At our annual meeting in September, the following slate of officers were approved:
Chair: John Cross, Partner, Brooks Pierce
Vice-Chair: Kim Gatling, Partner, Fox Rothschild
Secretary: Ursula Robinson, Executive Director of PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) of Guilford and Rockingham Counties
Treasurer: Cindy Thompson, Executive Director, Boundless Impact
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John Cross
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Kim Gatling
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Ursula Robinson
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Cindy Thompson
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Effective October 1, we added a new member to our Board of Directors:
Wilson Lester is Executive Director of Piedmont Business Capital and works to create relationships with businesses in urban and rural communities through micro-lending in support of the operational expansion and new business development for women and minority entrepreneurs. Lester earned his graduate degree in Management, Strategy, and Leadership at Michigan State University, along with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Greensboro College. Lester serves on the board of directors for the Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship, Reinvestment Partners and Greensboro Literacy Organization.
In 2018, he was recognized as a member of “40 under 40” by the Triad Business Journal and nominated by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce as the Small Business Advocate of the Year in 2018 and 2019. He is a member of Center for Creative Leadership’s 2019 Executive Leadership Academy cohort. He and his wife and two daughters make their home in Greensboro.