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.

Farad Ali, Immediate Past Chair
The Institute
Rebecca Balter
Tucker Bartlett
Self-Help Credit Union
Anita R. Brown-Graham
UNC School of Government
M. Christine DeVita
The Wallace Foundation
Allyson Duncan
Case Manager, JAMS
Sheldon Fox
KDI Capital Partners
Michael Goodmon
Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Richard B. Guirlinger, Leadership Council Chair
Bourke Services, LLC
Lilyn Hester, Google
Google's Head of Southeast External Affairs and Government Relations
Phil Lambert
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Wayne F. Morgan, Novant Health
Vice President, Fixed Income
Luis Pastor
Latino Community Credit Union (LCCU)
Steven Pearson
IBM
Larry Rocamora
McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson & Wilson, PLLC
Michael Schoenfeld, Chair
Duke University
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Vijay Shah
Senior Vice President at Trademark Properties
Timothy W. Trost
Melinda Wiggins
Student Action with Farmworkers