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

Phail Wynn, Jr.

Phail Wynn, Jr.

Chair

Duke University
Vice President, Durham and Regional Affairs

Frank Phoenix

Frank Phoenix

Vice Chair and Chair Elect, Co-Chair Investment Committee

Greenbridge Developments
Partner

Charles D. Leedy

Charles D. Leedy

Co-Chair, Investment Committee

Chapel Hill Investment Advisors
Founder & CEO

Richard B. Guirlinger

Richard B. Guirlinger

Treasurer and Chair, Finance Committee

General Parts International, Inc
Vice President, Special Projects

MaryAnn Black

MaryAnn Black

Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee

Duke University Health System
Associate Vice President for Community Relations

Lacy Presnell

Lacy Presnell

Secretary

Burns, Day & Presnell
Partner

Mary B. Mountcastle

Mary B. Mountcastle

Chair, Philanthropic Services Committee

Center for Community Self-Help
Senior Associate

Joel Sheer

Joel Sheer

Chair, Marketing and Communications Committee

Sheer Associates
President

Carol W. Bilbro

Carol W. Bilbro

Chair, Leadership Council

Civic Leader

Mary Braxton-Joseph

Mary Braxton-Joseph

Media Consultant

C. Perry Colwell

C. Perry Colwell

Civic Leader

Donovan Moxey

Donovan Moxey

Interactive Multimedia Solutions, Inc
Founder & CEO

Steven Nelson

Steven Nelson

Wakefield Group
Partner and Managing Director

Cécile Noël

Cécile Noël

Civic Leader

Thomas R. Staab, II

Thomas R. Staab, II

Chair, Audit Committee

Inspire
CFO & Treasurer

Diane Evia-Lanevi

Diane Evia-Lanevi

Civic Leader

James A. Stewart

James A. Stewart

Chair/President, TCF Real Estate Foundation

Stewart Commercial

Anu Kumar

Anu Kumar

Ipas
Executive Vice President

Foundation Leadership Council

Carol W. Bilbro

Chairperson

Civic Leader

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

Kelly S. King

Branch Banking & Trust Co.
Chief Operating Officer

Annie Liptzin

Civic Leader

Louise W. McCutcheon

Former Durham County Commissioner and Community Volunteer

Peter J. Meehan

The Greenwood Group, Inc.
Chairman

Charles B. Neely, Jr.

Williams Mullen

Prezell R. Robinson

St. Augustine’s College
President Emeritus

Ronald A. Strom

Ron Strom Company
President

R. Peyton Woodson, III

Family Health International
Chairman of the Board

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