Board & Staff


Leadership

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Traci Ross

President & CEO

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Michelle Speas, MA, CFRE

Vice President, Philanthropy and Public Relations &
Executive Director of The Family Services Foundation

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Vivien Stearns, MA

Vice President, Child Development Program

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J. Nelson-Weaver, D. PH, MA

Vice President, Clinical & Community Services

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Tonia Shore, MBA

Vice President, Human Resources

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Board of Directors

Amber Koger, JD

Board Chair
Attorney, Inmar

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Paul Robeson Ford

Vice Chair
Action for Equity

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Ernest Logemann, CPA

Treasurer
Tax Manager, Gray, Callison & Jones CPA, P.C.

The Rev. Dr. Nathan Scovens

Secretary
Pastor, Galilee Missionary Baptist Church

Candice Friel, JD

Partner, Nelson Mullins

Kia Chavious, JD

Assistant District Attorney at North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts

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Lia Erickson, MD

Novant Health–Waughtown Pediatrics

Jennifer Houlihan, MSP

VP Value-Based Care & Population Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health

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Matthew Marceron

President and CEO, Kaplan Early Learning Company

Tricia McManus

Superintendent, WS/FC Schools

Annette Scippio

Council Member, City of Winston-Salem

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Paula Wilkins, EdD

Chief Academic Officer, WS/FC Schools

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Foundation Board of Directors

Anne Rainey Rokahr

Board Chair
Owner, The Snob Shop and Trouvaille Home

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Peggy Reingold

Vice Chair
Community Advocate

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Ernest Logemann, CPA

Treasurer
Tax Manager at Gray, Callison & Jones CPA, P.C.

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Virginia Pleasants, JD

Secretary
Business Law and Estate Planning Attorney, Forrest Firm

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Penn Broyhill, JD

Assistant District Attorney

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Matt Carey, MBA

U.S. Head of Insurance Solutions, New York Digital Investment Group

D. Elwood “Woody” Clinard

Community Advocate

Nick Gonzalez

Partner and Team Leader, Linville Team Partners

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J.K. Givens, JD

Vice President and General Counsel, Qorvo

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Julie Johnson, JD, CAP®

Chief Operations Officer for Adelphi Trust Company

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Obi Ikwechegh, MD

Physician, Kairos Medical Consulting

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Teneshia Miller

Senior Customer Support Representative, Gryphon House

Christy Cox Spencer

Owner, JKS Incorporated

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