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Board of Directors

Executive Committee Members

President
Mr. John Grupp
Arrival

Vice President
Mr. José Vega 
Wells Fargo Bank

Secretary
Ms. Angela H. Zimmern
McGuireWoods LLP

Treasurer
Mr. Edward P. O’Keefe
Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Executive Committee Member
Ms. Carolyn Allison
Charlotte Community Health Clinic

Executive Committee Member
Ms. Gwendolyn Lewis
Michael Best

Executive Committee Member
Ms. Lisa Miller
Community Volunteer

Board Members

Mr. Alex Castle
Duke Energy

Mr. Steven Cohen
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP (Retired)

Ms. DeCora Cooper
Community Volunteer

Mr. Robert A. Cox, Jr.
Hamilton Stephens Steele and Martin

Mr. J. Porter Durham, Jr.
Global Endowment Management, LP

Mr. Nicholas Harris
GreerWalker

Ms. Elizabeth Ireland
Winston & Strawn

Mr. Donald Jonas
Atrium Health

Ms. Georgia Krueger
Ada Jenkins Center (Retired)

Ms. Allie Lin
Brighthouse Financial

Mr. Andrés López
The Lopez Law Firm, PLLC

Mr. Luther T. Moore
Mecklenburg County Bar appointee

Ms. Gena Graham Morris
James, McElroy, & Diehl, P.A.

Ms. Elizabeth Murphy
Alston & Bird

Ms. Erica R. Nesmith
The Nesmith Firm PLLC

Mr. Matthew Robertson
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP

Ms. Julie Christine Spahn
Spahn Law Firm, PLLC

Ex Officio Board Members
Toussaint C. Romain
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy

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