Officers

Dr. Terri Shelton, Chair
Spartan Strategies, Inc. / The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Executive Director / Professor Emerita

Hon. Cyril Jefferson, Vice Chair
City of High Point Mayor

Ms. Elizabeth Bostian, Secretary
First Bank
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Rev. Dr. Charolette Leach, Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist High Point Medical Center
Community Health Coordinator

Board of Directors

Ms. Heather Adams
Guilford County Partnership for Children
Executive Director

Mr. Shabaka Aggison
Parent Leader

Hon. Carly Cooke
Guilford County
Commissioner

Dr. Daniel Erb
High Point University
Provost

Dr. Kate Ettefagh
Cone Health Rice Center for Child and Adolescent Health
Pediatric Physician

Ms. Lou Anne Flanders-Stec
High Point University
Dean/Professor of the Practice, David S. Congdon School of Entrepreneurship

Ms. Amy Geer
Guilford County Schools
Director of Early Learning and School Readiness

Mr. Brian Hall
Samet Corporation
President of Real Estate

Mr. Jeron Hollis
City of High Point
Managing Director of Communication and Public Engagement

Dr. Sherrell Hicklen House
UNCG’s Center for Youth Family and Community Partnerships
Associate Director for Research, Evaluation, & Grant Development

Dr. Yolanda Ikazoboh
Parent Leader

Mr. Victor Isler
Guilford County
County Manager

Mr. J. Edward Kitchen
The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
President

Ms. Kim Leighty
Irving Park Elementary School
Principal

Ms. Maria Layne-Stevens
GenerationEd
Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Candace Martin
Action Greensboro
Operations and Communications Manager

Dr. Valerie Jarvis McMillan
North Carolina A&T State University
Associate Professor

Ms. Phoebe Murray
Ricochet Growth Partners
Partner

Dr. Whitney Oakley
Guilford County Schools
Superintendent

Mr. David Parrish
New Page Capital
Operating Partner

Mr. T.J. Reed
Daimler Truck Specialty Vehicles
President and CEO

Ms. Meka Sales
The Duke Endowment
Director of Special Initiatives

Ms. Susan Schwartz
The Cemala Foundation
Executive Director

Ms. Erika Tart
Parent Leader

Ms. Janiya Mitnaul Williams
North Carolina A&T State University
Program Director of the Human Lactation Pathway 2 Program