Jamie DeMent Holcomb's guest appearances

Jamie DeMent Holcomb

Catalyze

Andrew Patterson

James Corden

Sarah MacKenzie

David Gardner

Chris Bradford

Alan Murray

Anne Harris

Jonathan Reckford

John Sides

Eric Lee

Franklin McCain

Peter Henry

Danae Ringelmann

Rob Gourley

Jim Cooper

OwlTail

Benny Klein

Jamie DeMent

Jamie DeMent Holcomb ’01 stopped by the Foundation in March 2022 to speak with host Benny Klein ’24 of the Scholar Media Team during her campaign for North Carolina Senate (District 23). Jamie shares about growing up in Franklin County, North Carolina; watching the Duke vs. UNC game during her final selection weekend; spotting Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino on the Universal Studios set, and her love of science museums. Jamie is CEO of the Kidzu Children’s Museum in Chapel Hill, where she seeks to increase access to science for youth in fun and engaging ways. The alumna is also a managing partner at the North Carolina Venture Capital Fund, a firm that invests in innovative startups throughout the state and Southeast writ large.Music creditsThe intro and ending music for this episode is by scholar Scott Hallyburton ’22, guitarist of the band South of the Soul. The music featured mid-episode is by scholars Asher Wexler ’25 and Emmaus Holder ’23, with voice-over by scholar Tucker Stillman ’25. How to listenOn your mobile device, you can listen and subscribe to Catalyze on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. For any other podcast app, you can find the show using our RSS feed.Catalyze is hosted and produced by Sarah O’Carroll for the Morehead-Cain Foundation, home of the first merit scholarship program in the United States and located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. You can let us know what you thought of the episode by finding us on Twitter or Instagram at @moreheadcain or you can email us at communications@moreheadcain.org.

Jamie DeMent Holcomb ’01 stopped by the Foundation in March 2022 to speak with host Benny Klein ’24 of the Scholar Media Team during her campaign for North Carolina Senate (District 23). Jamie shares about growing up in Franklin County, North Carolina; watching the Duke vs. UNC game during her final selection weekend; spotting Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino on the Universal Studios set, and her love of science museums. Jamie is CEO of the Kidzu Children’s Museum in Chapel Hill, where she seeks to increase access to science for youth in fun and engaging ways. The alumna is also a managing partner at the North Carolina Venture Capital Fund, a firm that invests in innovative startups throughout the state and Southeast writ large.Music creditsThe intro and ending music for this episode is by scholar Scott Hallyburton ’22, guitarist of the band South of the Soul. The music featured mid-episode is by scholars Asher Wexler ’25 and Emmaus Holder ’23, with voice-over by scholar Tucker Stillman ’25. How to listenOn your mobile device, you can listen and subscribe to Catalyze on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catalyze/id1434061652" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3b89p9jFpv28B7fOQTTWxO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>. For any other podcast app, you can find the show using our <a href="https://feeds.simplecast.com/aTQbKz7X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>.Catalyze is hosted and produced by Sarah O’Carroll for the Morehead-Cain Foundation, home of the first merit scholarship program in the United States and located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. You can let us know what you thought of the episode by finding us on Twitter or Instagram at @moreheadcain or you can email us at communications@moreheadcain.org.

Jamie DeMent Holcomb ’01 on how saying ‘yes’ led her to success as a museum CEO, venture capitalist, writer, chef, and farmer, with scholar host Benny Klein ’24