Board Members

Executive Committee

Chair
Cantey Alexander
Truist, Triad Regional President

Ms. Anita Bachmann
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan – North Carolina, CEO

Ms. Jada Monica Drew
Social Designs LLC, CEO

Ms. Beth Fischer
UNC Greensboro, Vice Chancellor of University Advancement

Ms. Kelli Frazier
Avenue 42, Founder and Owner

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

Ms. Nancy King Quaintance
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels, Vice President

Mr. CC Lamberth 
C2Contractors LLC, President

Ms. Kim Reed
ITG Brands, President and CEO

Ms. Susan Shumaker
Cone Health Foundation, President

Ms. Sherri Thomas
Truliant Federal Credit Union, Chief Administrative Officer

Mr. Clifford Thompson
Thompson Traders, Inc., President

Mr. Stafford Thompson
Lincoln Financial Group, SVP Life Product Management

 

Ex Officio

Michael Halford
Guilford County Manager

Tai Jaiyeoba
Greensboro City Manager

2023 Board of Directors

Chair
Cantey Alexander
Truist, Triad Regional President

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

Mr. Allen Atchley
Volvo Financial Services, Vice President Global Strategy, Head of VFS Innovation Lab

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

Ms. Anita Bachmann (immediate past chair)
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan – North Carolina
CEO

Mr. Danny Brown
United Maintenance Group, President and Owner

Mr. Ivan Canada
NCCJ of the Piedmont Triad, Executive Director

Ms. Dawn Chaney
Chaney Properties, Owner

Mr. Bill Collins
HAECO Americas, President

Mr. Greg Cox
Bank of America, Triad President

Dr. Larry Czarda
Greensboro College, President

Ms. Abby Donnelly
The Leadership & Legacy Group, Founder

Ms. Jada Monica Drew
Social Designs LLC, CEO

Ms. Ursula Dudley Oglesby
Dudley Beauty Corp, LLC, CEO

Mr. Adam Duggins 
New Page Capital, Managing Partner

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

Ms. Beth Fischer
UNC Greensboro, Vice Chancellor of University Advancement

Mr. Geoff Foster
Core Technology Molding Corporation, President & CEO

Ms. Kelli Frazier
Avenue 42, Founder and Owner

Mr. David Gansberg
Arch Capital Group Ltd., CEO

Ms. Ashleigh Greene
Nexsen Pruet LLC, Associate

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

Ms. Mary Beth Halprin
Volvo Group North America, VP, PR & Corporate Affairs

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

Mr. Jarvis T. Harris
R. Steve Bowden & Associates, Attorney

Mr. Doug Hassman
VF Corporation, Vice President, Global Tax

Mr. Hank Henning 
Duke Energy, Local Government & Community Relations Manager

Ms. Rhonda Joyce
American National Bank & Trust Co., EVP/Regional President

Ms. Nancy King Quaintance
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels, Vice President

Mr. Curt Ladig
Delta Dental of North Carolina, President and CEO

Mr. CC Lamberth
C2Contractors LLC, President

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

Dr. Whitney Oakley
Guilford County Schools, Superintendent

Mr. Phil Petros
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Assurance Partner

Ms. Laura Pratt
First Citizens Bank, Senior Vice President

Ms. Kim Reed
ITG Brands, President & CEO

Ms. Mary Rice
Toyota of Greensboro, Dealer Principal

Mr. Karl Robinson
R&R Transportation, President & CEO

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

Ms. Susan Schwartz
The Cemala Foundation, Executive Director

Ms. Susan Shumaker
Cone Health Foundation, President

Ms. Tammy Simmons
Machine Specialties, Inc., Vice President Marketing & Culture

Ms. Sherri Thomas
Truliant Federal Credit Union, Chief Administrative Officer

Mr. Clifford Thompson
Thompson Traders, Inc., President

Mr. Stafford Thompson
Lincoln Financial Group, SVP Life Product Management

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

Ms. Suzanne Walsh
Bennett College, President

Mr. Andy Zimmerman
AZ Development. Owner

Ex-Officio

The Honorable Skip Alston
Chair, Guilford County Board of Commissioners

Mr. Michael Halford 
Guilford County Manager

The Honorable Nancy Vaughan
Mayor, City of Greensboro

Mr. Tai Jaiyeoba 
Greensboro City Manager

Mr. Michael Clapp (SynerG Young Professionals)
Founder/Architect, Schemata Studio

Action Greensboro Advisory Board

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

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

Finance Committee

Chair, Treasurer
Sherri Thomas
Truliant Federal Credit Union, Chief Administrative Officer

Mr. Ivan Canada
NCCJ of the Piedmont Triad, Executive Director

Ashleigh Greene
Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Phillip Petros
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Partner

Stafford Thompson
Lincoln Financial Group, SVP Life Product Management

Chamber Staff

Brent Christensen
President & CEO

Deborah Hooper
COO

Sandy Post
Controller

Government Affairs Committee

Chair
Mr. Ryan Blackledge 
Cone Health, Director of Governmental Affairs

Mr. 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

Mr. Doug Copeland (past chair)

Mr. Bill Collins
HAECO Americas, President

Ms. LaToya Caesar-Crawford (ex-officio)
City of Greensboro, Intergovernmental Relations Manager

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

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

Mr. Hank Henning
Duke Energy, Local Government & Community Relations Manager

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

 

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

Mr. Rob Overman
Downtown Greensboro Incorporated, Director of Strategic Initiatives

Mr.. Mark Prince
Guilford Merchants Association/ FirstPoint, President & CEO

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

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

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

Mr. Jon Lowder (Governmental Affairs Liaison)
TREBIC, President

Chamber Staff

Brent Christensen 
President & CEO

Deborah Hooper
COO

GROW Oversight Committee

Clifford Thompson (chair)
Thompson Traders

Larry Audas
WFMY News 2

Jenni Broyles
Kontoor Brands

Pete Callahan
JP Morgan Chase

Dawn Chaney
Chaney Properties

Brett Danby
LabCorp

Larry Davis (ex-officio)
City of Greensboro

Heather Deichler
Lincoln Financial

Chris Dunbar
Blue Ridge Properties

Will Graham
Graham Personnel Services

Alex Hale
Windsor Commercial Development

Michael Halford (ex-officio)
Guilford County

Doug Hassman
VF Corporation

Rhonda Joyce
American National Bank

Jeff Lail
Syngenta

CC Lamberth
C2Contractors

John Martin
Fourth Elm Construction

Zack Matheny (ex-officio)
Downtown Greensboro, Inc.

Philip Mohr 
Womble Bond Dickinson

Brian Pearce
Nexsen Pruet

Laura Pratt
First Citizens Bank

Nancy King Quaintance
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels

Mac Sims
East Greensboro NOW

Robert Smith
Allen Tate Realtors

John Vestal
First Bank

Chamber Staff

Brent Christensen
President & CEO

Marvin J. Price
EVP, Economic Development

Deborah Hooper
COO

Makayla Shaw
Member & Investor Relations

Launch Greensboro Advisory Board

Tara Darnley
Darlyng & Co., CEO

Kelli Frazier
Avenue 42

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

Deborah Hooper
COO

Lou Anne Flanders-Stec
EVP, Entrepreneurship

Megan Mabry
VP, Marketing & Communications

Kaitlin Conover
Assistant Director, Launch Greensboro

Member Engagement Advisory Board

Ms. Nancy King Quaintance (chair)
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels, Vice President

Ms. Iris Alston
Volvo Trucks North America, HR Director, Talent Competence & Development

Mr. Phil Barnhill
East Greensboro NOW, Executive Vice President

Ms. Jada Monica Drew 
Social Designs LLC, CEO

Ms. Kathy Eichlin
Syngenta North America Crop Protection, Head, Internal Communications

Mr. Larry Fairley
Marketing Resource Solutions, President/CEO

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

Ms. Kasey Hayes
VP, Commercial Associate III, Bank of America

Mr. Chris Murray
Chief Member Experience Officer, Truliant Federal Credit Union

Ms. Sarah Nabors
Center for Creative Leadership, Chief Marketing Officer

Ms. Michelle Schneider
Cone Health, VP & Chief Philanthropy Officer

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

Mr. Steve Swetoha
Greensboro Swarm, Team President

Dr. David Zaas
President, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

 

 

Ex-Officio

Ms. Nancy Hoffmann
District 4 Council Member, City of Greensboro

Chamber Staff

Brent Christensen
President & CEO

Joyce Gorham-Worsley
VP, Other Voices Diversity Engagement

Ainsley Heffinger
Director, Events

Laura Lorenz
Director, Leadership Greensboro

Megan Mabry
VP, Marketing & Communications

India Murrain
System Manager

Tracy Myers
EVP, Member & Investor Engagement

Russell Parmele
Member Engagement Specialist

Kate Phillips
Director, Accelerate Greensboro

Katrina Ross
Membership Manager

Seny Tatum
Member Engagement Specialist

 

Circle of Champions

Platinum
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Cone Health
Duke Energy
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Gold
Kelly Office Solutions Logo
P&G Procter & Gamble
Silver

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