Board Members

Executive Committee

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

Mr. Ivan Canada
NC Center for Nonprofits
President & CEO

Ms. Jada Harris
Social Designs LLC
CEO

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

Mr. Preston Hammock (Treasurer) 
Cone Health
SVP

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

Mr. C.C. Lamberth
C2Contractors
President

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

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

Ms. Kim Reed
ITG Brands
President and CEO

Mr. Clifford Thompson (vice chair, Economic Development)
Thompson Traders, Inc.
President

Ex- Officio
Mr. Michael Halford
Guilford County
County Manager

2024 Board of Directors

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

Mr. Jimmy Adams
Brooks Pierce
Partner

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

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

Mr. Ford Bowers
Truist
Market President/ SVP

Mr. Danny Brown
United Maintenance Group
President and Owner

Mr. Ivan Canada
NC Center for Nonprofits
President & CEO

Mr. Lynn Clark
Guy M. Turner
Vice President

Dr. Tony Clarke
Guilford Technical Community College
President

Mr. Greg Cox
Bank of America
Triad President

Ms. Jada Harris
Social Designs LLC
CEO

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

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

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

Mr. Brent Hampton
Century Products
CEO/President

Mr. Doug Hassman
VF Corporation
Vice President, Global Tax

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

Ms. Ashleigh Johnson
Nexsen Pruet LLC
Associate

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

Mr. Austin Lieb
Gilbarco Veeder-Root
Chief Product & Technology Officer

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

Ms. Sara Millard
Arch MI
General Counsel & EVP

Mrs. Natalie Pass-Miller
Magnolia House
Owner

Ms. Marta Mitchell
Marta Mitchell Interior Design
President/ Partner

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

Dr. Whitney Oakley
Guilford County Schools
Superintendent

Ms. Ursula Dudley Oglesby
Dudley Beauty Corp, LLC
CEO

Ms. Laura Pratt
First Citizens Bank
Senior Vice President

Mr. Claudel Pressa
The Carroll Companies
Chief Investment Officer

Ms. Kim Reed
ITG Brands
President and CEO

Ms. Mary Rice
Toyota of Greensboro
Dealer Principal

Mrs. Shayla Sharpe
Sharpe Pursuits, Inc.
Owner

Ms. 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

Mr. Paul Spurr
Lincoln Financial
SVP, Chief Actuary

Mr. Clifford Thompson
Thompson Traders, Inc.
President

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

Mr. Richard Vanore, Jr.
Koury Corporation
President

Ms. Suzanne Walsh
Bennett College
President

Mr. Richard Vanore, Jr.
Koury Corporation
President

Mr. Andy Zimmerman
AZ Development
Owner

Ex Officio

The Honorable Skip Alston
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Chairman

Mr. Michael Halford
Guilford County
County Manager

Mr. Trey Davis
City of Greensboro
City Manager

Ms. Kinsley Fraser
VF Corporation
Product Owner

Chamber Staff

Mr. Brent Christensen
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Joey Cheek
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
EVP, Launch Greensboro

Ms. Heather Fowler
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Executive Assistant

Mr. Jake Keys
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
VP, Marketing & Communications

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

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

Ms. Cecelia Thompson
Action Greensboro
Executive Director

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

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

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

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

 

Launch Greensboro Advisory Board

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

Lou Anne Flanders-Stec
EVP, Entrepreneurship

Megan Mabry
VP, Marketing & Communications

Kaitlin Conover
Assistant Director, Launch Greensboro

Member Engagement Advisory Board

Ms. Iris Austin
Volvo Trucks NA
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
Bank of America
VP, Commercial Associate III

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

Ms. Nancy King Quaintance (vice chair, Exec Comm & chair, Member Engagement)
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels
Vice President

Ms. Sarah Nabors
Center for Creative Leadership
Chief Marketing Officer

Ms. Michelle Schneider
Cone Health
VP & Chief Philanthropy Officer

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

Mr. Steve Swetoha
Greensboro Swarm
Team President

Dr. David Zaas
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
President

Ex-Officio

Ms. Nancy Hoffmann
District 4 Council Member
City of Greensboro

Staff

Mr. Brent Christensen
President and Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Tracy Myers
EVP, Member & Investor Engagement

Ms. India Murrain
System Manager

Ms. Ainsley Heffinger
Director, Events

Ms. Laura Lorenz
Director, Leadership Greensboro

Mr. Russell Parmele
Member Engagement Specialist

Ms. Kate Phillips
Director, Accelerate Greensboro

Ms. Katrina Ross
Membership Manager

Ms. Seny Tatum
Member Engagement Specialist

Ms. Joyce Gorham-Worsley
VP, Other Voices Diversity Engagement

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