This Week: A native of Hickory NC, Adele McLean is a business executive and consultant who has spent more than three decades helping Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations, and nonprofits solve complex operational challenges. With a business degree and Master of Accounting from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill she has built a career leading organizational change, improving performance, and helping teams tackle difficult problems. Today, Adele is applying that same business mindset to exploring how communities can use data, measurement, and collaboration to create greater economic opportunity for everyone. Adele served on the BOD of the United Way of Chatham County and as consultative counsel to the former Director of United Way to support the development of the Bold Goal. Adele is an active volunteer with the Salvation Army, where she provides financial mentoring and budgeting workshops to community members. In partnership with others, she is helping develop the strategic business case for a Chatham County Community Resource Center to improve access to coordinated community services.