The Board of Trustees (As of January 2008)
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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.
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John F. McCartney, Chair
Chairman, Westcon Group, Inc.
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Chicago, Illinois
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Mitzi Short, Vice Chair
VP/GM SUPERVALU, PepsiCo, Inc.
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Chicago, Illinois
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Debbie Dillon Darden, Secretary
Homemaker, Retired Educator
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Carlos E. Alvarez, Chief Executive Officer, The Gambrinus Company — San Antonio, Texas
Robert L. Avinger, Jr., Chairman, OPT Capital, LLC — Charlotte, North Carolina
Sarah P. Boehmler, Retired Executive Vice President, American Stock Exchange — Davidson, North Carolina
Kristin Hills Bradberry, Endowment Campaign Director, Arts & Science Council — Charlotte, North Carolina
Ann Hayes Browning, Project Director, The Carolina Thread Trail — Charlotte, North Carolina
Lowell L. Bryan, Director, McKinsey & Company, Inc. — New York, New York
M. Erwin Carter, President, Newbold Corporation — Lithonia, Georgia
John W. Chidsey, III, Chief Executive Officer, Burger King Corporation — Miami, Florida
Howard W. Covington, Jr., Partner, Covington/Tutman Properties — Greenville, South Carolina
Charles L. Davidson, III, Chair & Chief Executive Officer, The Brookdale Group, LLC, — Atlanta, Georgia
Robert E. Dunham, Pastor, University Presbyterian Church — Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Elisabeth C. Ervin, Retired Educator, Community Leader — Morganton, North Carolina
W. Wyche Fowler, Jr., President, Wyche Fowler International — Washington, D.C.
S. Taylor Glover, President & Chief Executive Officer, Turner Enterprises, Inc. — Atlanta, Georgia
Beverly S. Hance, Community Leader, Private Investor — Charlotte, North Carolina
Derry Harper, Inspector General and Director of Compliance, Board of Governors —Tallahassee, Florida
Lucinda Kellam Jones, Homemaker — Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Lawrence M. Kimbrough, President Emeritus, First Charter Corporation — Charlotte, North Carolina
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
Elizabeth Brooks Mailander, Managing Director, Mailander & Company — Arlington, Virginia
Ross W. Manire, Chief Executive Officer, Extenet Systems, Inc. — Glen Ellyn, Illinois
William N. Mathis, President, Gulf States Investments, Energy Services — Houston, Texas
Mackey J. McDonald, Chairman, VF Corporation — Greensboro, North Carolina
Katie B. Morris, Director, The Katherine and Thomas M. Belk Foundation — Southern Pines, North Carolina
Calvin E. Murphy, North Carolina Superior Court Judge, Superior Court of North Carolina — Charlotte, North Carolina
Maria M. Patterson, Attorney — New York, New York
George D. Penick, Jr., Director, RAND Gulf States Policy Institute — Ridgeland, Mississippi
A. Alex Porter, President, Porter Orlin, LLC — New York, New York
Sara Tatum Pottenger, Retired Banker, Community Volunteer — Durham, North Carolina
William L. Rikard, Jr., Partner/Attorney, Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein — Charlotte, North Carolina
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
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
Amelia C. Taylor, Former Field Hockey Coach, Cape Fear Academy — Wilmington, North Carolina
Todd S. Thomson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Headwaters Capital, LLC, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC — New York, New York
Benjamin F. Williams, Jr., Head of Global Markets & Investment Banking, Wachovia Securities, Inc. —Charlotte, North Carolina
Carolann C. Willingham, 401(K) Specialist, Fidelity Investments — Raleigh, North Carolina
Janet H. Wilson, Community Leader — Lenoir, North Carolina
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