Meet our board

Executive committee

  • Steven Wangerin
    Chair
    Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, Coastal Bank & Trust Jacksonville
  • Katharine (Kack) Harrison Hardin
    Vice Chair/Treasurer
    Office Administrator, James C. Hardin III, PLLC Rock Hill, SC
  • Tim Nicholls
    Secretary
    Founder, Nicholls & Crampton Raleigh
  • Juan Austin
    Co-Chair, Affiliate Impact
    Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Foundation, NC and SC Jamestown
  • Jan Hayes
    Co-Chair, Affiliate Impact
    Managing Partner, Hayes Group Consulting, LLC Sanford
  • Madhu Sharma
    Chair, Grants
    Self-Development Coach Cary
  • Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
    Chair, Governance
    Former Corporate Officer, Duke Energy Managing Partner, AHK Global Resources Raleigh
  • John R. Bratton
    Chair, Development
    Vice Chairman, Wake Stone Corporation Raleigh

Board members at large

  • Catharine Biggs Arrowood
    Retired Of Counsel, Parker Poe Raleigh
  • Peter M. Bristow
    President, First Citizens Bank Raleigh
  • Angela Gailliard
    Director of Programs, Golden Leaf Foundation Rocky Mount
  • Charles (Chuck) Lovelace
    Former Executive Director, Morehead-Cain Foundation Chapel Hill
  • Todd Sears
    CEO and Founder, Out Leadership New York City
  • Jane Thorne
    Community advocate Tarboro
  • John Willingham
    President, Indera Mills Yadkinville
  • Mary Willis
    Chair, CEO and President, Fidelity Bank Fuquay-Varina

Directors emeriti

  • Henry E. Frye
    Of Counsel, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP Greensboro
  • Charles Gaddy*
    Gaddy Real Estate Company
  • Lewis R. Holding*
    Founding Chairman, NCCF
    CEO, First Citizens BancShares
  • The Honorable James E. Holshouser, Jr.*
    Former Governor, State of North Carolina
  • John R. Jordan, Jr.*
    Attorney, Jordan, Price, Wall, Gray, Jones & Carlton
  • W. Trent Ragland, Jr.*
    Vice President Emeritus, Martin-Marietta Aggregates
  • The Honorable Robert W. Scott*
    Former Governor, State of North Carolina
  • Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.
    Chairman Emeritus, Progress Energy Raleigh
  • Billy T. Woodard*
    Retired Chairman, The Fidelity Bank
  • Annabelle L. Fetterman*
    Retired CEO, Lundy Packing Company Clinton
  • Martha Guy*
    Retired President, Avery County Bank Newland

Past chairs

  • Lewis R. Holding*
    1988 - 2002
  • Charles W. Gaddy*
    2003 - 2004
  • C. Ron Scheeler
    June 2004 – March 2009
  • James W. Narron
    April 2009 – March 2012
  • Stuart B. Dorsett
    April 2012 – March 2015
  • Linda J. Staunch
    April 2015 – March 2017
  • James B. Black, III
    April 2017 – March 2019
  • Rodney E. Martin*
    April 2019 - March 2021
* Deceased
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