Officers
Mr. J. Edward Kitchen, Co-Chair
Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
Chief Operating Officer
Ms. Susan S. Schwartz, Co-Chair
The Cemala Foundation
Executive Director
Dr. Harold Martin, Co-Vice Chair
North Carolina A&T State University
Chancellor
Ms. Mindy Oakley, Co-Vice Chair
Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation
Executive Director
Mr. David Leeper, Treasurer
Leeper, Kean & Rumley, L.L.P.
Partner
Mr. Curtis Holloman, Secretary
The Foundation for a Healthy High Point
Executive Director
Board of Directors
Dr. Allison Blosser
High Point University
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Education Studies Program
Mr. Robin Britt
Community Volunteer
Dr. Sharon Contreras
Guilford County Schools
Superintendent
Mr. Pat Danahy
NC Partnership for Children
Mr. Alan Duncan
NC Board of Education
Dr. Daniel Erb
High Point University
Provost
Mr. Jon Esser
Esser CPA, PLLC
Founder
Ms. Barbara Frye
Community Volunteer
Mr. Kevin Gray
Weaver Foundation
President
Mr. Michael Halford
Guilford County
Manager
Dr. James Hoekstra
Wake Forest Baptist Health – HP Medical Ctr.
President
Hon. Cyril Jefferson
Change Often/City of High Point
Principal Consultant/Council Member
Ms. Maria Layne-Stevens
Guilford Child Development
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Brian Maness
Children’s Home Society
President & CEO
Ms. Angela McGill
Housing Authority of the City of High Point
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Valerie Jarvis McMillan
North Carolina A&T State University
Associate Professor
Dr. Martin Portillo, M.D.
Cone Health Medical Group
President and Chief Medical Officer
Mr. Ray Robinson
Columbia Group
President
Ms. Meka Sales
The Duke Endowment
Director of Special Initiatives
Ms. Sanaa Sharrieff
Guilford Parent Leader Network
Steering Committee Member
Dr. Terri Shelton
UNCG Research and Engagement
Vice Chancellor of Research and Engagement
Mr. Adam Tarleton
Brooks Pierce
Partner
Mr. James Upchurch
Guilford County
Commissioner
Dr. Iulia Vann
Guilford County
Public Health Director
Ms. Cindy Watkins
Watkins Education Consulting
Principal