Board Members

Sherri Thomas (Chair)
Truliant Federal Credit Union
Chief Administrative Officer

Ivan Canada
NC Center for Nonprofits
President & CEO

Jada Harris
Social Designs LLC
CEO

David Edwards
First National Bank
Regional Market Executive/President Piedmont Region

Beth Fischer
UNC Greensboro
Vice Chancellor of University Advancement

Geoff Foster (Chair-elect)
Core Technology Molding Corporation
President & CEO

Preston Hammock (Secretary-Treasurer)
Cone Health
SVP, Cone Health

Nancy King Quaintance (Vice Chair, Member Engagement)
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels
Vice President

C.C. Lamberth
C2Contractors
President

Wanda Lea
The P&G Manufacturing Co.
Director of Supply Network Operations-Oral Care

Mindy Oakley
The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation
Executive Director

Kim Reed
ITG Brands
President and CEO

Clifford Thompson (Vice Chair, Economic Development)
Thompson Traders, Inc.
President

Ex- Officio
Michael Halford
Guilford County
County Manager

Trey Davis
City of Greensboro
City Manager

Sherri Thomas (Chair)
Truliant Federal Credit Union
Chief Administrative Officer

Jimmy Adams
Brooks Pierce
Partner

Suzy Adkins, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
Honda Aircraft Company
Division Director, Human Resources

Mame Annan-Brown
Kontoor Brands, Inc.
Executive Vice President

Ford Bowers
Truist
Market President/ SVP

Danny Brown
United Maintenance Group
President and Owner

Ivan Canada
NC Center for Nonprofits
President & CEO

Lynn Clark
Guy M. Turner
Vice President

Tony Clarke
Guilford Technical Community College
President

Greg Cox
Bank of America
Triad President

Jada Harris
Social Designs LLC
CEO

David Edwards
First National Bank
Regional Market Executive /President Piedmont Region

Beth Fischer
UNC Greensboro
Vice Chancellor of University Advancement

Geoff Foster (Chair-elect)
Core Technology Molding Corporation
President & CEO

Dr. Stacey A. Greene
Dr. Stacey Greene, DDS

Preston Hammock
Cone Health
President, Moses Cone Hospital
SVP, Cone Health

Brent Hampton
Century Products
CEO/President

Doug Hassman
VF Corporation
Vice President, Global Tax

Hank Henning
Duke Energy
Local Government & Community Relations Manager

Ashleigh Johnson
Nexsen Pruet LLC
Associate

Nancy King Quaintance
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels
Vice President

Curt Ladig
Delta Dental of North Carolina
President and CEO

CC Lamberth
C2Contractors LLC
President

Wanda Lea
The P&G Manufacturing Co.
Director of Supply Network Operations-Oral Care

Austin Lieb
Gilbarco Veeder-Root
Chief Product & Technology Officer

April Mason
Toyota Battery Manufacturing-NC
General Manager of Plant Services

Sara Millard
Arch MI
General Counsel & EVP

Natalie Pass-Miller
Magnolia House
Owner

Marta Mitchell
Marta Mitchell Interior Design
President/ Partner

Todd Navin
HAECO Americas, LLC
President

Mindy Oakley
The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation
Executive Director

Dr. Whitney Oakley
Guilford County Schools
Superintendent

Ursula Dudley Oglesby
Dudley Beauty Corp, LLC
CEO

Laura Pratt
First Citizens Bank
Senior Vice President

Claudel Pressa
The Carroll Companies
Chief Investment Officer

Kim Reed
ITG Brands
President and CEO

Mary Rice
Toyota of Greensboro
Dealer Principal

Shayla Sharpe
Sharpe Pursuits, Inc.
Owner

Kiley Schiffman Storrs
Schiffman’s Jewelers
Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Tonya Smith-Jackson
N.C. A&T State University
Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Paul Spurr
Lincoln Financial
SVP, Chief Actuary

Clifford Thompson
Thompson Traders, Inc.
President

Brian Vannoy
Allegacy Federal Credit Union
EVP/ Chief Credit & Risk Officer

Richard Vanore, Jr.
Koury Corporation
President

Suzanne Walsh
Bennett College
President

Richard Vanore, Jr.
Koury Corporation
President

Andy Zimmerman
AZ Development
Owner

Ex Officio

The Honorable Skip Alston
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Chairman

Michael Halford
Guilford County
County Manager

Trey Davis
City of Greensboro
City Manager

Kinsley Fraser
VF Corporation
Product Owner

Chamber Staff

Brent Christensen
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
President & Chief Executive Officer

Joey Cheek
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
EVP, Launch Greensboro

Heather Fowler
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Executive Assistant

Jake Keys
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
VP, Marketing & Communications

Tracy Myers
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
EVP, Member and Investor Engagement

Marvin J. Price
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
EVP, Economic Development

Cecelia Thompson
Action Greensboro
Executive Director

Joyce Gorham-Worsley
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
VP, Other Voices Diversity Leadership Programming

Chair
Mindy Oakley
The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation, Executive Director

Durant Bell
Bell Foundation

Susan Shumaker
Cone Health Foundation, President

Karl Anderson
Frank Family Foundation

Erica Hall Shields
The Phillips Foundation, Managing Director

Barry Frank
Frank Family Foundation, President/Founder of National Proteins & Oils, Inc

J. Edward Kitchen (Ed)
Joseph M. Bryan Foundation of Greater GSO, VP & COO

Robert O. Klepfer, Jr. (Bob)
Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation, Executive Director

Jim Melvin
Joseph M. Bryan Foundation of Greater GSO, President

H. Walker Sanders
Community Foundation of Greater GSO, President

Susan Schwartz
The Cemala Foundation, Executive Director

Chuck Burns
American National Bank & Trust Company, SVP

Ivan Canada (Board)
NC Center for Nonprofits, President & CEO

Preston Hammock (Board, Chair, Treasurer)
Cone Health, SVP

Ashleigh Johnson (Board)
Maynard Nexsen, Associate

Clarence McDonald 
Wells Fargo, Senior Vice President

David Miller
Ernst & Young LLP, Senior Manager Assurance Services

Michael Paduano
United Healthcare Community & State, Chief Financial Officer

Phillip Petros
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Partner

Diane Rumley
Leeper, Kean & Rumley, LLP, Partner

Chamber Staff

Brent Christensen
President & CEO

Sandy Post
Controller

Chair
Ryan Blackledge 
Cone Health, Director of Governmental Affairs

Andrew Cagle (ex-officio)
University of North Carolina Greensboro, Director of State and External Affairs

Dr. Tony Clarke (ex-officio)
Guilford Technical Community College, President

Doug Copeland (past chair)

Bill Collins
HAECO Americas, President

Jay Dakoriya – (ex-officio for Bill Collins)
HAECO Americas LLC, Director of Tax

Eric Eley
Johnson Controls, Inc., Regional Strategic Account Executive

Hank Henning
Duke Energy, Local Government & Community Relations Manager

Jason Jones (ex-officio)
Guilford County, Assistant County Manager

Rebecca Kaye (ex-officio)
Guilford County Schools, Chief of Staff

Rob Overman
Downtown Greensboro Incorporated, Director of Strategic Initiatives

Mark Prince
Guilford Merchants Association/ FirstPoint, President & CEO

Atticus Simpson
Truliant Federal Credit Union, Director of Community Engagement & Government Affairs

Oliver Thomas (ex-officio)
NC A&T State University, Interim Director of External Affairs

Michael Walker
AT&T North Carolina, Regional Director – External Affairs

Jon Lowder (Governmental Affairs Liaison)
TREBIC, President

Chamber Staff

Brent Christensen 
President & CEO

Clifford Thompson (Chair)
Thompson Traders

Greg Cox
Bank of America Cox

Kimberly Ballard
WFMY News 2

Taylor Butler
CT Wilson Construction

Erris Dunston
Guilford County

Cathy Stone
Kontoor Brands

Dawn Chaney
Chaney Realty

Christian Wilson
City of Greensboro

Michael Schmeiser
ArchMI

Will Graham
Graham Personnel Services

Jeremiah Foster
Core Technology Corp

Clarence McDonald
Wells Fargo

Philip Williams
Carroll Companies

Vern Hawkins
Syngenta

Ryan Blackledge
Cone Health

Philips Ried
Brooks Pierce

CC Lamberth
C2Contractors

Wanda Lea
Proctor & Gamble

JD Wooten 
Womble Bond Dickinson

Bobbie Dickinson
Allen Tate Realtors

David Ramsey
Landmark Builders

Kevin Green
Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices

Chamber Staff

Brent Christensen
President & CEO

Marvin J. Price
EVP, Economic Development

Tara Darnley
Darlyng & Co., CEO

Glenn Gonzales
Jet It

Ramsey Hamadi
Triad Business Bank, CEO

T.J. Jones
Ember Tribe

Jonathan Lee Kelly
Asymmetric Holdings

Alyssa Martina
Elon University Doherty Center for CreativityChair

Sherine Obare
Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering of NC A&T & UNCG, Dean

Niral Patel
Solus LED

David Sar 
Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP

Sam Seyedin
Launch UNCG

Todd Starcevich
GM Reima – North America
BrightStar Care of Greensboro

Sapna Tejpal
Bank of America

Alejandra Thompson
Thompson Traders, VP Marketing & Sales/ESTAS Beauty, Co-founder

Chamber Staff

Brent Christensen
President & CEO

Joey Cheek
EVP, Entrepreneurship

Jake Keys
VP, Marketing & Communications

Kaitlin Conover
Assistant Director, Launch Greensboro

Iris Austin
Volvo Trucks NA
HR Director, Talent Competence &
Development

Phil Barnhill
East Greensboro NOW
Executive Vice President

Jada Harris
Social Designs LLC
CEO

Kathy Eichlin
Syngenta North America Crop Protection
Head, Internal Communications

Mr. Larry Fairley*
Marketing Resource Solutions
President/CEO

Jeremiah Foster
Core Technology Molding Corporation
Business Development

Damien Gorham
M&F Bank
VP, Senior Commercial Loan Officer

Kasey Hayes
Bank of America
VP, Commercial Associate III

Chris Murray
Chief Member Experience Officer
Truliant Federal Credit Union

Nancy King Quaintance (Vice Chair, Exec Comm & Chair, Member Engagement)
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels
Vice President

Sarah Nabors
Center for Creative Leadership
Chief Marketing Officer

Michelle Schneider
Cone Health
VP & Chief Philanthropy Officer

Kim Simon
Carter Bank & Trust
VP, CRA and Fair Lending Program Manager

EJ Sutphen
Zawyer Sports & Entertainment
Senior Account Executive

Steve Swetoha
Greensboro Swarm
Team President

Ex-Officio

Nancy Hoffmann
District 4 Council Member
City of Greensboro

Staff

Brent Christensen
President and Chief Executive Officer

Tracy Myers
EVP, Member & Investor Engagement

India Murrain
System Manager

Heather Fowler
Executive Assistant/Office Manager

Ainsley Heffinger
Director, Events

Laura Lorenz
Director, Leadership Greensboro

Kate Phillips
Director, Accelerate Greensboro

Katrina Ross
Membership Manager

Joyce Gorham-Worsley
VP, Other Voices Diversity Engagement