Our Team
Listener. Partner. Connector. Investor. As a foundation, we are fortunate in that we have a number of roles. We value each of them.
Board of Directors
- Tunde Sotunde, MD (Chair)
President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina - Anita Brown-Graham
Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Government and Director, ncIMPACT Initiative, UNC School of Government - Kelly Calabria
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina - Robin Gary Cummings, MD
Chancellor, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke - Santiago Estrada
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina - Fran Gary
Senior Vice President, Government Markets, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina - Arif M. Khan
Vice President of Enterprise Strategies, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina - John D. Kimberly
Regional President, The Park National Bank - Harold L. Martin, Sr. Ph.D.
Chancellor, North Carolina A&T State University - Mitch Perry
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina - Pilar Rocha-Goldberg
President and CEO, El Centro Hispano
Staff
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John Lumpkin, MD, MPH
President
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Cindy Alvarado
Grants
Manager
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Jenna Barnes
Director,
Early Childhood
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Daijah Davis
Director,
Oral Health
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Merry Davis
Director,
Healthy Food
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Brian Edmonds
Communications,
Officer
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Katie Eyes
Vice President,
Program Operations and Strategy
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Kiydra Harris
Program Officer,
Access to Care
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Chelsey Hurt
Director, Learning and Evaluation
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Casey Leiber
Grants Manager
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Amon Marstiller
Director,
Communications
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Marquita Mbonu
Director,
Healthy Communities
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Shelia Reich
Director, Racial Equity and Healthy Communities
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Sarah Smith
Vice President,
Learning and Foundation Operations
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Valerie Stewart
Director,
Capacity Building and Leadership for Healthy Communities
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Sonequa White
Operational
Excellence,
Project Manager