Our Members
Valedictorian
Bob Barnhill
Chairman, Barnhill Contracting Company
John Belk
President (Retired), Belk Inc.
Charles Bowman
Market President for North Carolina & Charlotte, Bank of America
Redge Hanes
Retired CEO
Wayne Holden
Retired CEO, RTI International
Kelly King
Retired CEO, Truist
Rick Redden
Carolinas CEO, Wells Fargo
Magna Cum Laude
Ann Goodnight
Director of Community Relations, SAS Institute, Inc.
Anna Spangler Nelson
Chairman, Spangler Foundation
Tom Nelson
President & CEO, National Gypsum Company
Art Pope
Chairman & CEO, Variety Wholesalers, Inc.
John Triandiflou
CEO, Insightsoftware
Honors
Nelle Hotchkiss
Senior VP of Community Relations, NC Electric Cooperatives
James Maynard
Chairman & CEO, Golden Corral Corporation
Allison Moss
President, Stephen L. Cornwell Foundation
Ward Nye
President & CEO, Martin Marietta
Chuck Purvis
President & CEO, Coastal Federal Credit Union
Pat Riley
President & CEO, Allen Tate Companies
Eddie Smith
Chairman, Grady-White Boats, Inc.
Student Body President
Carl Armato
CEO, Novant Health System
Don Flow
CEO, Flow Automotive
Christopher Fox
VP & Chief Sustainability Officer, Hanesbrands
Dave Regenery
Chairman & CEO, Trane Technologies, plc
John Replogle
CEO, One Better Ventures, LLC
Paul Wiles
Retired CEO, Novant Health System
Class President
Amanda Barkus
VP of Application Development, MetLife
Peter Bristow
President, First Citizens Bank
Zach Clayton
CEO, Three Ships
Frank Daniels, Jr.
CEO (Retired), The News & Observer
Thomas W. Dickson
Chairman, The Dickson Foundation
Ken Gill
President & CEO, CPI Security Systems
Leroy Lail
Chairman & CEO, Hickory Furniture
Gregg Lowe
CEO, Wolfspeed
Michael Marsicano
President & CEO, Foundation for the Carolinas
Walter McDowell
Chairman, BEST NC
DL McMichael, Jr.
CEO, McMichael Mills
David Neill
President, Bob Neill Inc.
Ed Pearce
President, Tencarva Machinery Company
Norman Samet
Retired CEO, Samet Corporation
Temple Sloan, Jr.
CEO, The Sloan Family Foundation
Tunde Sotunde
CEO, BCBSNC
John C. Whitaker, Jr.
Manager, INV, LLC
Teacher's Pet
Greg Alcorn
CEO, Global Contact Services
Chester H. Brown
President, Brown Investment Properties, Inc.
Mollie Brugh
Retired CEO, Marsh Furniture Company
Joe Budd
CEO, The Budd Group
John Burress
Retired Business Owner, John W. Burress
Hudnall Christopher
Retired Executive VP, Reynolds Tobacco
Derick Close
CEO, Springs Creative
Don Curtis
CEO, Curtis Media Group
Stuart Frantz
President & CEO, Investors Management Corporation
James "Chip" Mahan
Chairman & CEO, Live Oak Bank
Jim Melvin
Chairman, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
Julian "Bubba" Rawl
Owner, Preston Development
Jason Sandner
CEO, Curi
David Spitz
CEO, ChannelAdvisor Corp.
Ben Sutton
Founder & Chairman, Teall Capital
J. Bradley Wilson
Retired CEO, BCBSNC
Citrix
Friends of BEST NC
Francisco Alvarado
President & CEO, Marand Builders
Jim Anthony
CEO, Colliers International
John Atkins
CEO, O'Brien Atkins
Rye Barcott
Managing Director, Double Time Capital
Graham Bennett
CEO, Quality Oil Company
Richard Brenner
Vice Chairman, Amarr
Brad Brinegar
Chairman, McKinney
Rountree Collett, Jr.
President & COO, Bernhardt Furniture
Paul Fulton
Chairman, Bassett Furniture Industries
David Gardner
Founding Partner, CoFounders Capital
James Gibson
Executive VP & COO, RTI International
Clay Grubb
President, Grubb Properties
David Howard
Partner, Windsor Investments, LLC
Corey Hutcherson
VP of Operations, Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce
Burney Jennings
Chairman, Biscuitville
Stan Kelly
Retired CEO, Wells Fargo
Phil Kirk
Retired President, NC Chamber of Commerce
Mark Lawson
President, Cary Chamber of Commerce
Al Lineberry, Jr.
President, Gainesberry, LLC
Reid Murchinson
Managing Director, Wells Fargo Advisors
Wendell Murphy
Manager, Murphy Family Ventures
Ed Pleasants
Retired CEO, Pleasants Hardware
Brian Reid
Triangle President, TowneBank
Donna Rhode
Community Relations Leader, Vaco
Malbert Smith
CEO, President & Co-Founder, MetaMetrics
John Snider
President & CEO, Snider Fleet Solutions
Will Sutton
President & Director, Truist Leadership Institute
Thomas Vaidhyan
CEO, Aten, Inc.
Leslie Walden
VP of Regional Public Affairs, Fidelity Investments
William Warden
Retired Executive, Lowes Companies
Richard "Stick" Williams
Retired President, Duke Energy Foundation
Smedes York
Chairman, York Properties