Our Leadership

Triangle Community Foundation is governed by a Board of the Triangle’s leading citizens. The Board of Directors is the Foundation’s chief policy-making body. As such, the Board bears ultimate responsibility for the legal, financial, administrative, grantmaking, community service, and fundraising activities of the Foundation.  The President is responsible for executing the Board’s policies and for operating the Foundation under the Board’s guidance.

New Members are elected by the Board under recommendations by a Board Nominating and Governance Committee chosen annually by the President. Board members serve a three-year term and can succeed themselves for one term. The Board invests and administers the Foundation’s funds with the assistance of the Finance Committee. The Philanthropic Services Committee oversees the grantmaking function.

The Foundation also benefits from the expertise of the Foundation Leadership Council. This advisory council is comprised of long-time supporters, most of them former Board chairs, who have elected to continue their service to the Foundation. The Leadership Council was created in 1994, the Foundation’s tenth anniversary year, to extend the Foundation’s outreach to the community, enhance the Foundation’s asset development capacity, and to draw upon the knowledge, abilities and experience of key supporters of the Foundation.

Board of Directors

Richard B. Guirlinger

Richard B. Guirlinger

Chair

Bourke Services, LLC
President and Manager

Lacy M. Presnell III

Lacy M. Presnell III

Chair Elect

Burns, Day & Presnell, P.A.
Partner

Cécile Noël

Cécile Noël

Secretary & Chair, Philanthropic Services

Civic Leader

James A. Stewart

James A. Stewart

Treasurer &Chair, Finance Committee

Stewart Commercial
Broker/Consultant

MaryAnn E. Black

MaryAnn E. Black

Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee

Duke University Health System
Associate Vice President for Community Relations

Donovan E. Moxey

Donovan E. Moxey

Chair, Development Committee

Interactive Multimedia Solutions, Inc
Founder & CEO

Joel M. Sheer

Joel M. Sheer

Chair, Marketing and Communications Committee

Sheer Associates
President

Phail Wynn, Jr.

Phail Wynn, Jr.

Immediate Past Chair

Duke University
Vice President, Durham and Regional Affairs

Mary Braxton-Joseph

Mary Braxton-Joseph

Media Consultant

Jack O. Clayton

Jack O. Clayton

Wells Fargo

Regional President of the Triangle East Region

C. Perry Colwell

C. Perry Colwell

Civic Leader

Diane Evia-Lanevi

Diane Evia-Lanevi

Civic Leader

John H. Idler

John H. Idler

ABC 11/WTVD, Inc
President & General Manager

Anu Kumar

Anu Kumar

Ipas

Executive Vice President

Peter J. Meehan

Peter J. Meehan

Chair, Leadership Council

The Greenwood Group, Inc.
Chairman

Pat Nathan

Pat Nathan

Dress for Success Triangle
Founder & President

Frank Phoenix

Frank Phoenix

Greenbridge Developments
Partner

Thomas R. Staab II

Thomas R. Staab II

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
CFO

Foundation Leadership Council

Peter J. Meehan

Chair, Leadership Council

The Greenwood Group, Inc.
Chairman

Carol W. Bilbro

Civic Leader

Jean G. Carter

Hunton & Williams, LLP
Partner

Arthur W. Clark

Peoples Security Life Insurance Co.
Retired, Chairman of the Board

Stephen D. Corman

PharmaLink, Inc.
Former Chairman and CEO

Elizabeth B. Craven

The Warner Foundation
President

Frank A. Daniels, Jr.

The News & Observer Publishing Co.
Former President and Publisher

Mary L. Hill

Civic Leader

Fred D. Hutchison

Hutchison Law Group PLLC
Partner

Ambassador James Joseph

Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
Professor

Kelly S. King

BB&T Corporation
Chairman & CEO

Annie Liptzin

Civic Leader

Louise W. McCutcheon

Former Durham County Commissioner and Community Volunteer

Mary B. Mountcastle

Center for Community Self-Help
Senior Associate

Charles B. Neely, Jr.

Williams Mullen, P.A.
Partner

Prezell R. Robinson

St. Augustine’s College
President Emeritus

Ronald A. Strom

Ron Strom Company
President

R. Peyton Woodson III

Woodson Associates
President

Board Committees

Audit Committee
Board Nominating and Governance Committee
Development Committee
Executive Committee
Finance Committee
Investment Committee
Marketing and Communications Committee
Philanthropic Services Committee

Advisory Groups

Community Grantmaking Program Committee
Triangle Gives Back Advisory Commitee
Triangle Gives Back Steering Commitee

Supporting Organizations

TCF Real Estate Foundation
Durham Arts Council