On the Porch: Bill Brown – Art and Science Merge at NCMA

On the Porch: Carlos Lima and Daisy Butzer – United Way for a Better Chatham

[https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/29184443/On-the-Porch-FI-1024x683.jpg] [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/10091803/lima-butzer-300x134.png] This Week: Carlos Lima is a native of Caracas, Venezuela. He moved to North Carolina with his family in 2001. Before coming to United Way, Carlos was Director of Operations and Finance at St. Thomas  [https://stmchapelhill.org/]More Catholic Church [https://stmchapelhill.org/] in Chapel Hill for 20 years. Carlos has been the Executive Director of United Way of Chatham County [https://stmchapelhill.org/] for the past year, and he has learned firsthand the value of service to the community and the benefits of collective impact in addressing the most critical needs of the residents in our county. Carlos and his wife and four grown children have called this area home for over two decades. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, reading, and playing board games. Daisy Butzer is the Impact Manager at United Way of Chatham County [https://unitedwayofchathamcounty.org/], where she leads the Chatham Housing Collective and the Chatham Success Network. Through both collaboratives, Daisy works closely with community partners to coordinate services and use data to better support individuals and families. She draws from her professional experience supporting various public health programs, research studies, and philanthropic initiatives. Originally from Oklahoma, Daisy and her husband moved to North Carolina in 2022 to attend graduate school at UNC.  ---------------------------------------- [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: Carlos Lima and Daisy Butzer – United Way for a Better Chatham [https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/on-the-porch/carlos-lima-and-daisy-butzer-united-way-for-a-better-chatham] appeared first on Chapelboro.com [https://chapelboro.com].

On the Porch: Dr. James Wood – Sports Around the World

[https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/29184443/On-the-Porch-FI-1024x683.jpg] [https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/31103836/James-Wood-225x300.jpg] Dr. James Wood This Week: James Wood is currently Professor of Latin American and modern world history at North Carolina A&T State University [https://www.ncat.edu/]. He is the author of The Society of Equality: Popular Republicanism and Democracy in Santiago de Chile, 1818-1851 [https://www.amazon.com/Society-Equality-Republicanism-Democracy-1818-1851/dp/0826349412] and the co-editor of “Problems in Modern Latin American History: Sources and Interpretations“, now in its fifth edition with Rowman and Littlefield. As a Fulbright scholar for Chile in 2016 he was a visiting professor at the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago (where he observed Chilean student activism up close). ---------------------------------------- [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: Dr. James Wood – Sports Around the World [https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/on-the-porch/dr-james-wood-sports-around-the-world] appeared first on Chapelboro.com [https://chapelboro.com].

On the Porch: Bill Brown – Art and Science Merge at NCMA

[https://chapelboromedia.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/04/29184443/On-the-Porch-FI-1024x683.jpg] This Week: Bill Brown joined the North Carolina Museum of Art [https://ncartmuseum.org/] as a Conservation Intern in 1988. Thirty-two years later he retired from the Art Museum as Chief Conservator.  He received his M.A. and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Conservation from State University College at Buffalo, NY in 1989. At the Museum, he established the Art + Science Initiative, a collaborative program with Duke University [https://www.duke.edu/] math and science departments. Bill has a passion for Italian Old Master Paintings of the 14th to 18th century. He works part-time as a conservator in private practice and provides conservation support for the Museum and Gallery collection of old master paintings at Bob Jones University [https://www.bju.edu/] in Greenville, SC . He enjoys retirement with his wife and young adult son. ---------------------------------------- [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: Bill Brown – Art and Science Merge at NCMA [https://chapelboro.com/wchl/features/on-the-porch/bill-brown-art-and-science-merge-at-ncma] appeared first on Chapelboro.com [https://chapelboro.com].

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].