Our Members
Valedictorian
Bob Barnhill
Chairman, Barnhill Contracting Company
John Belk
Retired President, Belk Inc.
Charles Bowman
Market President for North Carolina & Charlotte, Bank of America
Tim Gabel
CEO, RTI International
Redge Hanes
Retired CEO
Gregg Lowe
CEO, Wolfspeed
Charles Scharf
President & CEO, Wells Fargo
Will Sutton
President & Director, Truist Leadership Institute
Magna Cum Laude
Ann Goodnight
Director of Community Relations, SAS Institute, Inc.
Anna Spangler Nelson
Chairman, Spangler Foundation
Tom Nelson
President & CEO, National Gypsum Company
Art Pope
Chairman & CEO, Variety Wholesalers, Inc.
John Triandiflou
CEO, Insightsoftware
Honors
Tyler Grodi
CEO, Coastal Credit Union
Nelle Hotchkiss
Senior VP of Community Relations, NC Electric Cooperatives
James Maynard
Chairman & CEO, Golden Corral Corporation
Allison Moss
President, Stephen L. Cornwell Foundation
Ward Nye
President & CEO, Martin Marietta
Chuck Purvis
Retired CEO, Coastal Credit Union
Pat Riley
President & CEO, Allen Tate Companies
Eddie Smith
Chairman, Grady-White Boats, Inc.
Student Body President
Carl Armato
CEO, Novant Health System
Don Flow
CEO, Flow Automotive
Christopher Fox
VP & Chief Sustainability Officer, Hanesbrands
Dave Regenery
Chairman & CEO, Trane Technologies, plc
John Replogle
CEO, One Better Ventures, LLC
Paul Wiles
Retired CEO, Novant Health System
Class President
Amanda Barkus
VP of Application Development, MetLife
Peter Bristow
President, First Citizens Bank
Zach Clayton
CEO, Three Ships
Thomas W. Dickson
Chairman, The Dickson Foundation
Ken Gill
President & CEO, CPI Security Systems
Leroy Lail
Chairman & CEO, Hickory Furniture
Walter McDowell
Chairman, BEST NC
DL McMichael, Jr.
CEO, McMichael Mills
David Neill
President, Bob Neill Inc.
Ed Pearce
President, Tencarva Machinery Company
Norman Samet
Retired CEO, Samet Corporation
Temple Sloan, Jr.
CEO, The Sloan Family Foundation
Laura Smith
President & CEO, Foundation for the Carolinas
Tunde Sotunde
CEO, BCBSNC
Scott C. Sullivan
Retired Co-Founder, Cameron Management
John C. Whitaker, Jr.
Manager, INV, LLC
Teacher's Pet
Greg Alcorn
CEO, Global Contact Services
Marilyn Broyhill Beach
President, James T. and Louise R. Broyhill Foundation
Chester H. Brown
President, Brown Investment Properties, Inc.
Mollie Brugh
Retired CEO, Marsh Furniture Company
Joe Budd
CEO, The Budd Group
John Burress
Retired Business Owner, John W. Burress
Hudnall Christopher
Retired Executive VP, Reynolds Tobacco
Derick Close
CEO, Springs Creative
Don Curtis
CEO, Curtis Media Group
Kellie Falk
Managing Director & Principal, Drucker & Falk
Dianna Henderson
Vice President, Global Head of Marketing, TELUS Consumer Goods
Dale Jenkins
Retired CEO, Curi
Doug Kahn
Managing Partner, Mistdoda Capital
Kelly King
Retired CEO, Truist
James "Chip" Mahan
Chairman & CEO, Live Oak Bank
Jim Melvin
Chairman, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
Julian "Bubba" Rawl
Owner, Preston Development
Sara Spencer
Vice President, Real Estate Development & Innovation, Walmart
David Spitz
CEO, ChannelAdvisor Corp.
Ben Sutton
Founder & Chairman, Teall Capital
J. Bradley Wilson
Retired CEO, BCBSNC
Citrix
Friends of BEST NC
Francisco Alvarado
President & CEO, Marand Builders
Jim Anthony
CEO, Colliers International
John Atkins
CEO, O'Brien Atkins
Rye Barcott
Managing Director, Double Time Capital
Doug Bassett
Executive Vice President & COO, Vaughan-Bassett Furniture
Graham Bennett
CEO, Quality Oil Company
Richard Brenner
Vice Chairman, Amarr
Abha Bowers
CEO, Walk West
Jud Bowman
Founder & CEO, Sift Media
Brad Brinegar
Chairman, McKinney
Rountree Collett, Jr.
President & COO, Bernhardt Furniture
Paul Fulton
Chairman, Bassett Furniture Industries
David Gardner
Founding Partner, CoFounders Capital
Clay Grubb
President, Grubb Properties
David Howard
Partner, Windsor Investments, LLC
Corey Hutcherson
VP of Operations, Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce
Burney Jennings
Chairman, Biscuitville
Stan Kelly
Retired CEO, Wells Fargo
Phil Kirk
Retired President, NC Chamber of Commerce
Mark Lawson
President, Cary Chamber of Commerce
Al Lineberry, Jr.
President, Gainesberry, LLC
Wendy Murphy
Murphy Family Ventures
Ed Pleasants
Retired CEO, Pleasants Hardware
Brian Reid
Triangle President, TowneBank
Donna Rhode
Community Relations Leader, Vaco
Malbert Smith
CEO, President & Co-Founder, MetaMetrics
John Snider
President & CEO, Snider Fleet Solutions
Thomas Vaidhyan
CEO, Aten, Inc.
Leslie Walden
VP of Regional Public Affairs, Fidelity Investments
William Warden
Retired Executive, Lowes Companies
Richard "Stick" Williams
Retired President, Duke Energy Foundation
Smedes York
Chairman, York Properties