Board of Directors

Braxton Anthony, Rich commercial realty

BOARD CHAIR

2025-26 Board of Directors

Braxton Anthony, Chair
Rich Commercial Realty

Macy Brinson, Ex-Officio
24-25 WCPSS Teacher of the Year

Emma Browning
Paradox Consulting Partners

Wiliam Byrd
Balfour Beatty

Seth Carruthers
Parker Lord

Adrienne Cole
Greater Raleigh Chamber

Rene Daughtry
Cisco Systems

Ashley Dennis
Moseley Architects

Marie Dexter, Ex-Officio
Wake County PTA Council

Scott Duda
Cherry & Bekaert, LLP

David Ellis, Ex-Officio
Wake County Manager

Brad Geiger
Martin Marietta

David Gillham
Pendo

Gary Greene
Greene Resources, Inc.

Cara Greening
T.A. Loving Company

John Hummel
Sinclair Broadcasting Group

Carey Hunter
Principal Financial Group

Shejuanna Jacobs, Ex-Officio
24-25 WCPSS Principal of the Year

Chad Jemison
Bright Ideas Realty

Stephanie Jensen
BASF

Amy Manning
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies

Rod Malone
Tharrington Smith

Scot McAlexander
TowneBank

Shannon McSwiney
Delta Dental of North Carolina

James Montague
F7 Development

Kamar Perkins
NC National Guard / When People Work

Will Quick
Brooks Pierce

Jeff Reichard
UNC Health

Marion Robinson
Retired, SECU

Jamie Royster
Lenovo

Lily Ryzebol, Chair-elect
IBM

Sebastian Shipp, Ex-Officio
24-25 WCPSS Asst Principal of Yr

Gilbert Shoaf
John Deere

Robert Taylor, Ex-Officio
Wake County Public School System  Superintendent

Kristen Tettemer
Amazon

Jack Turnwald
Humancentric LLC

Cleon Umphrey
Retired, RDU Airport Authority

Andrea Wun
Construction Partners

Cyndy Yu-Robinson
Kramden Institute

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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