ICFNC Advisory Board
The Advisory Board of the Independent College Fund of North Carolina (ICFNC) brings together leaders from corporations and foundations alongside the presidents of 25 North Carolina independent colleges and universities. This dedicated group offers strategic insight and guidance to support ICFNC’s mission—expanding educational opportunity and strengthening the future workforce of our state.
Bradley Andrews
Brevard College
Jean Parvin Bordewich
Guilford College
Gary Brown
Louisburg College
Rhett Brown
Wingate University
Scott Bullard
Pfeiffer University
Allan Burrows
CAPDEV
Edward Croom
University of Mount Olive
Jesse Cureton
Queens University of Charlotte
Larry Czarda
Greensboro College
Gary Daynes
Salem College
Margaret Wren de St. Aubin
Wren Foundation
William Downs
Campbell University
Lindsay Efird
Universal Leaf
Nate Evans
Gardner-Webb University
Damián J. Fernández
Warren Wilson College
Jeremy E. Fisher
The Huntington National Bank
Tony Floyd
Mars Hill University
Erica Forrester
CAPTRUST
Rob Garofalo
Truist
Evan Duff
N.C. Wesleyan University
Bobby Gauthier
Forvis Mazars
Jan Gottlieb
McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Beth Tyner Jones
Womble, Bond, Dickinson
Lee King
Lees-McRae College
Julian Macaulay, Jr.
Wells Fargo
Paul Maurer
Montreat College
Kenneth C. Mayer, Jr.
CPL | Architecture | Engineering | Planning
Summer McGee
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Kevin Melvin
IMA Financial Group
Lynn Morton
William Peace University
David Nelson
Catawba College
Brooks Raiford
NC Tech
Amy Sapp
Meredith College
Doug Searcy
Barton College
Diane Short
TIAA
Delores Sides
Elevate Textiles
Tim Smith
Marsh Insurance
ICFNC Board Vice Chair
Matthew Socha
Cherry Bekaert
ICFNC Board Chair
Jeffrey W. Talley
Belmont Abbey College
Mary Thornton
Harvest Table Culinary Group
Rosemary M. Thomas
Chowan University
Tammy Thurman
Duke Energy/Piedmont Natural Gas
Thomas Varnadore
Coca-Cola Consolidated
Stanley Wearden
Methodist University
Lynn Williams
Mt. Olive Pickle Company
