Kickoff Roundtable

Mark DeMarcus is a Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for Business Banking for First National Bank’s Charlotte Region. In this role, Mark leads the business unit in providing companies across a variety of industries with industry-leading suite of business products and services, such as tailored cash flow solutions, capital financing options, to support growth of mid-sized companies throughout the Greater Charlotte area.

Denise Shields is the co-founder and CEO of Nych Brands. Through persistence and reinvention, the company has seen almost 400% growth over the past few years. Denise’s biggest passion is cultivating a vibrant, healthy work culture. Nych has been on the Inc 5000 list of fastest growing companies four times, and in 2023 she was named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Southeast.