Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors comprises a group of the region’s leaders. The Board is the Foundation’s governance and policy-making body. As such, the Board bears fiduciary responsibility for the legal, financial, administrative, grantmaking, community service, and fundraising activities of the Foundation. New members are elected to the Board after recommendation by a Nominating and Governance Committee. Board members serve a three-year term and may be re-elected for one term.

Caroline Abbott
CPA and Tax Partner, Thomas, Judy, and Tucker, PA
Rebecca Balter, Secretary
Community Leader
Creighton Blackwell
Chief Community & Public Affairs Officer, Coastal Credit Union
Matt Bullard
Trusts & Estates Attorney, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
Christine DeVita, Chair
Community Leader
Crystal German
Executive Vice President, Self-Help Credit Union
Michael Goodmon
Senior Vice President, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Richard B. Guirlinger, Leadership Council Chair
Owner & President, Bourke Services, LLC
Ravila Gupta
CEO, Bagchi Group
Lilyn Hester
Head of Southeast External Affairs & Government Relations, Google
Phil Lambert, Treasurer
Community Leader
LaToya Montague
Executive Director, Communities in Schools of Wake County
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Wayne F. Morgan
Vice President, Fixed Income, Novant Health
Hilary Pollan
Lead Facilitator and Founder, Hilary Pollan Facilitation
Evan Raleigh
Assistant City Manager, City of Raleigh
Larry Rocamora, Vice Chair
Member, McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson & Wilson, PLLC
Pilar Rocha-Goldberg
President & CEO, El Centro Hispano, Inc.
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Vijay Shah
Senior Vice President, Trademark Properties
Laura Virkler
Community Leader