Scott Hamilton, President of the Golden LEAF Foundation

On this First in Future episode, we talk with Scott Hamilton, president of the Golden LEAF Foundation. They have been in the news lately, working with the North Carolina Rural Center to jumpstart what they call the "Rapid Recovery Loan Program" to react to the needs of small businesses in the wake of the pandemic. Scott was in economic development for decades with a group called Advantage West of Western North Carolina. Then he led the Appalachian Regional Commission from DC, and now he is back in North Carolina.