2024 Board of Officers & Directors

Executive Committee:

• Board Chair - Mark Yount: Belmont Savings Bank
• Chair Elect Malissa Gordon: Piedmont Lithium
• Treasurer -  Shannon Thomas: Creative Solutions
• Immediate Past Chair - Todd Garrett: Holy Angels
• President - Boyce O'Tuel

Non-voting Advisory Directors, Serving on the Board in 2024:

• Lowell Mayor - Larry Simonds
• Belmont Mayor - Richard Turner
• Stanley Mayor - Steven Denton
• McAdenville Mayor - Jim Robinette
• Gaston County Commissioner - Ronnie Worley
• Mount Holly Town Manager - Jonathan Blanton
• Mount Holly Economic Development Director - Greg Beal
• Cramerton Town Manager - Zach Ollis
• Gastonia City Manager - Michael Peoples
• Gaston County E.D.C - Dick Cromlish
• Ranlo Town Manager - Charlie Hansen
• Belmont City Manager - Miles Braswell
• Cramerton Mayor - Nelson Wills
• Lowell Town Manager - Scott Attaway
• Gaston County Sheriff - Chad Hawkins
• Stanley Town Manager - Heath Jenkins
  

Board of Directors:

• Del Barajas - B5 Marketing
• Philip Brach - Belmont Abbey College
• Marc Burns - Techtheon Global Solutions
• Patrice Gibson - Shining Hope Farms
• Ray Hardee - The Pointe Church
• Dr. John Hauser - Gaston College
• Nathan Huckins - Baker Roofing
• Dodie Huffman - Image Source
• Anastasia Kellogg - Sealed Air
• Lance Kirkland - SouthState Bank
• Michael McCathern - McCathern Enterprise
• Tesha Palmer - National Mills 
• Adriana Phillips - Expedia Cruises
• Julie Roper - Dominion Energy
• Keanu Trujillo - Alchemy Cowork
• Martha Wooley Wagner - Duke Energy 
• Miranda Wood - Complete Kidz