Board of Directors

Board Chair

Dale Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, Curi

Board Vice-Chair

Peter Hans, President, North Carolina Community College System

Board Secretary and Treasurer

MC Belk Pilon, President and Board Chair, John M. Belk Endowment

Board of Directors

Jack Cecil, President and CEO, Biltmore Farms
Geoff Coltrane, Governor Roy Cooper’s Designee
Eric Davis, NC State Board of Education Chair
Representative John Fraley, House Speaker Tim Moore's Designee
Senator Deanna Ballard, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger’s Designee
Ann Goodnight, Senior Director of Community Relations, SAS
Peter Hans, President, North Carolina Community College System
Kevin Howell, Vice Chancellor for External Affairs, Partnerships, and Economic Development, NC State University
Dale Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, Curi
Mark Johnson, State Superintendent
David Mounts, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Inmar
Anna Spangler Nelson, Chairman, Spangler Companies
MC Belk Pilon, President and Board Chair, John M. Belk Endowment
Dr. William Roper, Interim President, UNC System
Gary Salamido, MS, President and CEO, NC Chamber
Andrea Smith, Chief Administrative Officer, Bank of America
Dr. Hope Williams, President, NC Independent Colleges and Universities