Leadership Council

WakeEd’s Leadership Council provides guidance and strategic input to the Board of Directors. While it is primarily an advisory body, the Leadership Council is made up of members who are deeply involved in public education. Many members began their work with WakeEd on our Board of Directors.

2019-2020 Leadership Council

Chair: John Hummel, Sinclair Broadcasting Group

Members (Listed Alphabetically)

Chris Bell, SunTrust Bank

Gordon Brown, Alfred Williams & Company

Tim Clancy, Clancy & Theys Construction Company

Marty Clayton, Duke Energy

Frank Daniels, Jr., The Josephus Group, LLC

Dick Daugherty, IBM, Retired

Sandy Fain, News & Observer, Retired

Dudley Flood, Education Consultant

Greg Ford, Wake County Commissioner, Vice Chair

Lynne Garrison, Garrison Consulting Group LLC

Patti Gillenwater, Elinvar

Ben Goldstein. CAPTRUST Financial Advisors

Dub Graham, Hunton & Williams, Retired

Roddy Jones, Davidson and Jones Corporation

Christine Kushner, Wake County Board of Education

John Mabe, Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

James Maynard, Investors Management Corporation

Caroline McCullen, SAS (Retired)

Tom Oxholm, Wake Stone Corporation

Virginia Parker, Bank of America

Keith Poston, WakeEd Partnership President

Keith Sutton, Wake County Board of Education, Chair

Richard Urquhart, Investors Management Corporation

J. Blount Williams, Alfred Williams & Company

G. Smedes York, York Properties/McDonald York