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Ashley Stephenson • Owner, Story Photographers [email protected] | 919.602.1412 Ashley is a friend, a Wedding Wire award-winning photographer, and the preferred out-of- house event photographer for the North Carolina Museum of Art. She has been a source of support as I’ve launched and grown my creative businesses, and also briefly worked with me in a professional capacity when I hired her as a portrait photographer for a donor gala. Anne Atkinson • Independent Photographer/Mixed Media Artist [email protected] | 919.896.5898 Anne is a good friend and a leading member of Roundabout Art Collective (a Raleigh art gallery). She has engaged my gift wrapping business, The Present Pixie, to offer gift wrapping at a couple receptions at the gallery, and recently collaborated with me on a photoshoot for The Present Pixie. Lisa Jones • CEO, Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines [email protected] | 919.782.3021 Prior to her current role with the Girl Scouts, Lisa served as the executive director of Carolina Ballet, where I’ve volunteered for about 15 years. I worked with Lisa to launch the ballet’s Tweet Seats program, which garnered national media attention for its innovative use of Twitter to attract and engage a younger audience demographic.
