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
info@nccommunityfoundation.org
Executive
Jennifer Tolle Whiteside, President and CEO
jtwhiteside@nccommunityfoundation.org
Cherry Ballard, Director of Leadership Services
cballard@nccommunityfoundation.org
Donor Engagement
Melinda Allen, Information Services Manager
mallen@nccommunityfoundation.org
Sarah Taylor, Program Associate
sltaylor@nccommunityfoundation.org
Finance
John Berngartt, Chief Financial Officer
jberngartt@nccommunityfoundation.org
John Hartley, Director of Finance
jhartley@nccommunityfoundation.org
Sandi Brinich, Controller
sbrinich@nccommunityfoundation.org
Lisa Meeks, Financial Specialist
lmeeks@nccommunityfoundation.org
Jay Wilder, Financial Specialist
jwilder@nccommunityfoundation.org
Legal
Mary Morgan, Legal Counsel
mmorgan@nccommunityfoundation.org
Marketing and Communications
Noël McLaughlin, APR, Director of Marketing and Communications
nmclaughlin@nccommunityfoundation.org
Lori Johnson, Communications Assistant and Office Manager
ljohnson@nccommunityfoundation.org
Development and Affiliate Services
Beth Boney Jenkins, Vice President of Affiliate Services
bjenkins@nccommunityfoundation.org
4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: 919-828-4387
Fax: 919-828-5495
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)
Leslie Stewart, Regional Development Officer
lstewart@nccommunityfoundation.org
Maria Manning, Regional Services Associate
mmanning@nccommunityfoundation.org
74 13th Avenue NE
Hickory, NC 28601
Mail: PO Box 2851, Hickory, NC 28603
Phone: 828-328-1237
Fax: 828-328-3948
Northern Piedmont Office
(Cary, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Person, Vance, Wake and Warren)
Jeanne Lawson, Regional Associate
jlawson@nccommunityfoundation.org
4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: 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: 919-828-4387
Fax: 919-828-5495
Southeastern Office
(Brunswick, Carteret, 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 Offices
Beth Boney Jenkins, Vice President of Affiliate Services (Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico and Pitt)
bjenkins@nccommunityfoundation.org
4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: 919-828-4387
Fax: 919-828-5495
Kelly Lee, Regional Associate (Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, Rocky Mount, Wayne and Wilson)
klee@nccommunityfoundation.org
PO Box 7394
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Phone: 252-245-1794
Northeastern Office
(Beaufort, 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
