Jordan B. Boyd, Board Chair
Charlotte, NC
Senior Pastor, Rockwell, A.M.E. Zion Church;
Executive Director, Village Heartbeat, Inc.;
CEO – Executive Coaching & Leadership Development, Entel Consulting & Training LLC;
Board Member and Personnel Chair, POP’s Passion Community Development Corporation
Thomas Porter, Finance Chair
Charlotte, NC
Lead Attorney, Law Offices of Thomas Porter, PA;Terminal Degree: Juris Doctorate, Temple University School of Law;Former Assistant District Attorney, Mecklenburg County;Board Member, Youth Homes Incorporated; Former Trustee Board Member, Little Rock AME Zion Church
Sheldon Shipman, Secretary
Charlotte, NC
Senior Pastor, Greenville Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church;Secretary Board of Trustees, Hood Theological Seminary (Livingstone College);Assistant to the President, The Black Gift Collaborative (Lily Foundation); 7 HBCU Seminaries working collaboratively to promote education; Terminal Degree: Doctor of Ministry, Virginia Union
John Walker
Charlotte, NC
Bishop, Macedonia Baptist Church; Founder and Board Chair, Macedonia Community Impact, Inc.;Bishop of Education, Fathers Council Covenant Ministry International;Terminal Degree: Doctorate of Christian Leadership, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
Vilma Leake
Charlotte, NC
Mecklenburg County Commissioner, District 2;
Former CMS Board Member, Former President, Charlotte Mecklenburg Educators Association
James Pughsley, Ed.D
Charlotte, NC
Visiting Professor, University of Virginia; Executive Director, Partnership for Leaders in Education; Education Consultant; Former CMS Superintendent, Experienced change agent in four different school districts in multiple states: Clark County School District, Monroe City Public Schools, Virginia Beach Public Schools and Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Rev. Dr. Derrill A. Blue
Charlotte, NC
Pastor, Little Rock A.M.E. Zion Church;
Michael Roach
Charlotte, NC
Senior Pastor, Greater Church Charlotte; Entrepreneur; Community Organizer
Hamani Fisher
Charlotte, NC & Concord, NC
Senior Campus Pastor, Life Center International Ministries; Program Director, New North Carolina Project – Helping Homes & Weatherization Assistance Program; President, City Dive, Inc – Youth and Community Transformation;
Charlotte North Carolina & Concord North Carolina
Cornelius Atkinson
Charlotte, NC
Senior Pastor, Heights Church Charlotte; President, Northwest Corridor Council of Elders;
CEO, Heights Community Development Corporation;
Former State Chairman, NC General Assembly of Holiness Churches
Ricky Woods
Charlotte, NC
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church – West; Board Chairman, Charlotte Community Services Association; Member, North Carolina Library Board – Appointed by Governor Cooper