Advisory Panel

In 1978, the Board of Trustees of the Foundation created a State Advisory Panel, which it views as a vital means of increasing the Foundation's awareness of funding opportunities in the state. Panel members serve three-year terms, and more than 100 people from across the state have now served on the Advisory Panel. Panel members are asked for their ideas and suggestions in regard to the Foundation's mandate to make grants which benefit the people of North Carolina. In addition, the Board has delegated to the Advisory Panel the responsibility of selecting recipients for the Nancy Susan Reynolds Awards. The Panel has no authority to make grants, nor does it share any powers or duties of the Board of Trustees.

DIEGO ANSELMO, Charlotte, NC
District Captain, Steele Creek Division, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Police Department
Term expires December 2009

JENNIFER BUMBARNER, Raleigh, NC
Policy Advisor, Officer of the NC Governor
Term expires December 2009

LEE CAROL GUIDZ, Lenoir, NC
Executive Director of the Caldwell Arts Council 

Term expires December 2010

RICHARD B. GLAZIER, Fayetteville, NC
State Representative, NC General Assembly
Term expires December 2008

VIRGINIA HARDY, Greenville, NC
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Term expires December 2010

CHRISTOPHER KOURI, Charlotte, NC
Director, Governmental Relations & General Counsel, Lowes, Motor Speedway
Term expires December 2009

CHARLES F. MARSHALL, Raleigh, NC 
Partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey and Leonard, LLC 
Term expires December 2008

RICKYE McKOY-MITCHELL, Charlotte, NC
District Court Judge, Mecklenburg County
Term expires December 2008

FAWN PATTISON, Raleigh, NC
Executive Director, Toxic Free North Carolina
Term expires December 2008

ROBBY RUSSELL, Asheville, NC
Market President, Wachovia Bank, Asheville/Buncombe County
Term expires December 2009

CARMEN SCOGGINS, Boone, NC
Teacher, Watauga High School
Term expires December 2008

JEFFREY (SMITTY) L. SMITH, Winston-Salem, NC
Litigation Paralegal at Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
Term expires December 2010

ANDREW SPAINHOUR, Greensboro, NC
General Counsel of Replacements, Ltd.
Term expires December 2010 

REBECCA TORRES, Greenville, NC
Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Rural Development Initiative, East Carolina University
Term expires December 2009  

DAVID WORONOFF, Southern Pines, NC
Publisher of The Pilot newspaper in Southern Pines
Term expires December 2010