative Genius’ on 97.9 The Hill. His calling is to help each of us and all of us grow our creative capacities and develop our entrepreneurial instincts and behaviors, a calling that informed his book “Becoming a Creative Genius (again)”. His new book, “Common Ground for US” continues that work and offers new perspectives on governance and policy making for political and community leaders. You can attend his book launch event at Golden Fig Books in Carrboro on June 4, by clicking here.  [https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/exploring-your-creative-genius/common-ground-for-us-book-launch-and-creativity-workshop-with-carl-nordgren] ---------------------------------------- [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg]https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg Randy Voller Come on up to the porch to have a chat with Randy Voller [https://www.linkedin.com/in/randolph-voller-85a1b0/] — former mayor, real estate developer, musician, man-about-town and more — in a recurring conversation and slice-of-life program presented by VRC Limited [https://vrclimited.com/]. If you love great conversations and amazing anecdotes, then come on up and join us…On the Porch! The post On the Porch: Carl Nordgren – Creativity Can Unite US [https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/on-the-porch/carl-nordgren-creativity-can-unite-us] appeared first on Chapelboro.com [https://chapelboro.com].

On the Porch: Tiffany Muller – End Citizens United

[https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/29184443/On-the-Porch-FI-1024x683.jpg] [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/22092814/Tiffany-Muller-225x300.jpg] Tiffany Muller This Week: Tiffany Muller is the President of End Citizens United [https://www.endcitizensunited.org/]. She has helped grow the group into a nationwide organization with more than 4 million members and 1 million grassroots donors. Before leading End Citizens United, Tiffany was Deputy Political Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, where she worked with top Senate races. She also served as chief of staff to two members of Congress, ran a political research firm, and was Vice President of Political Operations at the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. As a member of the Topeka City Council, she led successful efforts to expand anti-discrimination protections.  ---------------------------------------- [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg]https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/03102221/randyprofile1-200x300-1.jpg Randy Voller Come on up to the porch to have a chat with Randy Voller [https://www.linkedin.com/in/randolph-voller-85a1b0/] — former mayor, real estate developer, musician, man-about-town and more — in a recurring conversation and slice-of-life program presented by VRC Limited [https://vrclimited.com/]. If you love great conversations and amazing anecdotes, then come on up and join us…On the Porch! The post On the Porch: Tiffany Muller – End Citizens United [https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/on-the-porch/tiffany-muller-end-citizens-united] appeared first on Chapelboro.com [https://chapelboro.com].