Motivational Speakers

Sig Hutchinson, keynote speaker, business leader and community advocate has been on the front lines of making communities healthier and more livable for more than a decade. Sig has used his powers of communication and public speaking to transform the region by personally leading four bond referendums in North Carolina totaling more than $130 Million Dollars for open space preservation, parks and greenways and continues to be politically active in the region where he sits on numerous boards and committees including Chair of the Open Space & Parks Advisory Committee for Wake County. His interests evolved towards transportation and land use issues where he is currently Vice Chair of the Triangle Transit Authority and chaired the first Bicycle Pedestrian Task Force for the region's Metropolitan Planning Organization. Sig has also been the driving force behind the creation of more than 180 miles of an interconnected greenway system currently underway within the Triangle region of North Carolina linking numerous counties and municipalities. Known locally as "Mr. Greenjeans," Sig has been honored as "Tarheel of the Week" by the News & Observer and "Volunteer of the Year" by Wake County.

Professionally, Sig supports a vibrant and growing downtown as Publisher of The Raleigh Downtowner, Raleigh's largest downtown newspaper. Sig's current interests include transportation, land use and the environment and his communication skills have the Wake County Manager, David Cooke referring to Sig as his "Secret Weapon." Sig has a M.Ed. from the University of South Carolina and makes is home living next to a greenway in Raleigh, North Carolina."