Leadership
Team

“I strive to become a trusted business advisor by engaging in meaningful conversations and listening to the client’s needs. After gaining an understanding of my client’s needs, I provide guidance, insight and expertise input which allows me to become an integral part of the client’s advisory team. Currently focusing on companies with annual revenues of between $5mm – $50mm, my mission is to contribute to the achievement of my client’s goals and financial operating objectives”.

Previous positions include PNC Business Banking Sales Manager, Commercial Relationship Manager at SunTrust Bank, Financial Center Leader at BB&TBank. In Greenville, SC. Beth was one of the founding members of the ATHENA of the Triangle organization and currently she serves as a Board Member and Treasurer for the organization. Additionally, Beth believes in the power of the ATHENA PowerLink® program and has served as an ATHENA PowerLink® advisor and panelists for local participants in the program. Beth holds a BS, Business Administration from Lyon College.

Partner Cathy Hunt is a former judicial clerk for the Honorable Adolpho A. Birch, Jr., former Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Before joining Gailor Hunt Jenkins Davis Taylor & Gibbs, PLLC in 2001, Cathy practiced corporate law with Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice in Raleigh and McGuire, Woods, Battle and Booth in Northern Virginia. Most of Cathy’s time was devoted to mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
Cathy’s former corporate law experience including the formation of business entities and subsequent representation on corporate matters, provides her with the expertise necessary to understanding complex equitable distribution cases, especially those involving business valuation issues. Cathy’s practice also includes in-depth financial analysis in alimony and child support cases.
Cathy received her J.D. degree from the University of Memphis where she was a member of the Law Review. Cathy received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, graduating first in her class. She is licensed to practice in North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Cathy has been recognized by her peers as a member of North Carolina’s Legal Elite in Family Law as published in Business North Carolina Magazine
She has also been named as one of North Carolina’s Top Lawyers in the area of Family Law by Business Leader magazine.

Me’chelle is the Blueprint Leadership Strategist! CEO of 3rd Degree Solutions, her successful career has taken her around the world offering powerful and exciting life changing platform opportunities to speak before thousands. She empowers them with “Blueprint Leadership Strategies” to take on great next steps in their careers and personal.

An Amazon number 1 Best Selling Author and a John Maxwell certified Coach, Speaker and Trainer; she has mastered the art of strategic leadership and developed a unique series of “Blueprint Leadership” Workshops for College Students, Women in Transition, Entrepreneurs and Religious Leaders & Institutions.

Engaging audiences with a strategic sense of purpose, humor and a full dose of reality, Me’chelle provides tips, tools and techniques to deliver a “Blueprint of Clarity and Connection to the Future”.
People leave prepared and armed with knowledge that will springboard them into their vision and goals with confidence!

Carrie states that, “A Successful person is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at them.” She exudes energy, enthusiasm and a tenacious commitment to anything that she takes on. ATHENA of the Triangle is proud to have Carrie at the helm of our organization as Chairman. She was one of the founding members of the local chapter. She was at an event and heard about the ATHENA PowerLink® program from another chapter of ATHENA. She knew that it was something that the Triangle needed and gathered a few of her professional friends to start to the program locally. Carrie is changing lives and sharing her business knowledge and lessons learned with others – always giving back to help more women in the Triangle become successful.

Carrie Peele took a startup luxury transportation company from an idea to an internationally recognized power player. During that time Carrie was one of a few women elected by peers to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Limousine Association. Under her leadership she found a way to drive business revenue, cut costs, maximize profitability, improve productivity & streamline operations. Fundraising and organization development are some of Carrie’s key strengths. After successfully selling Blue Diamond Limosines in 2014, it was not long before Carrie’s entrepreneurial spirit started another company. She is now the president of The File Depot, a company that helps companies of all sizes manage their documents.

Life is not about competitions won, it’s about connections made. Carrie launched and facilitated the largest female networking luncheon in the Triangle. Over 5000 women and men have come to the luncheons. Keynote speakers have included North Carolina Secretary, Congresswoman, State Auditor, NC State Athletic Director Debbie Yow, and many talented, successful women entrepreneurs. The net proceeds of each luncheon went to support women & men battling breast cancer.