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Board of Directors

Action for Children thanks our Board of Directors for their tireless effort on behalf of North Carolina's children.

 

Polly Hathaway, Chair
Director
CapitalCare Collaborative
Raleigh, NC

 

 

Laura Gerald, M.D., Vice Chair
Pediatrician
Community Care of North Carolina
Raleigh, NC

 

 

Rebecca Johnson, Secretary
Educator and Civic Leader
Winston-Salem, NC


 

Stafford L. Thompson, Jr., Treasurer
Vice President – Corporate Actuary
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Durham, NC

 

 

 
Bill Jamieson, Immediate Past Chair
President
Micah Institute
Asheville, NC

 


 

Natalie Best
Senior Vice President
French/West/Vaughan
Durham, NC

 

 

Michael Brader-Araje
President
Michael & Laura Brader-Araje Foundation
Durham, NC

 

 

Brenda Green Branch
Chief District Court Judge
Halifax County Judicial District 6A
Roanoke Rapids, NC

 

 

 
Dina Castro, Ph.D.
Scientist
FPG Child Development Institute
Chapel Hill, NC

 


 

David C. Coulter
Senior Vice President and Administrator – Raleigh Campus
WakeMed
Raleigh, NC

 

 

J. Keith Crisco
President and Chairman
Asheboro Elastics Corporation
Asheboro, NC 

 

 

 

Albert Eckel
Partner
Eckel and Vaughan
Raleigh, NC

 

 

 

Clarence High Jr.
Chief Court Counselor
North CarolinaDepartment of Juvenile Justice
Ahoskie, NC

 

 

 
Jean Irvin
Executive Director
Forsyth Futures
Winston-Salem, NC

 


 

Deremia S. Johnson
Program Coordinator
A.J. Fletcher Foundation
Knightdale, NC

 

 

Kenneth Lewis, J.D.
Attorney, Corporate and Securities Practice Group
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Durham, NC 

 

 

 

Peter Morris, M.D., MPH
Medical Director
Wake County Human Services
Raleigh, NC

 

 

 

Gregory Richardson
Executive Director
N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs
Raleigh, NC

 

 

 

Penelope Orr Spry
Executive Director
Children's Law Center of the Piedmont N.C.
Winston-Salem, NC

 

 

 

Tracy E. Sernberg
Director of External Affairs - Mid-Atlantic Operations
EMBARQ
Wake Forest, NC

 

 

 
 
David T. Tayloe, Jr., M.D.
Pediatrician
Goldsboro Pediatric PA
President, American Academy of Pediatrics
Goldsboro, NC

 


 

Stafford L. Thompson, Jr.
Vice President-Corporate Actuary
North Carolina Mutural Life Insurance Company
Durham, NC


 

Ex Officio Board Member:
Barbara Bradley
President and CEO
Action for Children North Carolina
Raleigh, NC

 
 

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–focus group participant, age 15, Eastern NC