Jack Cecil (Chair)
Biltmore Farms LLC
President and CEO
Abdul Rasheed (Emeritus)
FVW Opportunities, CEO
Senior Advisor to Board of Directors
Brad Wilson
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
CEO Emeritus
Carol Mattocks
Coastal Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention
Founding Chair
Cheryl Parquet
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Director of Community Engagement and Marketing Activation
Dale Jenkins
Curi, CEO
Henry McKoy
NCCU School of Business
Director of Entrepreneurship and Faculty
Hope Williams
Ex-Officio
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
President
Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr. (Emeritus)
Governor, North Carolina (1977-1985, 1993-2001)
Juvencio Rocha-Peralta
Association of Mexicans in North Carolina, Inc. (AMEXCAN)
Executive Director/Founder
Louis Martin-Vega
North Carolina State University
Dean of Engineering
Kevin Price
National Institute of Minority Economic Development (The Institute)
President and CEO
Maurice Smith (Vice-chair)
Local Government Federal Credit Union
CEO
Paula Henderson
SAS
Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer
Peter Hans
Ex-Officio
University of North Carolina System
President
Peter Harries
North Carolina State University
Dean, Graduate School
Randy Woodson
Ex-Officio
North Carolina State University
Chancellor
Reginald B. Henderson
Lowe’s
Vice President, Government Affairs
Robin Cummings
University of North Carolina-Pembroke
Chancellor
Ruben Carbonell
Ex-Officio
Kenan Institute
Director
Sandy Merkel DeJames
Harmonize Strategy
President and CEO
Stephen G. De May
Duke Energy
State President - North Carolina
Thomas Stith
Ex-Officio
NCCC
President
Tony McLean Brown
Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG)
Principal
Warwick Arden
Ex-Officio
North Carolina State University
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost