Our Members
Valedictorian
Bob Barnhill
Chairman, Barnhill Contracting Company
John R. Belk
Board Chair, The Belk Foundation
Ann B. Goodnight
Chair, Goodnight Educational Foundation
Gregg Lowe
CEO, Wolfspeed
Magna Cum Laude
Allison Cornwell Moss
President, Stephen L. Cornwell Foundation
Tyler Grodi
CEO, Coastal Credit Union
Eldridge C. Hanes
Retired CEO, The Russ Companies
Tom Nelson
Chairman, President & CEO, National Gypsum Company
Art Pope
Chairman & CEO, Variety Wholesalers, Inc.
Chuck Purvis
Retired CEO, Coastal Credit Union
Eddie Smith
Chairman, Grady-White
Anna Spangler Nelson
Chairman, Spangler Foundation
Will Sutton
President & Director, Truist Leadership Institute
Jim Triandiflou
Founder, The Penny Project
Corporate Contribution
Bank of America
Honors Society
Easter Maynard
Board Chair, Golden Corral Corporation/IMC
Ward Nye
President & CEO, Martin Marietta
Pat Riley
President & CEO, Allen Tate Companies
Student Body President
Carl Armato
CEO, Novant Health System
Peter Bristow
President, First Citizens Bank
Nelle P. Hotchkiss
COO, Association Services, North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives
Chip S. Mahan
Chairman & CEO, Live Oak Bank
Dave Regnery
Chairman & CEO, Trane Technologies
Class President
Juan Austin
Senior VP, Wells Fargo Foundation
Zach Clayton
CEO, Three Ships
Thomas W. Dickson
Chairman, The Dickson Foundation
Kellie J. Falk
Managing Director, Drucker & Falk
Don Flow
CEO, Flow Automotive
Tim J. Gabel
CEO, RTI International
Leroy Lail
Chairman & CEO, Hickory Furniture
Walter McDowell
Retired CEO, Wachovia - Carolinas & Virginia
DL McMichael, Jr.
CEO, McMichael Mills
Jim Melvin
Chairman, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
David Neill
President, Bob Neill Inc.
Temple Sloan, Jr.
CEO, The Sloan Family Foundation
Laura Smith
President & CEO, Foundation for the Carolinas
Tunde Sotunde
CEO, BCBSNC
Scott Sullivan
Retired Co-Founder, Cameron Management
Paul Wiles
Retired CEO, Novant Health Systems
Corporate Contribution
MetLife
Scholar
Greg Alcorn
CEO, Global Contact Services
Marilyn Broyhill Beach
President, James T. and Louise R. Broyhill Foundation
Mollie Brugh
Retired CEO, Marsh Furniture Company
Joe Budd
CEO, The Budd Group
John Burress
Retired Business Owner, John W. Burress
F. Hudnall Christopher
Retired Executive VP, Reynolds Tobacco
Derick Close
CEO, Springs Creative
Douglas Kahn
Managing Partner, Mistdoda Capital
Kelly King
Retired CEO, Truist
Bonita McClure
Community Investment Manager, TELUS Consumer Goods
Julian "Bubba" Rawl
Owner, Preston Development
John Replogle
Partner, One Better Ventures
Ken Samuelson
President, Morehead Group
Jason Sandner
CEO, Curi
Sara Spencer
Vice President, Real Estate Development & Innovation, Walmart
Robert Spillman, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Bassett Furniture Industries
David Spitz
CEO, ChannelAdvisor Corp.
Ben Sutton
Founder & Chairman, Teall Capital
John C. Whitaker, Jr.
INV
J. Bradley Wilson
Retired CEO, BCBSNC
Friends of BEST NC
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
Brenda Berg
President & CEO, BEST NC
Abha Bowers
CEO, Walk West
Erskine Bowles
Co-Founder, Carousel Capital
Jud Bowman
Founder & CEO, Sift Media
Brad Brinegar
Chairman, McKinney
Chester H. Brown, III
President, Brown Investment Properties
Andy Brown
President, Twin City Warehouses
Rountree Collett, Jr.
President & COO, Bernhardt Furniture
Don Curtis
Chairman & CEO, Curtis Media Group
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
Executive Chair, Biscuitville Fresh Southern
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
Jennifer W. Martineau, Ph.D
President & Founder, Leap & Inspire Global
Ed Pleasants
Retired CEO, Pleasants Hardware
Brian Reid
Triangle President, TowneBank
Donna Rhode
Community Relations Leader, Vaco
John K. Snider
President & CEO, Snider Fleet Solutions
Smedes York
Chairman, York Properties