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6 <br /> CHAPEL HILL <br /> :.•. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU <br /> August 27, 2019 <br /> To: Orange County Board of County Commissioners c/o Clerk's Office <br /> From: Laurie Paolicelli, Director, Orange County Visitors Bureau <br /> Re: Nomination for Advisory Board seat <br /> At its August 21, 2019 Advisory Board meeting, the Orange County Visitors Bureau <br /> Board's nominating committee brought forth the following nomination for consideration: <br /> Mayor Pam Hemminger to fill the seat previously filled by Rachel Schaevitz with the <br /> Town of Chapel Hill Town Council. Ms. Schaevitz has a faculty conflict and cannot <br /> continue in the seat. <br /> As defined by the Orange County Visitors Bureau bylaws, the town appoints a member <br /> of its council to serve on Orange County's Visitors Bureau advisory board. <br /> The board and staff are pleased to have Mayor Hemminger's interest in tourism. <br /> Ms. Hemminger longtime passions include the environment and social justice, and she <br /> recently served on the boards of several area nonprofits, including Orange County <br /> Habitat for Humanity, the Triangle Land Conservancy, Rainbow Soccer and Historic <br /> Moorefields, and is past chairwoman of the Orange-Chatham Sierra Club. <br /> Professionally, she has worked as a business manager in the computer and real estate <br /> industries and today owns a small commercial property firm, Windaco Properties LLC. <br /> Her experience in administration, financial accounting and budgeting, and property <br /> redevelopment has served her well in her various government and nonprofit positions. <br /> Thank you to the BOCC for consideration. <br />