Meet our staff
Headquarters office
North Carolina Community Foundation
4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: 919-828-4387
Toll-free: 800-201-9533
Fax: 919-828-5495
All staff work out of our Raleigh office unless otherwise noted.
info@nccommunityfoundation.org
Click on names for brief biographies
Executive
Jennifer Tolle Whiteside, President and CEO
jtwhiteside@nccommunityfoundation.org
Cherry Ballard, Assistant to the President
cballard@nccommunityfoundation.org
Development
Beth Boney Jenkins, Vice President of Development
bjenkins@nccommunityfoundation.org
Mary Morgan, Philanthropy Counsel
mmorgan@nccommunityfoundation.org
Leslie Stewart, Regional Development Officer
lstewart@nccommunityfoundation.org
74 13th Avenue NE
Hickory, NC 28601
Mail: PO Box 2851, Hickory, NC 28603
Phone: 828-328-1237
Fax: 828-328-3948
Melinda Allen, Gift and Development Specialist
mallen@nccommunityfoundation.org
Finance
John Berngartt, Chief Financial Officer
jberngartt@nccommunityfoundation.org
John Hartley, Director of Finance
jhartley@nccommunityfoundation.org
Sandi Matthews, Controller
smatthews@nccommunityfoundation.org
Lisa Meeks, Financial Specialist
lmeeks@nccommunityfoundation.org
Marketing, Communications & IT
Noël McLaughlin, Director of Marketing and Communications
nmclaughlin@nccommunityfoundation.org
Patrick Callahan, Manager of Information Technology
pcallahan@nccommunityfoundation.org
Lori Johnson, Communications Assistant and Office Manager
ljohnson@nccommunityfoundation.org
Community Leadership
Sally Migliore, Director of Community Leadership
smigliore@nccommunityfoundation.org
Leslie Ann Jackson, Program Associate for Scholarships and Grantmaking
lajackson@nccommunityfoundation.org
Affiliate offices
Western Office
(Cherokee, Clay, Eastern Band of Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison and Swain)
Sue LeLievre, Regional Associate
slelievre@nccommunityfoundation.org
PO Box 1396
Franklin, NC 28734
Phone: (800) 201-9532 (toll-free)
Fax: 423-910-0627
Northwestern Office
(Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Catawba Valley, which includes Alexander, Caldwell and Catawba counties; Mount Airy, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin)
John Francis, Regional Associate
jfrancis@nccommunityfoundation.org
Leslie Stewart, Regional Development Officer (also see Development, above)
74 13th Avenue NE
Hickory, NC 28601
Mail: PO Box 2851, Hickory, NC 28603
Phone: 336-745-1739
Fax: 828-328-3948
Northern Piedmont Office (Position Open)
(Cary, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Person, Vance, Wake and Warren)
Interim contact: Sally Migliore
919-256-6911
For Cary: Beth Boney Jenkins
919-256-6932
4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: Direct: 919-256-6914
Main: 919-828-4387
Fax: 919-828-5495
Sandhills Office
(Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph and Rockingham)
Mary Anne Howard, Regional Associate
mhoward@nccommunityfoundation.org
4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: Direct: 919-256-6924
Main: 919-828-4387
Fax: 919-828-5495
Southeastern Office
(Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Robeson and Sampson)
Patricia Lawler, Regional Associate
plawler@nccommunityfoundation.org
1213 Culbreth Drive
Wilmington, NC 28405
Mail: PO Box 991, Wilmington, NC 28402
Phone: 910-509-7256
Fax: 910-256-0630
Coastal Plain North
(Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, Rocky Mount, Wayne and Wilson)
Kelly Lee, Regional Associate
klee@nccommunityfoundation.org
PO Box 7394
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Phone: 252-973-1205; 252-245-1794-cell
Coastal Plain South
(Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico and Pitt)
Kim Ball, Regional Associate
kball@nccommunityfoundation.org
Phone: 252-670-5929
PO Box 3411
New Bern, NC 28564-3411
Northeastern Office
(Beaufort-Hyde, Bertie-Hertford, Chowan, Currituck-Dare, Martin and Northern Albemarle, which includes Camden, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans)
Peggy Birkemeier, Senior Regional Associate
pbirk@nccommunityfoundation.org
8845 Caratoke Highway
Point Harbor, NC 27964
Mail: Harbinger Center, Suite 4, Point Harbor, NC 27964
Phone: 252-491-8166
Fax: 252-491-5714
