The North Carolina Freedom Project is a registered IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable corporation. As an outgrowth of the Paul Green Foundation, 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.

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North Carolina Freedom Park Board of Directors

Goldie Frinks Wells, Co-Chair
Greensboro
Lecturer, Guilford University
Former City Council Member

David Warren, Co-Chair
Chapel HillProfessor Emeritus, Duke University
Former Professor, UNC Institute of Government

Victoria Gallagher, Secretary
RaleighProfessor of Communications, NCSU

Ruth Proctor, Treasurer
Durham
Certified Public Accountant

Russell Bryant
Raleigh
Senior Recruiting Consultant, IBM

Christina Coffey
Raleigh
Vice President, CBRE Commercial Real Estate

Stephen Dahlem
Raleigh
Staff, Lundy Group

Reginald Hildebrand
DurhamFormer Professor of History, UNC-Chapel Hill

Reginald Hodges
DurhamFormer Director, Durham Literacy Center

Joe Johnson
RaleighStudent Diversity Coordinator, NCSU

Brian Kubis
RaleighSenior Financial Analyst, Citrix

Tracy Lovett
Durham
District Liaison for Congressman David Price

Freddie Parker
DurhamProfessor Emeritus of History, NC Central University

Michelle Lanier, ex officio member
Raleigh
Director, NC African American Heritage Commission

Campaign Committee

Rebecca Quinn-Wolf, Campaign Co-Chair
RaleighVice President, PNC Bank

Chuck Watts, Campaign Co-Chair
DurhamGeneral Counsel, NC Department of Transportation

Kel Landis
RaleighPlexus Capital

Betsy Bennett
Chapel HillCapital Development Services

Valerie Jordan
CaryPartner Account Manager, Cisco Systems

Reginald Holley
RaleighPrincipal, The Longmire Group

Ketura Parker
DurhamAssociate Director of Development
Carolina Performing Arts, UNC-Chapel Hill

Natalie Murdock, Campaign Coordinator
Durham

Founding Board Members (in memoriam)

John Hope Franklin

William C. Friday

Julius Chambers

Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans

Founding Members Advisory Council

The Right Reverend George Battle
Charlotte
Bishop, A.M.E. Zion Church

Beverly F. Burnette
Raleigh
Social Worker, Wake County Schools (retired)

Karl Campbell
Boone
Professor of History, Appalachian State University

Angella Dunston
Warrenton
Secretary of State’s Office

Georgann Eubanks
Carrboro
Owner, Minnow Media Film Production; Author

Gladys Fowler Graves
Blanch
Director, N.C. Teaching Fellows Program (retired)

Paul M. Green
Durham
Attorney

Les Griffin
Fayetteville
Real Estate and Financial Services

Earl Ijames
Wendell
Curator, NC Museum of History

Lenora Jarvis-Mackey
Elizabeth City
CEO, River City CDC

Bettie Murchison
Raleigh
Independent Non-Profit Consultant

Nick Rhodes
Wilmington
Management Consultant; former School Board member

N. Carnell Robinson
Dunn
Council Member, City of Dunn

Linda Sutton
Winston-Salem
Central NC Field Organizer, Democracy NC

Marsha Warren
Chapel Hill
Executive Director, Paul Green Foundation

Reginald Watson
Greenville
Professor of History, East Carolina University

James West
Raleigh
Wake County Board of Commissioners

Father Mauricio West
Charlotte
Chancellor, Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

Rebecca Anderson
Asheville
Founder, Hand Made in America; Becky Anderson Consulting

Walter Brown
Durham
Professor Emeritus, N.C. Central University

Elizabeth Buford
Raleigh
Former Director, NC Museum of History; Former
Former Deputy Secretary, Cultural Resources

Howard Lee
Chapel Hill
Founder, Howard N. Lee Institute: For Equality and Opportunity in Education
Former Senator; Former Mayor

E.B. Palmer
Raleigh
Founder, African-American Cultural Complex

Susie Powell
Chapel Hill
Law Professor (retired); Author; Community Leader

Dorothy Spruill Redford
Creswell
Author; Curator, Somerset Place (retired)

Loren Schweninger
Greensboro
Professor, UNC-Greensboro; Director, Race and Slavery Petition Project