Board of Trustees

2023 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

Joann Anderson
Senior Advisor, Acendient Healthcare Advisors
Lumberton, 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

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

Suzanne Cook
President, Benton Card Company
Benson, NC

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

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

Dr. Leah Devlin
Professor of Public Health
Raleigh, NC

Donald C. Evans
VP, Coastal Insurance, Shallot NC
Ash, NC

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

Gregory Floyd 
President of S&F Family Office, Inc. (Piggly Wiggly Supermarkets) 
Kinston, NC

Joseph C. Hall, Jr.
Retired Businessman
Salisbury, NC

Joseph H. Hunt
Attorney, Alston & Bird
Guntersville, AL

Glenn Infinger
Attorney
Atlanta, GA

Thomas J. Keith
Real Estate/Appraiser
Fayetteville, NC

LTG(R) Susan Lawrence
President & CEO,  AFCEA International
Bradenton, FL

Hon. Elaine Marshall
North Carolina Secretary of State
Raleigh, NC

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

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

Dr. Karen McNeil-Miller
President and CEO, The Colorado Health Foundation
Centennial, CO

Anna McNeill Oliver
Associate General Counsel, Liberty Healthcare Management, Inc. 
Wilmington, NC

Jerry D. Milton
President, Southeastern Interiors
Lillington, NC

Christopher Neal
President, Short Stop Food Marts
Fayetteville, NC

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

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

Meredith Rose
Rosewood Family of Companies
Raleigh, NC

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

Willard D. Small (Lifetime Trustee)
President, 3 Auto Dealerships
Fair Bluff, NC

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

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

L. Stuart Surles
Stuart Surles Insurance
Angier, NC

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
Hornets Sports & Entertainment
Charlotte, NC

Robert Whiteman (Lifetime Trustee)
Retired Businessman
Raleigh, NC

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