Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors comprises a group of the region’s leaders, and 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, Treasurer
CPA and Tax Partner, Thomas, Judy, and Tucker, PA
Elizabeth Arias
Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Rebecca Balter, PhD, Chair
Community Leader
Creighton Blackwell
Chief Community & Public Affairs Officer, Coastal Credit Union
Matt Bullard
Trusts & Estates Attorney, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
Kevin Dick
President & CEO, Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Crystal German, Vice Chair
Executive Vice President, Self-Help Credit Union
Richard B. Guirlinger, Leadership Council Chair
Owner & President, Bourke Services, LLC
Lilyn Hester
Head of Southeast External Affairs & Government Relations, Google
Bernard Hsu
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
Renee Paschal
Owner, Renee Paschal Consulting
Hilary Pollan
Lead Facilitator and Founder, Hilary Pollan Facilitation
Evan Raleigh
Assistant City Manager, City of Raleigh
Pilar Rocha-Goldberg
President & CEO, El Centro Hispano, Inc.
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Vijay Shah, Secretary
Senior Vice President, Trademark Properties
Laura Virkler
Community Leader
Stelfanie Williams
Vice President for Durham & Community Affairs, Duke University