Young Professionals of Pitt County

3rd Thursday: Professional Development TBA
2016-08-18 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, 207 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC, United States

River Clean Up
2016-08-01 08:00 - 21:00 UTC
Come work with the Tar-Pamlico River Foundation to clean up our precious Tar River watershed.

3rd Thursday: Professional Development: Wade Scales
2016-07-21 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, 207 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC, United States
Wade Scales, CLU, Sound Partners
After graduating from Woodberry Forest in 2003 and UNC Chapel Hill in 2007, Wade spent a year in Charlotte, NC learning the fixed life, disability, and long term care brokerage business with a job as Junior Regional Director with Bysis Insurance. He spent the following year abroad, where he learned The Gold Standard of customer service as an Adventure Coordinator with The Ritz Carlton, Grand Cayman.
After leaving Greenville for his freshman year at Woodberry at the ripe age of 14, Wade is excited to get back to the people and places he loves the most, in Eastern North Carolina. Furthermore, he looks forward to expanding the Sound Partners’ product offerings with his licenses and interest in securities and his affiliation with AXA Advisors. By implementing the type of customer service he became accustomed to with the Ritz, Wade hopes to build on his father’s work and grandfather’s legacy through hard work, honesty, client education, engagement and service to Greenville.
Wade has been married to his high school sweetheart, Bonnie, since 2010. Outside of work, Wade enjoys spending time on the water with family and friends, fishing, Carolina basketball, ECU football, and grilling out for all of it.

3rd Thursday: Scottie Montgomery
2016-06-16 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, 207 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC, United States
Scottie Montgomery, who has played an integral role leading Duke and the Pittsburgh Steelers to divisional championships and postseason play, is in his first season as head football coach at East Carolina University.
Montgomery, a North Carolina native with a documented history of balanced success on the offensive side of the ball, will be formally introduced as the Pirates’ 21st head coach at a press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Monday and begin his official duties at ECU on Jan. 1.
His acceptance of the ECU position officially ends a two-year tenure as the Blue Devils’ associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Overall, Montgomery has served on the Duke staff for seven seasons under head coaches Ted Roof (2006-07) and David Cutcliffe (2008-09, 2013-15) – five as receivers coach. He has helped guide Duke to three-straight bowl appearances, including an upcoming matchup against Indiana in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 26.
Montgomery’s coaching experience in the National Football League spanned three seasons under Mike Tomlin’s leadership. His work with the Steelers’ receivers in 2010, 2011 and 2012 resulted in two playoff appearances, the 2010 AFC North Division championship and a spot in Super Bowl XLV.
Behind protégé quarterback Thomas Sirk, the Blue Devils rank among the nation’s top 40 squads in rushing offense (143.4 ypg), passing offense (253.4) and total offense (431.3). Its 30.5 points-per-game clip and 5,176 yards of total offense marks the fourth-straight season Duke matched or eclipsed a 30.0 scoring average and surpassed the 5,000-yard milestone – a first in school history for both categories. The Blue Devils also stand third in the ACC and 30th at the FBS level with a 43.9 third-down conversion percentage and have suffered only seven interceptions all season, a number which currently stands 17th in the country.The 2015 campaign marked Montgomery’s second as both primary offensive play-caller and quarterbacks coach at Duke, a program in which he starred as an All-Atlantic Coast Conference wide receiver from 1996 to 1999. Tasked with grooming a new starting quarterback following the graduation of the school’s all-time winningest signal-caller and All-ACC selection Anthony Boone, Montgomery encouraged balance to a unit that continued to display a consistent level of production.
Sirk is one of only four Power 5 quarterbacks to lead his team in both rushing and passing during his first full-time season orchestrating the Duke offense.
Montgomery was recognized for his efforts as a one of three finalists for the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) National Assistant Coach-of-the-Year Award earlier this month. In addition, he was listed by Athlon as one of “College Football’s 20 Best Coaches Under 40” – ranking among the top 13 coordinators in the country.
During his first year as offensive coordinator in 2014, Montgomery had oversight of an attack that tallied 421 points, the second-highest single-season total in program history. Only the 2013 squad, which Montgomery served as Duke’s wide receivers coach, owns a better point total. In addition to a 32.4 scoring average, the Blue Devil offense also racked up 5,178 yards of total offense on the way to a 9-4 overall record and an appearance in the Hyundai Sun Bowl.
Over Montgomery’s two-year stint as Duke’s offensive coordinator, the Blue Devils featured two All-America selections along the offensive line (guard Laken Tomlinson in 2014, center Matt Skura in 2015), the ACC’s all-time leader in pass receptions (Jamison Crowder) and record-setting running back Shaun Wilson, who, in 2014, rushed for a school single-game record 245 yards against Kansas and finished the season with the highest yards per rushing attempt average (7.67) in school history. In the 2015 NFL Draft, Tomlinson was selected in the first round by the Detroit Lions while Crowder was a fourth-round choice of the Washington Redskins. Crowder currently ranks third among rookies in pass receptions.
In 2013, Montgomery guided a Duke receiving unit that included Crowder, a first-team All-ACC pick, who set a conference single-season record with 108 pass receptions for 1,330 yards and eight touchdowns. The Blue Devils rolled to a 10-4 mark and captured the ACC’s Coastal Division championship with a 6-2 ledger before falling to Texas A&M in a 52-48 shootout at the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Duke stood 22nd and 23rd in the final USA Today/Coaches and Associated Press polls, respectively, while ranking 24th in the last BCS listing.
Montgomery helped the Steelers to a three-year regular season record of 32-16, mentoring receivers such Hines Ward, Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown. A four-time NFL Pro Bowl selection, Ward finished his career as the organization’s all-time leader in receptions (1,000), receiving yardage (12,083) and receiving touchdowns (85). Wallace earned a Pro Bowl bid in 2011 after catching 72 passes for 1,193 yards and eight touchdowns while Brown was the Steelers’ team MVP in 2011 after becoming the first player in NFL history to amass 1,000-plus yards both receiving and on kick returns.
During his earlier four-year coaching stay at Duke, Montgomery directed several of the finest pass-catchers in school and ACC history. Eron Riley was a two-time All-ACC selection in 2006-07 and caught 144 career passes for 2,413 yards and 22 touchdowns. Donovan Varner and Conner Vernon both were recruited to Duke by Montgomery out of Miami and enjoyed outstanding careers in Durham. A first-team All-ACC pick in 2009, Varner caught 207 passes for 2,660 yards from 2008-11, while Vernon, a three-time (2010-12) all-league selection, became the ACC’s career leader in both catches (283) and receiving yardage (3,749).
As a wide receiver for the Blue Devils from 1996 to 1999, Montgomery paced Duke in receiving three-straight seasons as a sophomore, junior and senior, and was a two-time winner of the program’s Carmen Falcone Award as the Most Valuable Player in 1998 and 1999. He became just the third player in school history to lead the team in receptions in three straight years and was only the sixth Blue Devil to earn multiple team MVP honors.
Montgomery closed his collegiate career with 171 catches for 2,379 yards and 13 touchdowns. He caught 51 passes in both 1997 and 1999, and registered a career-high 60 receptions as a junior in 1998.
Montgomery’s name is etched into the Duke record book for longest plays with an 88-yard pass from Bobby Campbell against Vanderbilt in 1998 and a 99-yard kickoff return versus Wake Forest in 1999. Montgomery finished his career ranking among Duke’s all-time leaders in kickoff returns (63) and kickoff return yards (1,515) and all-purpose yardage (4,188).
During his senior campaign in 1999, Montgomery established the school standard for all-purpose yards in a season with 1,565 and he still holds two of Duke’s top single-game totals for all-purpose yardage with 262 versus Vanderbilt in 1998 and 250 against Virginia in 1999. In the Vanderbilt contest, he registered 243 receiving yards, a total that at the time, marked the fourth-highest single-game performance in school history.
He played professionally with the NFL’s Denver Broncos (2000-02) and Oakland Raiders (2003).
Montgomery, 37, was born in Shelby, N.C., and graduated from Burns High School before earning a bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology from Duke in 2000.
He is married to the former Ebony McDuffie of Detroit, Mich., and the couple has three sons – Cassius (6), Moses (2) and Magnus (8 months).

9 and Wine Golf Event
2016-05-26 17:30 - 20:30 UTC | Greenville Country Club, 216 Country Club Dr, Greenville, 27834
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3rd Thursday: Brandon Qualls
2016-05-19 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Brandon Qualls, Director of Food and Beverage at Hilton Hotels and Resorts, and Owner/Managing Partner at V I L L E D G E – Wood Fired Kitchen, is rolling out a new, exciting menu, and remodeled outdoor patio. Please join us to hear more from Brandon on being a Young Professional, and learning more about all the new improvements to the Hilton Hotel and V I L L E D G E Wood-Fired Kitchen.

Working for the Weekend!
2016-04-29 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | Villa Verde, 2601 E 10th St, Greenville, 27834, United States
Join us April 29th anytime between 12pm and 1:30pm for Working for the Weekend Lunch @ Villa Verde! We are excited to team up with Villa Verde for this casual lunch hour. Meetup with friends, bring your coworkers, or invite your clients and lunch with a purpose!

3rd Thursday: Leadership with Aniel K. Mishra
2016-04-21 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, 207 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC, United States
Doctor Aneil K. Mishra,
Aneil is an internationally recognized and widely published thought leader, educator, keynote speaker, and consultant in the ares of trust, leadership, changed management, organizational culture and organizational downsizing. Aneil provides leadership, change management, organizational culture and organizational downsizing. Aneil provides leadership assessment, executive education programs, and team development for a variety of Fortune 500 firms, leading health care organizations and nonprofits around the globe. Some of the organizations he has worked recently with include Abbott Labs, the American Institute of CPAs, the DC Bar Association, Sanofi, and the UNC and Virginia Commonwealth University medical schools.

3rd Thursday: Kris Carroll, President, Grady-White Boats
2016-03-17 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, 207 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC, United States
Kris Carroll came up through the ranks at Grady-White Boats, starting as a production control clerk in 1975 and eventually was promoted to vice-president of engineering and manufacturing in the late 80’s. In 1993 Kris was promoted to president of Grady-White Boats. She was the first woman to ever hold this position in the boat manufacturing industry.
Kris has led Grady-White to the front rank of the industry through her steadfast belief in putting the customer first, and through building a great management team. Under her guidance, Grady-White’s mission of customer satisfaction is achieved through building one-to-one customer relationships. Focus on customer satisfaction for Grady-White is proven by the fact that Grady-White has been ranked at the top of customer satisfaction surveys in every third party measure of customer satisfaction ever done in Grady’s categories in the marine industry; this includes 11 top rankings from the National Marine Manufacturer’s Association (NMMA) and the highest ranking in every marine study done by J.D. Power and Associates.
Kris and her top managers consistently demonstrate their belief in team-building within the Grady-White organization of employees, dealerships and vendors. They relentlessly encourage the achievement of the company’s vision of “together, delivering the ultimate boating experience.”
Carroll holds active leadership roles in the industry and her community; she is currently serving on the board of the NMMA, the board of the Center for Coastal Conservation, and is on the board and Advisory Council of the Boat Owners’ Association of the Boat United States (Boat U.S.). She is past chairwoman of the NMMA Boat Manufacturers’ Division Board. Kris’s ability to assemble and inspire the best managers, her steadfast beliefs, and her hard work continue to set quite an example for the entire industry. Kris is a former board member of Pitt County United Way and has a heart to help those who struggle, actively supporting many initiatives for those in need in the community.

Color Vibe 5 K
2016-03-12 11:00 - 17:00 UTC | Town Common/ Greenville Toyota Amphitheater, 100 E. 1st., Greenville, NC, 27858, United States
Get ready Greenville for the most colorful fun-filled day of your life! You’ll have more color on you than your happy levels can handle! So get your friends and family stretched out for this amazing color blast event where you’ll get blasted with color while you run the Color Vibe 5K. Color Vibe is here, and you’re about to get tagged!
YPs get a $10 discount by registering with the code CHAMBER. To enter this code registrants will select “team/group runner” and under “Ticket Type” they will see a “Team Discount Code” box…. This is where they will enter CHAMBER. Here are links to the event page and Facebook event page:
http://www.thecolorvibe.com/greenville_nc.php
https://www.facebook.com/events/565892276904443/

3rd Thursday: Brian Farkas Candidate for NC House District 9
2016-02-18 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, 207 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC, United States
Learn about issues important to Brian Farkas.
Raised in Pitt County, Brian Farkas is a 2016 candidate to serve District 9 in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Farkas works in an architecture firm founded in Greenville that fosters stronger communities by supporting Eastern North Carolina’s environment through responsible design and smart building. Prior to joining JKF ARCHITECTURE, Farkas worked for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), where he specialized in emergency management measures to safeguard the lives and prized research of over 1,000 people. A local graduate of J.H. Rose High School, Farkas received a B.A. in Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Master of Public Administration from the UNC School of Government in Chapel Hill.

3rd Thursday: Networking Round Robin
2016-01-21 06:00 - 08:00 UTC | VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, 207 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC, United States
You will leave this event having met someone new!

The One Fifty New Year's Bash
2015-12-31 21:00 (America/New_York) | Villedge Wood Fired Kitchen, 207 Greenville Blvd. SW, Greenville, NC, 27834, United States
Celebrate the start of 2016 in style at VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen! This is a black tie optional event, limited to 150 lucky guests! Tickets include beer, wine, champagne, and heavy hors d’oeuvres.
VIP Lounges (4 Available): optional for bottle service, private seating area, and cocktail waitress.
– Gold Lounges (3) $600 includes 2 tickets – 6 additional wrist bands for access to the VIP area
– Platinum Lounge (1) $1800 includes 2 tickets – 22 additional wrist bands for access to the VIP area

Third Thursday Social
2015-10-15 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | VILLEDGE Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, 207 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC, United States
