Apr 26, 2024  
2010-2011 
    
2010-2011 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Board of Trustees


The Board of Trustees (As of January 2010)

 

  

Davidson College is governed by a Board of Trustees. Twenty-four of the Trustees represent the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), sixteen of which are confirmed by the presbyteries within the State of North Carolina, and eight at-large from the national membership. Twelve are elected at-large by the Trustees themselves and eight by the alumni. In addition, five members of the Board serve ex officio, including the President-elect and President of the National Alumni Association, the Chair and Past Chair of the Board of Visitors, and the President of the College.
 

Mackey J. McDonald, Chair
Retired Chairman, VF Corporation

  

Greensboro, North Carolina

Amelia C. Taylor, Vice Chair
Homemaker

 

Wilmington, North Carolina

William L. Rikard, Secretary
Partner/Attorney, Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernskin

 

Charlotte, North Carolina

 

Robert J. Abernethy, President, American Standard Development Company — Redondo Beach, California

Carlos E. Alvarez, Chief Executive Officer, The Gambrinus Company — San Antonio, Texas

Robert L. Avinger, Jr., Retired Chairman, OPT Capital, LLC — Davidson, North Carolina

Kristin Hills Bradberry, Endowment Campaign Director, Arts & Science Council — Charlotte, North Carolina

F. Cooper Brantley, Attorney, Nexsen, Pruet, Adams and Kleemeir — Greensboro, North Carolina

Ann Hayes Browning, Project Director, The Carolina Thread Trail — Charlotte, North Carolina

M. Erwin Carter, President, Newbold Corporation — Lithonia, Georgia

John W. Chidsey, III, Chief Executive Officer, Burger King Corporation — Miami, Florida

Robert B. Cordle, Attorney, Mayor, Brown, Rowe and Maw — Charlotte, North Carolina

Howard W. Covington, Jr., Partner, Covington/Tutman Properties ­— Greenville, South Carolina

Edward Rhyne Davis, Owner, S & D Coffee — Charlotte, North Carolina

C. Edward Dobbs, Partner/Attorney, Parker, Hudson, Rainer and Dobbs ­— Atlanta, Georgia

Robert E. Dunham, Pastor, University Presbyterian Church — Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Elisabeth C. Ervin, Retired Educator, Community Leader — Morganton, North Carolina

Virginia Taylor Evans — Director of Christain Education, Second Presbyterian Church — Richmond, Virginia

W. Wyche Fowler, Jr., President, Wyche Fowler International — Washington, D.C.

Anthony R. Foxx, Mayor of Charlotte — Charlotte, North Carolina

Earl J. Hesterberg, Chief Executive Officer, Group 1 Automotive — Houston, Texas

R. Edward Kizer, Retired — Denver, North Carolina

Anne Hurt Krieg, Homemaker, Community Volunteer — McLean, Virginia

J. Gilmour Lake, Retired Former Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Computer Credit, Inc. — Winston-Salem, North Carolina

S. Sherburne Laughlin, Assistant Professor and Director, Arts Management Program, American University — Bethesda, Maryland

Paul R. Leonard, Jr., Chairman Emeritus, Habitat for Humanity International — Davidson, North Carolina

Gary S. Long, President and Chief Operating Officer, BLM Partners — London, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Brooks Mailander, Vice President Corporate Communications, Iridium Satellite — Arlington, Virginia

Prem Manjooran, Senior Vice President, The Capital Group — Los Angeles, California

Allison H. Mauzé, Retired Vice President, JP Morgan —Mill Valley, California

Susan F. McAvoy, Director/Public Interest Advisor, Emory University School of Law — Atlanta, Georgia

Robert J. Miller, Investment Management, Mohican Capital — Charlotte, North Carolina

Calvin E. Murphy, North Carolina Superior Court Judge, Superior Court of North Carolina — Charlotte, North Carolina

Marian M. Nisbet, President, Interiors Unlimited — Charlotte, North Carolina

George D. Penick, Jr., Head of School, St. Andrews Episcopal — Ridgeland, Mississippi

Patricia A. Rodgers, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rodgers Builders, Inc. — Charlotte, North Carolina

Thomas W. Ross, President, Davidson College — Davidson, North Carolina

Stephen L. Salyer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar — Silver Spring, Maryland

E. Follin Smith, Director, Ryder Systems — Conestoga, Pennsylvania

Arnold H. Snider, Retired General Partner, Deerfield Management — Princeton, New Jersey

Laura M. Spangler, Pastor, Lloyd Presbyterian Church — Winston-Salem, North Carolina

R. David Sprinkle, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, The Todd Organization — Greensboro, North Carolina

Samuel V. Tallman, Retired Partner, Knight, Tallman & Co., LLC — Saint Petersburg, Florida

John B. Teague, Director, Bank of America — Charlotte, North Carolina

Todd S. Thomson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Headwaters Capital, LLC, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC — New York, New York

Lawrence H. Wilkinson, Chairman, Heminge & Condell — San Fransisco, California

Benjamin F. Williams, Jr. — Charlotte, North Carolina

Carolann C. Willingham, 401(K) Specialist, Fidelity Investments — Raleigh, North Carolina

Janet H. Wilson, Community Leader — Lenoir, North Carolina