June 13, 2019 –Fred Whitfield has been named the 2019 Citizen of the Carolinas by the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance. The announcement was made during the Alliance’s Inter City Visit to Pittsburgh. The award is the highest honor given by the Alliance and will be presented at the organization’s Annual Meeting Dec. 3.
Whitfield joins an impressive list of past winners that include Nikki Haley, Johnny Harris, Rick Hendrick, Erskine Bowles, Mac Everett, Dan DiMicco, Julius Chambers, Harvey Gantt, Leon and Sandra Levine, Michael Jordan, Ben Bernanke, Dean Smith, Marian Wright Edelman, Hugh McColl and Reverend Billy Graham among others.