Board of Trustees
Joel B. Adams, Jr.
North Carolina
Financial Advisor, Raymond James Financial Services
Dell S. Brooke
Alabama
Board Member and former Board Chair, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Wendy B. Brown
Virginia
Founder, Center for Nonprofit Excellence; Co-founder, Community Investment Collaborative
Melvin T. Davis
North Carolina
Private Equity Professional
Laura B. Fjeld
North Carolina
Principal, Clear Voice Partners
Jeff M. Gleason
Virginia
President and Executive Director, Southern Environmental Law Center
James G. Hanes III
North Carolina
Owner/Manager, Senah Farm
Donald A. Holzworth
North Carolina
Executive in Residence & Adjunct Professor of Health Policy & Management, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
C. Grey McLean
Virginia
Director, Adiuvans Foundation; President, Albemarle Housing Improvement Program
Deaderick C. Montague
Tennessee
Writer; Capital Campaign Co-Chair, Chattanooga History Center
Jean C. Nelson
Tennessee
Land Trust for Tennessee Founder and Board Member Emeritus
Stephen E. O’Day
Georgia
Partner, Smith Gambrell & Russell
Julie G. Price
Alabama
Sustainability Manager, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Board Member, Cahaba River Society & Freshwater Land Trust
John L.S. Simpkins
North Carolina
President of MDC; Former Vice President of the Aspen Institute Global Leadership Network and Former General Counsel for the US Agency for International Development
Heath P. Terry
New York
Managing Director, Third Point
Nancy Hanes White
North Carolina
Board of Visitors, UNC Institute for the Environment
Marcia A. Angle
North Carolina
Retired Public Health Physician
Cathy S. Brown
Tennessee
Secretary, Stewart Home School, Frankfort, KY
Marion A. Cowell, Jr.
North Carolina
Of Counsel, Kilpatrick Stockton, Charlotte Office; Former General Counsel, First Union
J. Stephen Dockery III
North Carolina
Managing Partner, Fidus Partners
Laura D. Gates
South Carolina
Trustee and former Board Chair, Wellesley College
Melanie P. Grinney
Alabama
Writer & Photographer; Board of Directors, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Phyllis D. K. Hildreth
Tennessee
Vice President for Strategy and Institutional Advancement, American Baptist College
Allen L. McCallie
Tennessee
Partner, Miller & Martin
Edward M. Miller
Virginia
Chair, WestWind Investment Management
Susan S. Mullin
Virginia
Owner/Manager, Ridgeway Farm
Charles W. Patrick, Jr.
South Carolina
Founding member, Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman
B. Clayton Rolader
Georgia
President and COO, Fuqua Capital Corp.
Zakiya A. Seymour
Georgia
Principal Management Consultant, Arcadis Water & Wastewater Business Advisory Services
William H.Schlesinger
North Carolina
President Emeritus, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Thomas F. Taft, Jr.
North Carolina
Chairman & CEO, Taft Family Ventures
William L. Want
South Carolina
Environmental Lawyer; Author, The Law of Wetlands Regulation