In Our Classrooms and SchoolsYour investment recognizes and rewards teachers who are leaders

in classroom innovation. It promotes the best practices already

identified in schools and addresses early childhood literacy

needs. It also showcases the benefits of arts education and

supports the use of proven leadership development programs.

Teacher Leadership Grants

Excellence in Action

Early Childhood Literacy(Pre-K – Grade 3)

Pieces of Gold

Leadership Development

Jeffrey BaneThe Chef’s Academy

Chris BellSunTrust Bank

Mathias BishopCommunity Leader

Gordon BrownAlfred Williams & Company

Jim BrownNC Independent

Colleges & Universities

Rob BuhlerMMI Public Relations

Melissa BuscherTime Warner Cable

Marty ClaytonDuke Energy

Drew CookGarner High School

David CookeWake County Government

Robin CostelloN.C. Prevention Partners

Damon DishmanWells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Scott DudaCherry & Bekaert, LLP

Don EspositoRex Healthcare

Sandy FainNews & Observer, Retired

Paula FrylandPNC Bank

Art GlasgowOptum

Gary GreeneGreene Resources, Inc.

Sharon GuptonFonville Morisey Realty

Angela HamptonWTVD/ABC11

Douglas HornbergerMerrill Lynch Wealth Management

Rita JermanWake Technical Community College

Sean KernsBlue Cross and Blue Shield

of North Carolina

Russell KillenParker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, LLP

Andrew KriemanAllscripts

Jason LemonsPricewaterhouseCoopers

Gary LewisWake County PTA Council

Mitch LowerBiogen Idec

Caroline McCullenSAS

Jim MerrillWake County

Public School System

Luke MilesDurant Road Middle School

Jason MooneyhamLenovo

Katherine PeeleLS3P ASSOCIATES LTD.

Gray ReedBranch Banking & Trust Co.

Marion RobinsonState Employees' Credit Union

Steven SleeFifth Third Bank

Doug SprecherFirst Citizens Bank

Walt TippettBrooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP

Richard UrquhartInvestors Management Corporation

Rod WebbNewBridge Bank

Jay WisseFrench/West/Vaughn

Dana YeganianCapstrat

Pamela YoungWakeMed Health & Hospitals

Bill AtkinsonWakeMed Health & Hospitals

Joe BryanWake County Board of Commissioners

Tim ClancyClancy & Theys

Construction Company

Frank Daniels, Jr.The Josephus Group, LLC

Dick DaughertyIBM, Retired

Dudley FloodEducation Consultant

Rodney GaddyDuke Energy

Lynne GarrisonNC New Schools

Patti GillenwaterElinvar

Ben GoldsteinCAPTRUST Financial Advisors

Ann GoodnightSAS

Dub GrahamHunton & Williams, Retired

Bob HatleyParagon Commercial Bank

John JerniganSmith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett,

Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP

Roddy JonesDavidson and Jones Corporation

John MabeNexsen Pruet, PLLC

James MaynardInvestors Management Corporation

Tom OxholmWake Stone Corporation

Virginia ParkerDivers Alert Network

Ken ReeceFirst Tennessee Bank

Harvey SchmittGreater Raleigh

Chamber of Commerce

Jay SilverWomble, Carlyle, Sandridge

& Rice, LLC

Keith SuttonWake County Board of Education

J. Blount WilliamsAlfred Williams & Company

G. Smedes YorkYork Properties/McDonald York

BOARD of DIRECTORS

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL