making connections around the table
Making Connections Around the Table is a bi-monthly dinner program, offering the unique opportunity to enjoy an evening of good conversation, company, and food while getting to know the inner workings of the Greensboro community. Each dinner program features Greensboro-area “guests of interest” who talk about pertinent issues and topics of life in the Greensboro Community and the greater Triad. synerG and Action Greensboro would like to thank our generous Making Connections Around the Table Event Sponsor American Express.
Make Connections with Preston Lane in September!
tuesday, september 16th
Proximity hotel
Reception: 6 - 6:30 PM
Dinner & Conversation: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Tickets are $25 (Includes a three course meal & one drink ticket)
Read more about Preston Lane here.
Click here to purchase a ticket!
Out of respect for Mr. Lane, all event attendees are requested to arrive prior to the start of the program at 6:30 pm. Advance ticket purchase is required.
In 2008, our theme is "Regionalism" and we have events scheduled for:
- January 29: Greensboro Mayor Yvonne Johnson
- March 18: Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines
- May 20: High Point Mayor Rebecca Smothers
- July 15: Moses Cone Health System President and CEO Tim Rice
- September 16: Triad Stage Artistic Director Preston Lane
- November 18: Bennett College President Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Check out photos from previous Making Connections Around the Table events. 
To suggest a featured guest for an upcoming Making Connections Around the Table, please email synerG .
Tickets to this event are made more affordable though the assistance of event Sponsors. synerG and Action Greensboro would like to thank our generous Making Connections Around the Table Event Sponsor:
Previous guests have included:
2008
- June 15: Tim Rice, Moses Cone Health System President and CEO
- May 20: High Point Mayor Becky Smothers
- March 13: Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines
- January 29: Greensboro Mayor Yvonne Johnson
2007
- December 11: Dr. Nolo Martinez, UNCG's Center for New North Carolinians
- November 13: Dr. Leo Lambert, President, Elon University
- October 10: Senator Kay Hagan
- September 11: Justice Henry Frye
- June 12: Matt Brown, General Manager, Greensboro Coliseum Complex
- May 8: Dean Leary Davis, Elon University School of Law
- April 10: Dr. Craven Williams, President of Greensboro College
- March 13: Dr. Carol Strohecker, Director, Center for Design Innovation
- February 13: Jim Melvin, President, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
2006
- December 12: John Alexander, President, Center for Creative Leadership
- November 14: Roy Carroll, Developer Center Pointe
- October 10: Representative Pricey Harrison
- September 12: Mark Brazil, Tournament Director, Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
- June 13: Dennis Quaintance, Lucky 32, O. Henry Hotel, Proximity Hotel
- May 9: Bill Mangum, William Mangum Fine Art
- April 11: Ed Hillis, Director of Variable Operations, Crown Automotive Management
- March 14: Donald Moore, President, Greensboro Grasshoppers
- February 21: Dr. Kent Chabotar, President, Guilford College
- January 10: Dr. Pat Sullivan, Chancellor, UNCG
2005
- December 13: Keith Holliday, Mayor, City of Greensboro
- November 8: Rebecca Clark, Director, Piedmont Triad Film Commission
- October 12: Dr. Terry Grier, Superintendent, Guilford County Schools
- September 20: Nido Qubein, President, High Point University
- June 14: Jack Murphy, Host, “Murphy in the Morning”
- May 10: Sandra Hughes, Anchorperson, WFMY News 2
- April 12: Mackey McDonald, President, Chairman & CEO, VF Corporation
- March 8: Jim Melvin, President, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
- February 8: Dr. James Renick, President, NC A&T State University
- January 11: John Swofford, Commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference
2004
- December 14: Jeri Rowe, Editor, Go Triad!
- November 9: Dennis R. Glass, Chairman, President & CEO, Jefferson Pilot Financial