The (un)forum is a virtual candidate forum that conveniently connects Chamber members with candidates in Orange | Durham | Chatham.
Scroll down to watch candidate responses and engage with each candidate.



Orange County

Watch Orange County Board of Commissioner Candidates share three things they will do to make Orange County a great place to start and grow a business:


Amy Fowler

Mark Marcoplos

Penny Rich

Jean Hamilton

Mark Dorosin

Renee Price

Watch Orange County Schools Board of Education Candidates share their priorities related to improving our future workforce:


Carrie Doyle

Jennifer D. Moore

LaTarndra Strong

Bonnie Hauser

Tony McKnight

Jennie McCray


Note: Candidate Lori Bateman withdrew.




Durham County

Watch Durham County Board of Commissioner Candidates share the three things they will do to make Durham County a great place to start and grow a business:


Brenda Howerton

Nida Allam

Nimasheena Burns

Heidi Carter

Wendy Jacobs

LeVon Barnes

Fred Foster, Jr.

Matt Kopac

Tara L. Fikes

Patrick Byker

John Rooks Jr.

Michael D Page

Nate Baker

Regina Mays

James Hill



Chatham County

Watch Chatham County Commissioner Candidates share the three things they will do to make Chatham County a great place to start and grow a business:


Karen Howard

Mike Dasher

Jay Stobbs

Katelin Hancock

Jimmy Pharr

Andy Wilkie



The (un)forum 2020 is a virtual candidate forum coordinated by The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro in partnership with three other chambers: The Chatham Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, and the Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce. Instead of a traditional, in-person candidate forum, we are using a dynamic digital platform, called ShineBiG, to engage candidates in conversations, which are shared widely through our social networks. All candidates who filed for the Chatham, Durham, or Orange County Commissioner races as well as the Orange County Schools Board of Education race were invited to participate. (Write-in candidates were not included.) Chamber staff members offered technical support to all participants. The (un)forum technology automatically shuffles the order in which the candidate videos appear to foster a more level playing field. The aim for the (un)forum 2020 is to help our collective chamber network of more than 2,000 employers and 200,000 employees living and working throughout our region to learn about each candidate and their positions through a convenient and easy platform. The (un)forum is now in its fourth election cycle: visit (un)forum 2019, (un)forum 2018, and (un)forum 2017. For questions, contact Katie Loovis, Vice President for External Affairs, The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill, at KLoovis@carolinachamber.org, (919) 967-7075 (office), or (919) 696-0781 (cell).

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