Board
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CHAIR
Jeff Lindsay, Executive Vice President & COO
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Jimmy Flythe, Director of Government & Community Relations
Duke Energy
FIRST VICE CHAIR
Ken Basch, Executive Director, WF Properties
Wake Forest University
SECOND VICE CHAIR
Mamie M. Sutphin, Director of Community Engagement Programs
Reynolds American, Inc.
SECRETARY & TREASURER
Everett Wells
Wells Real Estate, LLC
AT-LARGE MEMBERS – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Evelyn Acree, Senior Vice President/City Executive
M&F Bank
John Davenport, Jr., PE, President
DAVENPORT
Chris Fox, VP, Corporate Social Responsibility
Hanesbrands
Julie A. Freischlag, M.D., CEO
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Dr. Angela Hairston, Superintendent
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
Donna Hall, Director of Business Development
OnPar Technologies
Jackie Haynes, MBA, RN
BlueCross BlueShield
Grant Minnix, Director of Operations
Benton Convention Center/Twin City Quarter
John Morrow, Attorney
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
David Neill, President
Mercedes-Benz of Winston-Salem
Cathy Pace, CEO/President
Allegacy Federal Credit Union
Alan Proctor, Winston-Salem Market President
Wells Fargo
Tim Renegar, President
Kelly Office Solutions
Scott Sewell, VP, Technology Acquisition & Development – Endoscopy
Cook Medical
Dr. Janet Spriggs, President
Forsyth Technical Community College
Coleman Team, Partner
Front Street Capital
Brent Waddell, Market President
BB&T
Mike Wells, Partner
Wells Law, PLLC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lee Addo, President
SCS Construction Company
Cantey Alexander, Triad Regional President
BB&T
Jonathan Allen
Inmar, Inc.
Aprille Bell, Partner
Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP
Richard Brenner, CEO
Image Wizards, LLC
Alex Collins, National Sales Manager
Visit Winston-Salem
Rob Cook, President
Russell & Cook Insurance
David D’Annunzio, Chief Financial Officer
Truliant Federal Credit Union
Carol Davis
Winston-Salem State University
Heyward Garner
T.W. Garner Food Co.
Lee Garrity, Manager
City of Winston-Salem
Rich Geiger, President
Visit Winston-Salem
Mike Hauser, President & COO
Piedmont Federal Savings Bank
C.J. Johnson, President & General Manager
Winston-Salem Dash Baseball
Allen Joines, President
Winston-Salem Alliance
Bob Leak, President
Winston-Salem Business, Inc.
Steve Lineberger, President
Winston Starts
Matthew Marceron, President
Kaplan Early Learning Company
Don Martin, County Commissioner
Forsyth County
Art Moore, Regional Director, External Affairs
AT&T North Carolina
Phillip Morgan, Community Relations Manager, Northern Region
Piedmont Natural Gas
Emily Neese, Vice President, Strategy & Operations
Wake Forest University
Will Partin
Wexford Science & Technology
Ajay Patel, Professor and Thomas S. Goho Chair in Finance School of Business
Wake Forest University
Nell Perry, Coordinator, Small Business Center
Forsyth Technical Community College
Cory Phillips, Plant Manager
Siemens Energy-Winston Service Center
Steve Poe, President
Bell, Davis & Pitt, PA
Rob Simon, President
Windsor Jewelers
Bryan Swerbinsky, Vice President & CFO
Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corporation
Jason Thiel, President
Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, Inc.
Ricky Touchstone, Senior Project Manager
Frank L. Blum Construction Company
Ken Walker, Winston-Salem Facility Manager
Progress Rail – A Caterpillar Company
Dudley Watts, Manager
Forsyth County
Rob Welch, Vice President
I.L. Long Construction Co., Inc.
Jason Wenker, Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
CHAMBER PRESIDENT
Mark Owens, President & CEO
Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce