executive leadership
Executive Committee:
Winston Bowden, Chair
Beth Yerxa, Vice-Chair
Suzanne Thomas, Secretary
Michael Boykin, Treasurer
Alex Lehmann, Treasurer
Rory Parnell, Past-Chair
Sarah Powers, Executive Director
Board of Directors
Rick Bennett | bio
Michael Boykin | bio
Winston Bowden | bio
Andrea Cook | bio
Ann Reed Dunn | bio
Lee Hughes | bio
Matthew Jones | bio
Joyce Watkins King | bio
Alex Lehmann | bio
Alene M. Mercer | bio
Rory Parnell | bio
Pat Poe | bio
Kathleen Rieder | bio
Richard Smith | bio
Suzanne Thomas | bio
Sean Vance | bio
Virginia Watson | bio
Carole Wilson | bio
Lesley Wilson | bio
Beth Yerxa | bio
Advisory Board
Drew Adams, Contactology
Jim Black, Wachovia
Phyllis York Brookshire, Allen Tate Company
Jeff and Jean Corbett, Progress Energy
Sherry Essig, Priority Ventures Group
John and Trish Healy, Hydestreet Holdings
Fred Hutchison, Hutchison Law Group
Philip Isley, Boyce & Isley, PLLC
Aly Khalifa, DesignBox
Dan McLamb, Yates, McLamb & Weyher L.L.P.
Burley Mitchell, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Lori O'Keefe, Triangle Community Foundation
Laura Raynor, CORAC, DHRH
Deborah Ross, NC Representative
Lisa Rowe-Ralls, Executive Consultant
Teresa Spangler, PlazaBridge
Adam Smith, Square 1 Bank
Tim Tompkins, Grant Thorton
Grace Ueng, Savvy Marketing Group, Inc.
Corey Walters, Silicon Valley Bank




