Elections, Appointments Complete NCBF Board

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Under the amended North Carolina Bar Foundation bylaws, effective June 22, 2019, the NCBF Board of Directors includes six at-large members who do not serve concurrently on the NCBA Board of Governors and chairs of the Foundation’s three standing committees. The NCBF Board of Directors also includes 17 members of the NCBA Board of Governors, as designated by their service on the Executive Committee and Audit & Finance Committee.

To establish the three-year staggered terms, the initial at-large directors are serving in pairs for terms expiring in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Each will be eligible to serve one additional three-year term. The standing committee chairs – Development, Endowment and Program Oversight – are also serving staggered terms and are eligible to serve one additional three-year term.

Upon completion of last week’s NCBA Annual Meeting and the summer and organizational meetings of the NCBA Board of Governors and the NCBF Board of Directors, the 2020-21 NCBF Board of Directors is set. Photos are included below of the Board of Directors members who are not also on the 2020-21 NCBA Board of Governors.

Jim Morgan (left) of Morgan, Herring, Morgan, Green, & Rosenblutt in High Point and Matt Wolfe (right) of Parker Poe in Raleigh have been re-elected to three-year at-large terms.

Additional individuals have joined the NCBF Board of Directors either by election or appointment by NCBA/NCBF President Mark Holt. They are:

NCBA/NCBF President-elect Jon Heyl of Fox Rothschild in Charlotte, who will chair the NCBA/NCBF Audit & Finance Committees. He also serves on the NCBA/NCBF Executive Committees.

• Woody Connette (right) of Essex Richards in Charlotte, who has been appointed to a three-year term as chair of the NCBF Development Committee.
• Rhoda B. Billings of Lewisville, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, who is chairing the Senior Lawyers Division and serving on the NCBA/NCBF Executive Committees.
• Kristen M. Kirby of McGuireWoods in Raleigh, who is chairing the Young Lawyers Division and serving on the NCBA/NCBF Executive Committees.
• Ben Edwards of Lincoln Financial Group in Greensboro, who is serving on the NCBA/NCBF Audit & Finance Committees.
• Casey N. Ferri of Charlotte, who is serving on the NCBA/NCBF Audit & Finance Committees.
• Rashad Morgan of Brinks Gilson & Lione in the Research Triangle Park, who is serving on the NCBA/NCBF Executive Committees.
• Ken Carroll of Morningstar Law Group in Raleigh, who is serving on the NCBA/NCBF Executive Committees.

The complete listing of the 2020-21 North Carolina Bar Foundation Board of Directors is available on the NCBF website.