2024 Flame For Learning Award Celebration

"What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young?"

These profound words were uttered by the Christian Saint John Chrysostom in 400 A.D. And they are just as relevant today as they were 1600 years ago.
 
The Triangle East Chamber of Commerce is proud to partner with Johnston County Public Schools in celebrating the 30th annual Flame for Learning Awards. It is our goal to support and elevate the teaching profession in the public schools. This award recognizes outstanding creativity and innovation in the classroom and nominees are selected strictly on merit, without regard to school or residence. The recipient of the award is named the Johnston County Teacher of the Year and will represent the Johnston County Public School System in the North Carolina Teacher of the Year competition.

Keynote Speaker

Meredith Archie, President
NC Chamber Foundation

Meredith Archie was named president of the NC Chamber Foundation in April 2022. She leads the Foundation’s competitiveness institute activities, oversees commissioned studies, and provides guidance on public policy issues outlined in North Carolina Vision 2030, categorized by three pillars: Education and Talent Supply, Competitive Business Climate, and Infrastructure and Growth Leadership. Under Archie’s leadership, the Foundation serves as a convener around these issues and conducts nonpartisan research on complex challenges, crafts sound policy recommendations, and tracks progress.

Since its inception, the research and policy recommendations of the NC Chamber Foundation have been leveraged by the NC Chamber and aligned business organizations to advocate for fundamental reforms, which positioned North Carolina as a top-10 state to work and do business. Today, the NC Chamber Foundation is focused on maintaining our state’s competitive position and fostering a sustainable environment for businesses and communities to thrive.

A native North Carolinian, Archie is from Rocky Mount where she grew up working for her family’s business and gained a deep appreciation for businesses’ contributions to communities and the opportunity provided through good jobs.

Before joining the NC Chamber Foundation, Archie was at Duke Energy for seven years where she led communications and engagement strategy in North Carolina, including corporate communications, stakeholder engagement, executive positioning and serving as company spokesperson. Prior to that, she directed communications efforts for the NC Chamber and NC Chamber Foundation from 2011 to 2015. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in communication studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Archie resides in Raleigh with her husband, Charles, and two daughters, where she is an active member of the community.

Help us celebrate and honor our teachers!

2024 Flame for Learning Semifinalists

This program requires sponsorship dollars, much of which is awarded directly to the semifinalists.    

All sponsors will be recognized during the award ceremony. If you have questions, please let me know. Thank you for supporting our teachers as the true professionals they are and the passion they exhibit each day in the classroom.
 
Thank you for supporting our TEACHERS!