Board of Trustees

2024 Board Members

BOARD CHAIR:
James Eugene (Gene) Lewis, III
SVP, Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services
Angier, NC

BOARD VICE CHAIR:
Mary W. Willis
President & CEO, Fidelity Bank
Fuquay Varina, NC

James S. Adcock, III
Attorney
Fuquay Varina, NC

Joann Anderson
Retired Pres., Southeastern Regional Medical Center
Raleigh, NC

Juan Austin
Senior VP of Philanthropy & Community Relations, Wells Fargo Corporate
Jamestown, NC

Robert J. Barker (Lifetime Trustee)
Bob Barker Company, Inc.
Fuquay Varina, NC

Gilford W. Bass (Lifetime Trustee)
President, Holden Beach Fishing Pier
Holden Beach, NC

Steve Bryan
Vice Chairman, TA Loving
Goldsboro, NC

Travis Burt
Community Investor
Emerald Isle, NC

Ed Byrd (Lifetime Trustee)
Retired Land Developer
Sanford, NC

David K. Clark (Lifetime Trustee)
President, Clark Brothers Inc.
Elizabethtown, NC

Dr. R. Henry Capps
Physician
Huntersville, NC

Paul Clark
Principal & COO, Mill Capital Management
Charlotte, NC

Dr. Allison C. Cobb
Pharmacist/Homemaker
Stanley, NC

Helen Currin (Lifetime Trustee)
Retired farm owner/operator
Wilmington, NC

Dr. Melissa Davies
Physician
Summerfield, NC

Rev. Jayne Davis
Associate Pastor, First Baptist Church Wilmington
Burgaw, NC

Dr. Leah Devlin
Professor of Public Health
Raleigh, NC

Donald C. Evans
Vice President, Coastal Insurance, Shallot NC
Ash, NC

Dexter E. Floyd (Lifetime Trustee)
Piggly Wiggly Supermarkets
Kinston, NC

Gregory Floyd
Attorney/Franchise Principal, Piggly Wiggly Supermarkets
Kinston, NC

Joseph C. Hall, Jr.
Retired Businessman
Punta Gorda, FL

Joseph H. Hunt
General Counsel, Samford University
Guntersville, AL

Kim Johnson
Retired/Former Banking Executive
Wilson, NC

Thomas J. Keith (Lifetime Trustee)
Real Estate/Appraiser
Fayetteville, NC

LTG(R) Susan Lawrence
Managing Director, Accenture
Bradenton, FL

Dr. Heather Massengill
Director of External Engagement, GlaxoSmithKline
Garner, NC

Bernard F. McLeod, Jr. (Lifetime Trustee)
Retired businessman
Fuquay-Varina, NC

Jerry D. Milton
President, Southeastern Interiors
Lillington, NC

Christopher Neal
Short Stop Food Marts
Fayetteville, NC

Anna McNeill Oliver
Attorney
Wilmington, NC

Jim Evan Perry (Lifetime Trustee)
Retired Professional Baseball
New London, NC

Dr. James Purvis
Dentist, Kincaid & Purvis Family Dentistry
New Bern, NC

Robert Ransdell (Lifetime Trustee)
Southern Seeds, Inc.
Angier, NC

Meredith Rose
Rosewood Family of Companies
Raleigh, NC

Willard D. Small (Lifetime Trustee)
President, 3 Auto Dealerships
North Myrtle Beach, SC

Henry L. Smith
Owner & President, Carolina Medical
Chapel Hill, NC

Randell C. Stoney, Jr.
Attorney, Barnwell Whaley
Mount Pleasant, SC

Frederick H. Taylor (Lifetime Trustee)
Troy Lumber Company
Troy, NC

Frederick L. Taylor, II
Troy Lumber Company
Biscoe, NC

Benjamin N. Thompson
Attorney, Wyrick, Robbins, Yates & Ponton LLP
Dunn, NC

David Wharton
Regional Manager, Wells Fargo Bank
Advance, NC

Fred Whitfield
Charlotte, NC

Robert Whiteman (Lifetime Trustee)
Retired Businessman
Raleigh, NC

Luby E. Wood (Lifetime Trustee)
Businessman
Raleigh, NC