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August Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board

Orange County · Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Advisory board meeting Budget and appropriationsEnvironment and sustainability

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The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board was asked in August to decide whether to meet every other month rather than monthly, a change staff proposed in June because of the year's budget cuts. Vice chair Creston Woods chaired.

The board also heard from Brad Ives, senior adviser to the chancellor for strategy and planning at UNC-Chapel Hill and formerly the university's chief sustainability officer and the state's assistant secretary for natural resources, and from county manager Travis Myren. Executive director Laurie Paolicelli covered the leadership transition ahead of her retirement, what remains on her list, and the outstanding recommendations from the Magellan Strategies strategic plan.

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Agenda items (4)

Staff or committee report · 2Presentation · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. IV Welcome Special Guest, Brad Ives
    Presentation Environment and sustainability
    Brad Ives, senior adviser to the chancellor for strategy and planning at UNC-Chapel Hill, speaks to the board. He has been the university's chief sustainability officer, executive director of the Institute for Energy Innovation at Louisiana State University, North Carolina's assistant secretary for natural resources and chief executive of two renewable energy companies.
  2. VI Executive Director's Report: Transition Update and Strategic Plan Discussion
    Staff or committee report
    Laurie Paolicelli covers the leadership transition, the priorities left in her term, and the recommendations from the Magellan Strategies strategic plan that remain open.
  3. VII Budget Update
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
    A budget update from finance chair Matt Hughes and business officer Hannah Hemphill.
  4. IX New Business: Discussion of Board Meeting Schedule
    Discussion item
    Discussion and possible action on moving the board from monthly meetings to every other month, which staff were asked in June to bring back as a recommendation.

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