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New Board Members, Officers Join NCBA Board of Governors

Seven new members of the NCBA Board of Governors were elected to three-year terms on Friday, June 27, at the 2025 NCBA Annual Meeting in Asheville. Their election was made official during the Annual Meeting Business Meeting and Luncheon at the Asheville Renaissance Downtown.

Newly elected board members who are beginning three-year terms on the Board of Governors in 2025-26 are:

  • Kayla Britt (N.C. Department of Justice, Raleigh)
  • Cary Davis (Robinson Bradshaw, Charlotte)
  • Alicia Edwards (LANC, Greensboro)
  • Bain Jones Jr. (Private Practice, Salisbury)
  • Erin M. Locklear (Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority, Morrisville)
  • Beth McKee (Static Control Components Inc., Sanford)
  • Tom Segars (Ellis Winters, Raleigh)

Joining the new board members as they begin their service this year are five new vice presidents who were elected by the Board of Governors in April:

One-year terms:

  • Judge David (Dink) Warren (U.S. Bankruptcy Court EDNC, Raleigh)
  • Judge Joseph Crosswhite (N.C. Superior Court, Statesville)
  • Chief District Court Judge Christy Wilhelm (N.C. District Court, Concord)
  • Dean Geoff Krouse (Associate Dean for Alumni & Development, Duke University School of Law)

Three-year term:

  • Judge Karlene Turrentine (N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings, Raleigh)

Completing the slate of new members of the NCBA Board of Governors, all of whom will serve on the North Carolina Bar Foundation Board of Directors, are:

  • Beth Langley, president-elect, NCBA and NCBF (Brooks Pierce, Greensboro)
  • Dan Hartzog, chair, Senior Lawyers Division (Hartzog Law Group, Raleigh)
  • Sheila Spence, chair, Young Lawyers Division (JMP, Durham)
  • Sarah White, chair, Paralegal Division (Ragsdale Liggett, Morehead City)