Our Members

Valedictorian

Bob Barnhill

Chairman, Barnhill Contracting Company

John R. Belk

Board Chair, The Belk Foundation

Ann B. Goodnight

Chair, Goodnight Educational Foundation

Robert Feurle

CEO, Wolfspeed

Easter Maynard

Board Chair, Golden Corral Corporation/IMC

Anna Spangler Nelson

Chairman, Spangler Companies, Inc.

Tom Nelson

Chairman, President & CEO, National Gypsum Company

Eddie Smith

Chairman, Grady-White Boats, Inc.

Anonymous Trust

John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

Magna Cum Laude

Eldridge C. Hanes

Retired CEO, The Russ Companies

Allison Cornwell Moss

President, Stephen L. Cornwell Foundation

Art Pope

Chairman & CEO, Variety Wholesalers, Inc.

Pat Riley

President & CEO, Howard Hanna Allen Tate Real Estate

Gary Scott

President, Howard Hanna Allen Tate Real Estate

Jim Triandiflou

Founder, The Penny Project

James G. Hanes Foundation

Honors Society

Chris Bell

NC East Region President, Truist

Tim J. Gabel

CEO, RTI International

Tyler Grodi

President & CEO, Coastal Credit Union

Ward Nye

Chairman & CEO, Martin Marietta

Travis Rhodes

Executive Vice President & NC West Region President, Truist

Student Body President

Kristie Aldridge

COO of Association Services, NC’s Electric Cooperatives

Carl Armato

CEO, Novant Health System

Peter Bristow

President, First Citizens Bank

Class President

Marilyn Broyhill Beach

President, James T. and Louise R. Broyhill Foundation

Joe Budd

CEO, The Budd Group

Thomas W. Dickson

Chairman, The Dickson Foundation

Kellie J. Falk

Managing Director, Drucker & Falk

Don Flow

Chairman & CEO, Flow Automotive Companies

Baker Glasgow

President, Clancy & Theys Construction

Nat Harris

Senior Partner, Harris Crouch

Walter McDowell

Retired CEO, Wachovia — Carolinas & Virginia

DL (Mac) McMichael, Jr.

CEO, McMichael Mills

David Neill

President, Bob Neill, Inc.

Tunde Sotunde

CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield NC

Scott Sullivan

Retired Co-Founder, Cameron Management

Lonnie & Carol Poole Family Foundation/Gen 22

Scholar

Greg Alcorn

CEO, Global Contact Services

Mollie Brugh

Retired CEO, Marsh Furniture Company

John Burress

Retired Business Owner, Burress Inc.

Laura Clark

President & CEO, Foundation for the Carolinas

Derick Close

CEO, Springs Creative

Jamey Falkenbury

Director of Government & Community Affairs, Apple

Riley Fields

Director of Community Relations, Carolina Panthers

F. Hudnall Christopher

Retired Executive, Reynolds American

Douglas Kahn

Managing Partner, Mistdoda Capital, LLC

Kelly King

Retired CEO, Truist

Julian “Bubba” Rawl

Owner, Preston Development Company

Donna Rhode

Community Relations Leader, Vaco

Ken Samuelson

President, Morehead Group

Robert Spillman, Jr.

Chairman & CEO, Bassett Furniture Industries

TELUS Consumer Goods

Nancy & Frank Brenner Family Fund

Friends of BEST NC

John Atkins

CEO, O’Brien Atkins

Rye Barcott

Author, Courage Can Save Us

Doug Bassett

Executive Vice President & COO, Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company

Graham Bennett

Retired CEO, Quality Oil Company

Brenda Berg

President & CEO, BEST NC

Erskine Bowles

Co-Founder, Carousel Capital

Jud Bowman

Founder & CEO, Sift Media

Chester H. Brown, III

President, Brown Investment Properties

Hank Cunningham

Senior VP East Regional Manager, Highlands Residential Mortgage

Don Curtis

Chairman & CEO, Curtis Media Group

Paul Fulton

Retired Chairman, Bassett Furniture Industries

Clay Grubb

President, Grubb Properties

Drew Hancock

Co-Founder, The Intersection

Steve Hassenfelt

Retired Chairman, Granville Capital

Hayes Holderness

Senior Consultant, The Todd Organization

David Howard

Partner, Windsor Investments, LLC

Burney Jennings

Executive Chair, Biscuitville Fresh Southern

Stan Kelly

Executive Chairman, Piedmont Triad Partnership

Phil Kirk

Retired President, NC Chamber of Commerce

Al Lineberry, Jr.

President, Gainesberry, LLC

Jennifer W. Martineau, Ph.D

President & Founder, Leap & Inspire Global

Gray McCaskill

CEO, Marsh McLennan Agency

Chris Minnich

CEO, MetaMetrics

C. Edward Pleasants, Jr.

Retired CEO, Pleasants Hardware

Chuck Purvis

Retired CEO, Coastal Credit Union

Brian K. Reid

President, TowneBank Triangle

Ricky Shore

Retired President, Alladin Travel

John K. Snider

President & CEO, Snider Fleet Solutions

Sara Spencer

Portfolio Strategy & Integration Senior Leader, JLL

Leslie Walden

Vice President of Public Affairs, Fidelity Investments

Paul Wiles

Retired CEO, Novant Health Systems

Chris William

Senior Vice President & Investment Officer, Wells Fargo Investments

Richard “Stick” Williams

Retired President, Duke Energy Foundation

George York

President & CEO, York Properties, Inc.

Smedes York

Chairman, York Properties