Board of Directors

President
Mr. John Grupp
Arrival

Immediate Past President
Ms. Lisa Howell

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
Lincoln Derr

Executive Committee Member
Ms. Lisa Miller
Community Volunteer

Ms. Julia Burgess
Community Volunteer

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

Ms. Angelica Acosta Garnett
Community Volunteer

Mr. Nicholas Harris
GreerWalker

Mr. Donald Jonas
Atrium Health

Mr. Alan Kronovet
Wells Fargo & Company

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

Ms. Alexandra Villarreal O’Rourke
Bank of America

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

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