Our Team
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Matt Murray Curator Matt loves ideas in motion. Matt’s interests range from social entrepreneurship, deadline ecology, public access science, and the arts. His projects span from bags made from billboards to public sculpture to screenplays. Matt’s hope in hosting this TEDx event was that through local collaboration, good ideas would enhance the every day experience of the world. |
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Brad Hankins Marketing Director Brad is the founder of The Limelight Studio, a marketing company that specializes in brand management and web development. Outside of the business world, Brad enjoys intuitive and thoughtful design, new ideas on energy efficiency & distribution, and big picture thinking. |
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Erin Monda Communication Director Erin believes that good ideas deserve to be communicated; which is what drove her to get involved with digital marketing — and TEDx Raleigh — in the first place. A passionate advocate for everything startup- and social media-related, she has a degree in Professional Writing from Western Connecticut State University |
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AJ Viola Technical Director Passionate about new ideas, community, people, his mohawk, twitter and Downtown Raleigh, you’ll most likely find A.J. at one of the amazing coffee shops or bars downtown working on building relationships and connecting people to each other. A.J. is the Downtown Site Pastor for Lifepointe Church, a church started in 2011 by A.J., his wife Cynthia and a team of friends, which meets in the Lincoln Theatre. |