Board of Directors
Brad Geiger | Board Chair
Brad Geiger is Head of Talent Management for Martin Marietta.
Head of Talent Development, Performance Management and Succession for 10,000 employee international mining organization. Learning and Development leader with more than 20 years of corporate training and development experience and College/University teaching experience.
2024-25 Board of Directors
Lessie Anderson, Ex-Officio
23-24 WCPSS Asst. Principal of the Year
Braxton Anthony, Chair-elect
Rich Commercial Realty
Ryan Berglund, Ex-Officio
24-25 WCPSS Teacher of the Year
Andrew Blackburn
Raleigh Chamber
Emma Browning
Paradox Consulting Partners
Rob Buhler
BAERING / Decree Company
Seth Carruthers
Parker Lord
Rene Daughtry
Cisco Systems
Marie Dexter, Ex-Officio
Wake County PTA Council
Scott Duda
Cherry & Bekaert, LLP
David Ellis, Ex-Officio
Wake County Manager
Brad Geiger, Chair
Martin Marietta
David Gillham
Pendo
Gary Greene
Greene Resources, Inc.
Cara Greening
T.A. Loving Company
John Hummel
Sinclair Broadcasting Group
Chad Humphrey
Balfour Beatty
Carey Hunter
Principal Financial Group
Stephanie Jensen
BASF
Amy Manning
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Scot McAlexander
TowneBank
Shannon McSwiney
Delta Dental of North Carolina
James Montague
F7 Development
Winston Pierce, Ex-0fficio
23-24 WCPSS Principal of the Year
Kamar Perkins
NC National Guard / When People Work
Gilbert Shoaf
John Deere
Iman Rasheed
UNC Health
Will Quick
Brooks Pierce
Marion Robinson
Retired, SECU
Lily Ryzebol
IBM
Jamie Royster
Lenovo
Robert Taylor, Ex-Officio
Wake County Public School System Superintendent
Chris Torgler
Amazon
Jack Turnwald
Humancentric LLC
Cleon Umphrey
Retired, RDU Airport Authority
Andrea Wun
Construction Partners, Inc.
Cyndy Yu-Robinson
Kramden Institute
Rod Malone
Tharrington Smith, LLP
The Board of Directors is the governing body for WakeEd Partnership. It is primarily made up of business and community leaders who are deeply involved in public education. To join our Board, contact WakeEd President Keith Poston at kposton@wakeed.org
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