Board & Staff

Leadership

Traci Ross

President & CEO

Michelle Speas, MA, CFRE

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

Vivien Stearns, MA

Vice President, Child Development Program

J. Nelson-Weaver, D. PH, MA

Vice President, Clinical & Community Services

Tonia Shore, MBA

Vice President, Human Resources

Amber Koger, JD

Board Chair
Attorney, Inmar

Paul Robeson Ford

Vice Chair
Action for Equity

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

Lia Erickson, MD

Novant Health–Waughtown Pediatrics

Jennifer Houlihan, MSP

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

Matthew Marceron

President and CEO, Kaplan Early Learning Company

Tricia McManus

Superintendent, WS/FC Schools

Annette Scippio

Council Member, City of Winston-Salem

Paula Wilkins, EdD

Chief Academic Officer, WS/FC Schools

Foundation Board of Directors

Anne Rainey Rokahr

Board Chair
Owner, The Snob Shop and Trouvaille Home

Peggy Reingold

Vice Chair
Community Advocate

Ernest Logemann, CPA

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

Virginia Pleasants, JD

Secretary
Business Law and Estate Planning Attorney, Forrest Firm

Penn Broyhill, JD

Assistant District Attorney

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

J.K. Givens, JD

Vice President and General Counsel, Qorvo

Julie Johnson, JD, CAP®

Chief Operations Officer for Adelphi Trust Company

Obi Ikwechegh, MD

Physician, Kairos Medical Consulting

Teneshia Miller

Senior Customer Support Representative, Gryphon House

Christy Cox Spencer

Owner, JKS Incorporated