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NCCF Board of Directors
Katharine “Kack” Harrison Hardin
Chair
Office Administrator, James C. Hardin III, PLLC
Rock Hill, SC
John Willingham
Vice Chair and Chair, Grants
President, Indera Mills
Yadkinville, NC
Steven Wangerin
Immediate Past Chair
Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, Coastal Bank & Trust
Jacksonville, NC
Tim Nicholls
Secretary
Founder, Nicholls & Crampton
Raleigh, NC
Mary Willis
Treasurer/Chair, Finance
Chair, CEO and President, Fidelity Bank
Fuquay-Varina, NC
Jan Hayes
Chair, Affiliate Impact
Managing Partner, Hayes Group Consulting, LLC
Sanford, NC
John R. Bratton
Chair, Development
Vice Chairman, Wake Stone Corporation
Raleigh, NC
Catharine Biggs Arrowood
Chair, Governance
Retired Of Counsel, Parker Poe
Raleigh, NC
Angela Watkins Gailliard
Chair, Audit
Director of Programs, Golden Leaf Foundation
Rocky Mount, NC
Peter M. Bristow
President, First Citizens Bank
Raleigh, NC
William Brody
CEO and Founder, Nooshee
Raleigh, NC
Leroy Davis, Jr.
Vice President in Philanthropy and Community Impact and Head of Grant Administration, Wells Fargo
Winston-Salem, NC
Charles “Chuck” Lovelace
Former Executive Director, Morehead-Cain Foundation
Chapel Hill, NC
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
Former Corporate Officer, Duke Energy Managing Partner, AHK Global Resources
Raleigh, NC
Todd Sears
CEO and Founder, Out Leadership
New York City, NY
Jane Thorne
Community advocate
Tarboro, NC
Directors Emeriti
Henry E. Frye
Of Counsel, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
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
Billy T. Woodard*
Retired Chairman, The Fidelity Bank
Annabelle L. Fetterman*
Retired CEO, Lundy Packing Company
Martha Guy*
Retired President, Avery County Bank
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
Steve Wangerin
June 2021 – March 2023
* Deceased