Staff & Board

Leadership Winston-Salem Staff

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Katherine Karsten Perry

Executive Director

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Freida Mitchell

Program Director

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Denise A. Smith

Director of Philanthropy

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Abbey McCall

Alumni Engagement Director

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Jared Steward

Administrative, Technology & Finance Director

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Jared Steward

Administrative, Technology & Finance Director

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Abbey McCall

Alumni Engagement Director

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Board of Directors

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Joyce Mounce

Chair

Senior Director of Market Institute – Community Health and Wellness
Novant Health
Flagship 2022

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Cory Phillips

1st Vice-Chair

Plant Leader
Siemens Mobility
INSIGHT 2018

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Aulica Monroe

2nd Vice-Chair

Partner
Womble Bond Dickinson, LLP
Flagship 2017

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Lloyd Barnhardt

Secretary

Financial Advisor
Ameriprise Financial
Flagship 2022

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Brett Jordan

Treasurer

Chief Financial Officer
Advanced Fraud Solutions
Flagship 2015

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Melissa Thompson

Immediate Past Chair

Patient Experience
Novant Health
Flagship 2020

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Ed Pleasants

Board Emeritus

Community Volunteer
Leadership Winston-Salem Co-Founder
Flagship 1985

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Jonathan Allen

Technology Experience Analyst
Allegacy Federal Credit Union
Flagship 2023

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Mimi Bennett

Community Volunteer
Flagship 2019

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Michelle Bobadilla

Deputy Dir of Elections
Forsyth County Board of Elections
Flagship 2024

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Patrick Casstevens

VP of Human Resources
Omega Construction
Flagship 2025

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Iris Cole

Partner
She Raises the Bar
Flagship 2019

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Brent Collins

SVP - Private Client Advisor
Bank of America
INSIGHT 2020

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Suzanne Danhauer

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Well-Being
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Flagship 2019

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Walter Farabee

Senior Manager, Community Engagement
Reynolds American
Flagship 2021

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Lyons Gray

Community Volunteer
Flagship 1985

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Bridget Hayes

Principal
North Forsyth High School
Flagship 2018

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Cory Holt

People & Culture Business Partner;  Director, Academics
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Flagship 2024

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Zina Johnson

Community Assistance Liason
City of
Winston-Salem
Flagship 2019

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Sherry Lee

Senior Human Resources Consultant
Davidson Group HR Solutions
Flagship 2018

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William Penn

Chief of Police

City of Winston-Salem Police Department
Flagship 2020

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Carol Reeve

Chief Marketing Strategist & Creative Director

Girl on the Roof
Flagship 2019

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Nathanael Tarwasokono

President/CEO
Allegacy Financial
INSIGHT 2025

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Corey Walker

Dean
Wake Forest University School of Divinity
INSIGHT 2015

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LaMonica Sloan Wilhelmi

Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor
Winston-Salem State University
Flagship 2014

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Terry Williams

CEO
Innercore Health
INSIGHT 2016

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Paul Wollner

Senior Pastor
Augsburg Lutheran Church
Flagship 2019