Hilburn Business Alliance is a collaborative partnership between business leaders throughout Wake County, specifically in our community, and the educators at our middle school. The career and life expertise of business leaders provides students with the relevancy between education and future careers. Through career-related events, businesses can help prepare students to be future employees of Wake County. Typically, an alliance comprises 8-10 business leaders, a Career Development Coordinator (CDC), the principal, a PTA liaison, the Special Populations Coordinator, and student representatives.  A business member can expect a nominal time commitment of approximately 1-2 hours a month during the school year, either in monthly alliance meetings with key school personnel or in direct participation in a career-based alliance activity.