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.
2025-26 Leadership Council
Christopher Bell (Chris)
Truist Bank
Gordon Brown
Executive Vice President of Finance & Administration
Alfred Williams & Company
David T. Clancy (Tim)
President
Clancy & Theys Construction Company
Richard Daugherty (Dick)
IBM, Retired
Benjamin Goldstein (Ben)
President
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
John Mabe
Attorney at Law
Nexsen Pruet, PLLC
James Maynard
Executive Chairman
Investors Management Corporation
Caroline McCullen
SAS, Retired
Tom Oxholm
Wake Stone Corporation, Retired
Richard Urquhart
Investors Management Corporation, Retired
J. Blount Williams (Blount)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Alfred Williams & Company
G. Smedes York (Smedes)
Chairman
York Properties, Inc./McDonald York Building Company
Ex-Officio Members
Chris Heagarty
Wake County Board of Education, Chair
Shinica Thomas
Wake County Board of Commissioners, Designee
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