Meet our board
Executive committee
James W. Narron, Chair
Attorney, Narron, O'Hale & Whittington, P.A.
Smithfield
Stuart B. Dorsett, Vice Chair
Attorney, Ward & Smith, PA
Raleigh
Dean E. Painter, Jr., Treasurer
CEO, Raven Capital, Inc.
Raleigh
Billy T. Woodard, Secretary
Chairman and CEO, The Fidelity Bank
Fuquay-Varina
Robert L. Jones, Assistant Secretary
Chairman of the Board, Davidson and Jones Corporation
Raleigh
James Bell Black, III, Chair, Development
Senior Vice President, Client Development, Wachovia Bank
Raleigh
Rodney E. Martin, Chair, Grants
President, Atlantic Coast Foods, Inc
Swansboro
Linda J. Staunch, Chair, Governance
President, Linda Staunch & Associates
New Bern
Board members at large
Robert E. Barnhill, Jr.
President & CEO, Barnhill Contracting Company
Tarboro
Laura Beasley
Community Volunteer
Colerain
John Cameron
Managing Partner
TransTech Management
Eden
J. Keith Crisco
Secretary, Department of Commerce
Asheboro
Brian C. Crutchfield
Director of Economic Development, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation
Lenoir
Annabelle L. Fetterman
Retired CEO, Lundy Packing Company
Clinton
Sarah Belk Gambrell
Director/Officer, Belk Group of Stores
Charlotte
Frank B. Gibson, Jr.
Partner, Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, PLLC
Wilmington
Clyde P. Harris, Jr.
Harris & Associates
Wilson
William J. Kealy
Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs
Duck
H. Kel Landis, III
Partner, Plexus Capital
Raleigh
James M. Parrott, Jr.
President, Parrott Farms
Kinston
W. Trent Ragland, III
President, Ragland Properties Inc.
Raleigh
Kenneth G. Reece
Senior Vice President, First Tennessee Bank
Raleigh
C. Ron Scheeler
Retired Partner, Ernst & Young
Raleigh
Karen Stiwinter
Owner, K. M. Stiwinter and Company
Franklin
Elizabeth Hobgood Wellons
Community Volunteer
Smithfield
Directors emeriti:
Henry E. Frye
Of Counsel, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Greensboro
Charles Gaddy*
Gaddy Real Estate Company
Raleigh
Martha Guy
Retired President, Avery County Bank
Newland
Lewis R. Holding*
Founding Chairman, NCCF
Retired CEO, First Citizens BancShares
The Honorable James E. Holshouser, Jr.
Former Governor, State of North Carolina
Pinehurst
John R. Jordan, Jr.
Attorney, Jordan, Price, Wall, Gray, Jones & Carlton
Raleigh
W. Trent Ragland, Jr.
Vice President Emeritus, Martin-Marietta Aggregates
Raleigh
The Honorable Robert W. Scott*
Former Governor, State of North Carolina
Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.
Chairman Emeritus, Progress Energy
Raleigh
* Deceased
