Creighton P. Blackwell
Creighton P. Blackwell is an accomplished, award winning, dynamic executive who has served as a community and business leader for over 28 years on a local as well as national level. He currently serves as the Chief Community & Public Affairs Officer (CCPAO) after successfully holding the position of Chief Culture and Impact Officer, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Community Engagement and VP of Retail Banking at Coastal Credit Union. He has also held upper level management positions at RBC Bank such as U.S. Director of Sales Communications and Marketing, Founder of the Sales Solutions Center (inside consulting firm) and Managing Director of Business Banking Strategy for North America. He has also served as Market Executive for multiple cities.
Creighton also has extensive community service experience serving on non- profit Executive boards throughout the nation. He currently serves as the Executive Board Chairperson for the North Carolina Council on Economic Education, the Coastal Credit Union Foundation, The Greater Chapel Hill Chamber of Commerce’s Partnership for a Sustainable Community Foundation and the Founding Chairperson for the Morrisville Innovation Foundation. He also currently serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the Triangle Community Foundation, United Way of the Greater Triangle, The National Credit Union Foundation, The Carolinas Credit Union Foundation, Wake Technical College Foundation, Wake Medical Foundation, the Kenan Fellows Advisory Education Board, the NC Business Committee for Education hosted out of the Governor’s office and the Triangle Martin Luther King Leadership Committee. Creighton has also been appointed by the Governor of North Carolina to serve on the North Carolina Museum Advisory Commission as well as the DRIVE Education Taskforce focused on increasing diversity within education for the state of North Carolina. His recent past Executive Board service at Habitat for Humanity and the YMCA and others has led to various awards and the creation of impactful programs that still thrives today.
He also is a graduate of the Leadership North Carolina program where he chaired the Education session as well as been designated a Certified Innovation Executive by his completion of this executive program at Stanford University’s Business School. Creighton is a former member of the State and Legislative Committee of the Durham Chamber of Commerce and is recognized as a contributor and partner with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction concerning financial education. He also was the founder of the Business and Education Partnership in Chapel Hill and the University Banking initiative which mobilized bankers to present financial literacy topics throughout the Triangle. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill as well as the North Carolina School of Banking.
Most recently, he has been selected as a winner of the North Carolina’s Sustainable Energy Association’s Community Impact Award, The Triangle Business Journal’s CEO and C-Suite of the year award and their inaugural Corporate Philanthropy Awards for his outstanding community and philanthropic work , one of Cary Magazines’ Movers and Shakers, ESPN\99.9 The Fan’s Sport Shop Radio Show as a Salute to Heroes Honoree as well as various other awards and recognition based on his contributions as an executive leader in his community, state, nationally and globally. He has also been recognized by the Leadership in Public-Private Partnership award given by the Chapel Hill Chamber and an Outstanding Achievement Award by SERVPRO, NC. He also contributes leadership with other committees such as the national Financial Health Network, North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction and the Regional Transportation Alliance. He is a huge supporter of the Triple Bottom line of Sustainability and is recognized as an accomplished professional public speaker, emcee and podcast speaker presenting various professional, educational and motivating topics at various national, regional and local events. Creighton also enjoys coaching sports and spending time with his wife and three young kids.
