The North Carolina Freedom Park Project is a registered IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable corporation. The North Carolina Freedom Monument Project established its own charitable status in 2004 and established a prestigious advisory board and board of directors from across the state to fulfill the ambitious mission of the North Carolina Freedom Park. In 2015-16, a smaller working board was established to bring the project to fruition.
North Carolina Freedom Park Board of Directors
Goldie Frinks Wells, Co-Chair, Greensboro, NC
Lecturer, Guilford University and Greensboro City Council Member
David Warren, Co-Chair, Chapel Hill, NC
Professor Emeritus, Duke University
Victoria Gallagher, Secretary, Raleigh, NC
Professor of Communications, NC State University
Ruth Proctor, Treasurer, Durham, NC
Certified Public Accountant
Christina Coffey, Raleigh, NC
Vice President, Lee & Associates
Stephen Dahlem, Raleigh, NC
Principal and Founder, Steele Commercial & Steele Property Management
Reginald Hildebrand, Durham, NC
Retried Professor of History, UNC-Chapel Hill
Reginald Hodges, Durham, NC
Retired Executive Director, Durham Literacy Center
Joe Johnson, Raleigh, NC
Student Diversity Coordinator, NC State University
Brian Kubis, Raleigh, NC
Strategy and Transformation Manager, Morgan Franklin Consulting
Tracy Lovett, Durham, NC
District Liaison for Congressman David Price
Freddie Parker, Durham, NC
Professor Emeritus of History, NC Central University
Rebecca Quinn-Wolf, Raleigh, NC
Vice President, PNC Bank
Chuck Watts, Greensboro, NC
City Attorney for Greensboro, NC
Angela Thorpe, ex officio member, Raleigh, NC
Director, NC African American Heritage Commission
Betsy Bennett, campaign advisor, Chapel Hill, NC
Strategic Council, Capital Development Services
Natalie Murdock, Durham, NC, advisor and campaign coordinator, 2017-2021
Principal and Chief Strategist, Murdock Anderson Consultin
Founding Board Members (in memorial)
John Hope Franklin
William C. Friday
Julius Chambers
Mary Duke Biddle
Founding Members Advisory Council
The Right Reverend George Battle, Charlotte
Beverly F. Burnette, Raleigh
Karl Campbell, Boone
Angella Dunston, Warrenton
Georgann Eubanks, Carrboro
Gladys Fowler Graves, Blanch
Paul M. Green, Durham
Les Griffin, Fayetteville
Earl Ijames, Wendell
Lenora Jarvis-Mackey, Elizabeth City
Bettie Murchison, Raleigh
Nick Rhodes, Wilmington
N. Carnell Robinson, Dunn
Linda Sutton, Winston-Salem
Marsha Warren, Chapel Hill
Reginald Watson, Greenville
James West, Raleigh
Father Mauricio West, Charlotte
Rebecca Anderson, Asheville
Walter Brown, Durham
Elizabeth Buford, Raleigh
Howard Lee, Chapel Hill
E.B. Palmer, Raleigh
Susie Powell, Chapel Hill
Dorothy Spruill Redford, Creswell
Loren Schweninger, Greensboro