Our Team

Samantha has worked in marketing and media relations at Empire since 2009, handling press inquiries and managing media. Samantha has more than 20 years of experience as a newspaper reporter, most recently at The News & Observer. Samantha has an MBA with a concentration in International Marketing from Northeastern University and a bachelor of arts degree in English from East Carolina University. Samantha is a licensed real estate broker with the N.C. Real Estate Commission. Samantha is also a graduate of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Raleigh program (Class of 30).

She is the treasurer and a past president of the Ligon Middle School PTA. She also has served as the president and treasurer of the Hunter Elementary School PTA and is a founder and past president of the Lucille Hunter Elementary School Foundation. She is a board member and a past president of the Junior League of Raleigh, an organization she has been a member of since 2006. She also serves on the boards of the N.C. Executive Mansion Fund and the BSA Occoneechee Council. She has served on the boards of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, Wake Technical Community College Foundation, SAFEchild, Read and Feed and the Alexander YMCA.