Session Topic: Using Business Skills for Social Impact
Day
Tuesday
Start Time
2:00 PM
Length
50
Location
CH 110
Mgt & Leadership
Presenter(s)
Lisa
Brandkamp
Operations Manager
Cape Fear River Watch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisajane/
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Lisa Brandkamp is the Operations Manager for Cape Fear River Watch, she joined in 2025 overseeing the administrative aspects of the organization including Accounting, Finance and Treasury. Before moving to Wilmington and River Watch, her for-profit career was focused on In-House Buy-side Mergers and Acquisitions for Corning and Alpek. Lisa also spent time as a consultant for LEK and Deloitte before moving to North Carolina, and was a Teach for America participant in the Mississippi Delta. She has an MBA from Wharton focused in Strategy and Finance, and a MAcc from Michigan Ross.
Kemp
Burdette
Executive Director
Cape Fear River Watch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kemp-burdette/
UNCW Alumn
Kemp Burdette is the Cape Fear Riverkeeper and he works to protect and improve the water quality of the Lower Cape Fear River. He is a Wilmington native who grew up exploring the waterways and swamps that make our area so special. Kemp has lived and traveled around the world as a US Navy search and rescue swimmer, a Fulbright Scholar, and a Peace Corps volunteer. At home and abroad Kemp has always been interested in the way humans interact with their environment. His academic background is in geology and history, graduating from UNCW magna cum laude with honors, and he holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA), also from UNCW. He also holds a certificate in nonprofit management from Duke University. Kemp spends most of his free time with his two daughters Olivia and Caroline, working in his garden, or tinkering in his workshop, or exploring the waterways and swamps of the Lower Cape Fear Region.