Annual Goodmon Awards Honors Change, Innovation and Forward Thinking

The Goodmon Awards of Leadership Triangle honor regional cooperation.

Working together to better the Triangle took center stage in downtown Durham on Monday, December 3, 2012, as Leadership Triangle honored five individuals and organizations for their regional thinking.

Leadership Triangle held their annual Goodmon Awards Gala in American Tobacco’s Bay 7. Capitol Broadcasting, along with FOX 50 and American Tobacco, helped sponsor the Gala event.

The night celebrated technology with the theme “Change and Innovation.” The program went high tech with robo-voice, Xtranormal animated characters and an iPad band.

Former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt attended the event, opening the program by talking about strides that have been made in our state, and those we’ve yet to make.

“The quality of life has improved,” said Hunt. “I want you to have big ideas. You have made these things happen. That’s history. The future is ahead.”

Former N.C. Governor Jim Hunt (right) helps induct Corp’s Jim Goodmon as the first Leadership Triangle Hall of Fame member.

He told the Leadership Triangle alumni in the crowd, who are known as Goodmon Fellows, that it would take them to increase our progress.

“Make North Carolina all that it can be, all that it should be,” he charged.

The evening included a silent auction to raise funds for the non-profit Leadership Triangle. After a dinner by Crooks Corner, a live auction took place led by Col. Benjamin Farrell.

The organization presented five awards, honoring cooperation and regional thinking in the Triangle. WRAL-TV Anchor Debra Morgan emceed the presentations.

The 2012 Goodmon Award Winners are:

Community Service – Danny Rosin, Band Together
Economic Development – Triangle Greenways Council (accepting award…Bill Flournoy, President of the Board of Directors)
Arts – Chasta Hamilton Calhoun, Stage Door Dance Productions
Goodmon Fellow – Pilar Rocha-Goldberg, President, El Centro Hispano
Partnership – Coach Al Buehler and Dr. LeRoy Walker

The Goodmon Award Winners
Jim Goodmon (left) & Community Service Award Winner Danny Rosin of Band Together	Jim Goodmon (left) & Economic Development Winner Triangle Greenways Council (Board of Directors President Bill Flournoy accepts)
Jim Goodmon & Arts Award Winner Chasta Hamilton Calhoun of Stage Door Dance Productions	Jim Goodmon (left) & Goodmon Fellow Award Winner Pilar Rocha-Goldberg
Jim Goodmon (center) with Partnership Award Winners Coach Al Buehler (right) & Cush Walker, accepting on behalf of his father, the late Dr. LeRoy Walker

At the end of the program LT Executive Director Winkie La Force & ATC Vice President of Real Estate Michael Goodmon announced the creation of the Leadership Triangle Hall of Fame. The pair inducted a surprised CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon, namesake of the Goodmon Fellows, as the first member. Hunt helped present the honor.

“When came to work for WRAL, we were 63rd broadcast market in country. Now we’re 24th,” said Goodmon. “We’re the 24th market when we pull together. We’re a region. That’s why there’s a Leadership Triangle.”

“We’re a big market and we should have big ideas,” he said. “Working together we can accomplish big things.”

Leadership Triangle’s 2012 Goodmon Awards Gala

Stormy welcomes guests to the 2012 Goodmon Awards Gala in American Tobacco's Bay 7.
Leadership Triangle alumni, known as Goodmon Fellows, attend the event with a variety of other Triangle guests.
LT Executive Director Winkie La Force welcomes Wool E. Bull to the event.
CBC'ers mingle at the cocktail hour (l to r): MCC's Bonnie McNay, ATC's Valerie Ward, WRAL-TV's Jeff Ritchie & Corp's Sam Matheny.
FOX 50's Tommy Schenck (left) chats with FOX 50's Niel Sollod.
The evening includes fine dining catered by Crook's Corner.
Capitol Broadcasting sponsors the annual gala.
Wool E. Bull entertains guests before the program.
Barbara Goodmon (l to r) greets former N.C. Governor Jim Hunt and his wife, Carolyn.
Corp's Jim Goodmon chats with guests as attendees begin to find their seats.
Former Governor Jim Hunt (r to l) meets Goodmon Fellow Ben Hitchings and a young fan.
CBC'ers Jeff Ritchie (l to r), Mitzi Veal & Sam Matheny help represent the company.
WRAL-TV's Steve Hammel (r to l), CBC NMG's Jimmy Goodmon & WRAL-TV's Jim Rothschild get set for the program.
WRAL-TV's Jeff Ritchie & MCC's Mitzi Veal are ready for an evening of fun.
WRAL-TV's Loretta Harper-Arnold (left) & WRAL-TV's Phyllis Parish hang out at the CBC table together.
ATC's Michael Goodmon takes on a different look in the animated introduction to the evening.
Now LT's Winkie La Force gets into the animated greeting with Goodmon's character.
Former N.C. Governor Jim Hunt talks about the innovations and advances that have taken place in our state over the years.
American Tobacco's Bay 7 is filled to the capacity for the Gala event.
Former N.C. Governor Jim Hunt talks about the innovations and advances that have taken place in our state over the years.
A tour of WRAL-TV from Anchor Debra Morgan is one of the silent auction items up for grabs.
WRAL-TV's Jim Rothchild (left) & CBC NMG's Jimmy Goodmon place silent auction bids via their smartphones.
Goodmon Fellow Ben Farrell conducts the live auction.
The Goodmon Awards await their deserving winners.
More CBC'ers from various divisions contemplate bidding during the auction.
MCC's Bonnie McNay (left) & ATC's Valerie Ward enjoy the evening.
WRAL-TV Anchor Debra Morgan emcees the awards presentation.
WRAL-TV Anchor Debra Morgan emcees the awards presentation.
FOX 50's Matt Donegan (left) & FOX 50's Tommy Schenck represent CBC at the FOX 50 table.
FOX 50's Chris Downey is another Goodmon Fellow among the employees of CBC.
The Leadership Triangle iPad Band entertains with their techno-infused music under the direction of FOX 50's Niel Sollod.
The iPad Band rocks the house with Feliz Navidad.
FOX 50's Niel Sollod directs his collection of Leadership Triangle iPad Band members.
The Leadership Triangle iPad Band gets into Feliz Navidad.
Corp's Jim Goodmon (left) congratulates the Goodmon Award Community Service Winner Danny Rosin of Band Together.
Corp's Jim Goodmon (left) with the Goodmon Award Community Service Winner Danny Rosin of Band Together
Corp's Jim Goodmon (left) congratulates the Goodmon Award Economic Development Winner Triangle Greenways Council as Board of Directors President Bill Flournoy accepts the award on the organization's behalf.
Corp's Jim Goodmon (left) with the Goodmon Award Economic Development Winner Triangle Greenways Council as Board of Directors President Bill Flournoy accepting the award on the organization's behalf.
Corp's Jim Goodmon (left) congratulates the Goodmon Award Arts Winner Chasta Hamilton Calhoun of Stage Door Dance Productions.
Corp's Jim Goodmon (left) with the Goodmon Award Arts Winner Chasta Hamilton Calhoun of Stage Door Dance Productions.
Corp's Jim Goodmon (left) congratulates the Goodmon Award Goodmon Fellow Winner Pilar Rocha-Goldberg, President of El Centro Hispano.
Corp's Jim Goodmon (left) with the Goodmon Award Goodmon Fellow Winner Pilar Rocha-Goldberg, President of El Centro Hispano.
Video of a film about Coach Al Buehler and Dr. LeRoy Walker plays as they win the Partnership Award.
Corp's Jim Goodmon (l to r) congratulates the Goodmon Award Partnership Award Winners Coach Al Buehler and Dr. LeRoy Walker's (Dr. Walker's son, Cush Walker, accepts on behalf of his deceased father).
Corp's Jim Goodmon (center) with the Goodmon Award Partnership Award Winners Coach Al Buehler (right) and Cush Walker who accepts on behalf of his father, the late Dr. Leroy Walker.
ATC's Michael Goodmon & Leadership Triangle Executive Director Winkie La Force make a surprise presentation at the end of the program.
Goodmon & La Force announce the creation of a Leadership Triangle Hall of Fame, and induct Jim Goodmon as it's first member.
Former N.C. Governor Jim Hunt helps make the Leadership Triangle Hall of Fame presentation to Jim Goodmon.
Former N.C. Governor Jim Hunt helps make the Leadership Triangle Hall of Fame presentation to Jim Goodmon.
Former N.C. Governor Jim Hunt helps make the Leadership Triangle Hall of Fame presentation to Jim Goodmon.
Corp's Jim Goodmon challenges the crowd to think big.
The Leadership Triangle iPad Band closes the evening with another techno rendition of "Feliz Navidad" joined by the award winners.
FOX 50's Niel Sollod takes a break after directing the band.
ATC's Michael Goodmon (r to l) chats with Jodi Tata and her husband, Tony.
Jim Goodmon poses for a photo with his son, Michael.
The Leadership Triangle iPad Band.
The man behind the band: WRAL-TV's Jeff Ritchie made sure the technology worked.

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