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ROBIN BAREFOOT, JD As gift planning advisor at the Triangle Community Foundation, Robin Barefoot serves as a liaison to
the foundation for the legal, accounting, tax and financial communities. She has practiced law in Durham since 1996, most
recently with the Stubbs Cole firm. Robin received her undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1980 and her law degree
cum laude from NCCU School of Law in 1985. In addition to serving as a board member for NCTRC, she is a charter member
of the Durham Speaker’s Bureau of the Food Bank CENC. She volunteers regularly with the Durham Rescue Mission
and Meals on Wheels, and is very active in ministry through Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Bahama, NC.  IAN BUCHANAN, MD, MPH As Associate Vice President for Oncology at UNC Health Care, Ian is responsible for all operational aspects of oncology care at UNC HealthCare and affiliated clinics. Prior to his present position, Ian developed expertise in health and wellness management and performance improvement in his roles with OptumHealth and UNC Hospitals. Ian holds a BS degree from Davidson College, as well as MD and MPH degrees from the UNC School of Medicine. Ian's equestrian experience includes several summers in college as a mounted deputy marshall at Tweetsie Railroad.
 ROLLO BEGLEY Rollo Begley is a second year MBA candidate studying Operations and Supply Chain Management
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed an internship at IBM Software, implementing a social
media-based sales platform that he had pitched to the VP of IBM’s Software Channel Sales. Prior to beginning his
MBA, Rollo served for five years as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army, ending his time there as a Company Executive
Officer and the second in command of an 83-person unit. He previously served as an Infantry Platoon Leader, where he
led a 20-person team through a 15-month deployment to Iraq during the peak of the conflict. Rollo has a Green Belt in
Six Sigma Process Improvement, and holds a BA degree in government from Dartmouth College.  DEBBIE FINN Debbie was a classroom teacher 52 years ago, and became a speech pathologist 37 years ago.
Her career has included work at the Communicative Disorders Clinic at the NC School of Dentistry, the Children's Psychiatric
Unit at John Umstead State Hospital, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools. She has also served on several boards, including
the Rape Crisis Center, the American Field Service, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, and the Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment.
Debbie and her husband (of 54 years) have three children and five grandchildren. Debbie also holds a BA and two
Master's degrees, one in Elementary Education, and another in Speech and Hearing Sciences.
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LAURIE REDDICK, MA, LRT/CTRS, CCLS The success of the UNC recreational therapy program which Laurie directs owes in great part to her creative
and persistant approach to the program's budget. She implements a diverse strategy of fundraising, grant writing and marketing
services in order to sustain and grow the menu of rehabilitative therapies. FRANCES "FRANKIE"
PRICE STERN Frankie brings a wealth of nonprofit
board experience and financial oversight to NCTRC from her years of board service at Planned Parenthood, as well as from her
role as national consultant with the Unitarian Universalist Church. She worked for many years with IBM Corp in key roles during
the creation, marketing and sales of the earliest personal computers. Her appreciation of our mission derives all she has
learned in her relationship with a nephew with autism. EVELYN CHOJNACKI, MPH Evelyn has over three years in her present position as account manager
with BCBSNC, and also has nonprofit experience. She holds a BA from West Virginia Wesleyan College, a BS in healthcare management
from Marshall University, and an MPH from UNC-Greensboro. Evelyn was raised on a small family farm in West Virginia
and spent the majority of her childhood riding and training horses.  JEFF ABBOOD Jeff has spent the last three years in a variety of roles at
Credit Suisse, most recently as a project manager for the firm's derivatives operations. He is also a volunteer coordinator
for Credit Suisse and has experience in organizing fundraising and related events. He holds a BS in Political Science and
a BS in Economics from Florida State University, as well as a Masters of Economics from North Carolina State University.  JIM GRAY Jim is a graduate of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina
and a US Navy veteran. He has lived in Wilkes County most of his life, with a career in retail furniture sales and management.
His “golf” over the past 30 years has been community service. He has served on and chaired numerous boards including
the local American Red Cross board, the Hospice Board, and the Rainbow Center. He served as senior and junior warden and treasurer
for his church, and was chairman of Old Wilkes, Inc. during the renovation and conversion of the 1904 Wilkes County courthouse
building into the Wilkes Heritage Museum. He continues to be actively involved as president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Kiwanis
Club and as volunteer consultant through SCORE. Jim currently lives in Durham with his wife, where he runs J Design,
LLC, an interior design firm, and is a real estate broker. |
