John Willingham
Chair
President, Indera Mills
Yadkinville, NC
Our Board
NCCF Board of Directors
Katharine “Kack” Harrison Hardin
Immediate Past Chair
Office Administrator, James C. Hardin III, PLLC
Rock Hill, SC
Charles “Chuck” Lovelace
Vice Chair & Treasurer/Chair, Finance
Former Executive Director, Morehead-Cain Foundation
Chapel Hill, NC
Caryn McNeill
Secretary
Partner, Smith Anderson
Raleigh, NC
Leroy Davis, Jr.
Chair, Grants
Vice President in Philanthropy and Community Impact and Head of Grant Administration, Wells Fargo
Winston-Salem, NC
Jan Hayes
Co-Chair, Affiliate Impact
Managing Partner, Hayes Group Consulting, LLC
Sanford, NC
Steven Wangerin
Co-Chair, Affiliate Impact
Community Development Officer, Providence Bank
Jacksonville, NC
Catharine Biggs Arrowood
Chair, Governance
Retired Of Counsel, Parker Poe
Raleigh, NC
Angela Watkins Gailliard
Chair, Audit
Chief Operating Officer, N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles
Rocky Mount, NC
Shelby Duffy Benton
Founder, Benton Family Law
Goldsboro, NC
Bob Kornegay
Manager of Member Services, Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation
Mount Olive, 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
Mary Willis
Chair, CEO and President, Fidelity Bank
Fuquay-Varina, 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
Katharine “Kack” Harrison Hardin
April 2023 – March 2025