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National Advisory Board

Current Members
Jack Cecil (Chair)
President and CEO
Biltmore Farms LLC
Maurice Smith (Vice Chair)
Attorney
M Smith Law, PLLC
Kendal Bowman
State President – NC
Duke Energy
Tony McLean Brown
Principal
Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG)
Sandra Merkel DeJames
President and CEO
Harmonize Strategy
Peter Harries
Dean, Graduate School
NC State University
Paula Henderson
Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer
SAS
Reginald B. Henderson
Vice President, Government Affairs
Lowe’s Companies
Carol Mattocks
Founding Chair
Coastal Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention
Cheryl Parquet
Director of Community Engagement and Marketing Activation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Kevin Price
President and CEO
The Institute
Juvencio Rocha-Peralta
Executive Director
AMEXCAN
Ashley Ruffin
Chief Impact Officer
Civic Federal Credit Union
Suzanne Walsh
President
Bennett College
Brad Wilson
CEO Emeritus
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Ex-Officio Members
Warwick Arden
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
NC State University
Ruben Carbonell
Director
Kenan Institute
Jeff Cox
President
North Carolina Community College System
Hope Williams
President
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
Randy Woodson
Chancellor
NC State University
Emeritus
The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor, North Carolina (1977-1985, 1993-2001)
Abdul Rasheed
CEO, FVW Opportunities
Senior Advisor to Board of Directors