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Board of Ambassadors Membership Roster


The Board of Ambassadors is a group of volunteers who serve as Ambassadors for High Point University within their communities. They participate in activities related to student support, advocacy, community engagement, and fundraising to help advance the HPU.

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Mr. Bill Fidler '69
Board of Ambassadors Chair
President and CEO,
RGA Enterprises, Inc.



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Mr. Lin Amos, Jr.
SVP, Sourcing and Product Development,
Sock and Accessory Brands Global, Inc.

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Mr. Kevin Baker
Executive Director,
Piedmont Triad International Airport Authority

Mr. David Barksdale
CEO,
Piedmont Federal Savings Bank

Mrs. Huntley Smith Bass
Physician Assistant

Mr. Mike Beaver
CEO & Owner,
Modern History Home

Jeb Beckwith

Mr. Jeb Beckwith
Founder & CEO,  
Cooper Beckwith

Dr. Gary Biesecker
General Surgeon,
Cornerstone Surgery

Mr. Robert Blakely
President,
Blakely Financial

Mr. Tom Blount
Retired Editor,
High Point Enterprise





Mrs. Alisha Boger ’93

SVP, Corporate Communications,
Pinnacle Financial Partners-High Point

Ms. Mary Bogest
Artist and Writer,
Self Employed


 



Mr. Mickey Boles ’64, P, GP
Owner, President & CEO,
Smith Phillips Building Supply

Mr. Douglas Brackett ’61
Retired,
American Furniture Mfg. Association





Mrs. Pat Brackett ’63
Retired,
Master Planner

Ms. Lisa Brayton ’86
Executive Assistant to CEO,
Paul Brayton Designs





Mr. Chris Bryan
Senior VP, Market President,
Truist Financial Corporation

Mr. Joe Budd ’83, P
President,
The Budd Group



 

Mrs. Melody Burnett
President,
High Point City Visitors Bureau

 


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Mr. Charles Cain, P
General Counsel & CAO,
P&L Development, LLC

Dr. Donald Cameron
President & CEO,
Don Cameron & Associates



Mr. Tom Carpenter '69
Owner,
Cardinal of Georgia, Inc.

Mr. Mike Carr ’70
Owner - Retired,
Carr Properties, LLC



Mr. Ed Charles, P
Vice President, Business Development,
The Alderman Company

Dr. Barry Cheek
Cardiologist,
Carolina Cardiology Cornerstone

Dr. Anthony Clarke
President,
Guilford Technical Community College

Mrs. Rachel Moss Collins
COO, Business High Point Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Dave Combs
Owner,
Combs Music

Mr. John Conrad, P
Executive Director,
International Society of Furniture Designers

Mrs. Lisa Cook
CEO,
Camco Manufacturing, Inc.

Mr. Gary Cooper ’77
Vice President, Business Development, Residential Mortgage Corp.

Mr. Doug Copeland, Jr.
Executive Director of Furnitureland,
Furnitureland South, Inc.

Mrs. Barbara Coughlin
Nonprofit Management Professional,
Community Leader

Mr. David Covington
President - Retired 
Four Star Hoisery Mills

Mrs. Katherine Covington
Community Leader

Mrs. Kristine Cox
Vice President,
Rowland Woodworking, Inc.

Mr. R. Braxton Culler
Chairman of the Board,
Braxton Culler, Inc.

Dr. Frosty Culp
Dentist - Retired,
Harry R. Culp, DDS

Mr. Iv Culp, IV
President and CEO,
Culp, Inc.

Mrs. Leslie Culp
Board Member,
Nido and Mariana Qubein
Children's Museum

Mrs. Susan Culp
Community Leader

 

Mr. Andrew Cumby
Manager,
Cumby Family Funeral Service

 


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Ms. Jane Dagmi
Managing Director/HPxD,
High Point x Design

Mr. Sanders Dallas, Jr.
President,
Downtown Self Storage


Mr. Danny Davis
President,
Davis Furniture Industries

Mr. Linwood Davis
Retired Attorney at Law,
Womble Bond Dickinson

Mrs. Doris Deal
President,
The Deal Foundation, Inc.

Mr. T. Kevin DeNicola ’76
Director,
Comerica, Inc.

Mr. David "Dee" Dowdy III
Real Estate

Mrs. Elizabeth Dozier
Community Leader

 

Mr. Chris Dunbar
President and COO,
Blue Ridge Companies

 


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Mr. Scott Elliott
CEO and Owner,
Battery Watering Technologies


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Dr. Van Fletcher
Gynecologist,
UNC Regional Physicians

Mr. Jim Foscue, Jr.
Executive - Retired
Foscue Plantation


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Mr. Steven Gaffney
CEO,
Shelba D Johnson Trucking, Inc.

Mr. Mark Gendle
Market President & Publisher,
Triad Business Journal

Mr. Clark Gibson
President,
Jones & Peacock, Inc

Mr. Todd Gillenwater
CTO & VP Engineer of Mobile Products,
Qorvo, USA

Mrs. Cinny Graham
Executive Director,
The Strickland Family Foundation

Mr. Chuck Greene
Attorney,
Law Offices of Charles L. Greene

 

Ms. Donna Griffin
David and Donna Griffin Foundation

 


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Dr. MJ Hall ’69

Content Manager,
ATD Forum

Dr. Patrick Harman ’88
Executive Director,
Hayden-Harman Foundation

Mr. Otis Harris, Sr.

President,
Harris House Furniture Industry, Inc.

Mr. Matt Heald
Owner,
Hot Shots Distributing

Ms. Whitney Heard
McMichael Family Foundation

 

Mr. Jack Hendrix ’81, P
Managing Partner,
Hendrix and Barney, CPAs, PLLC

Mr. A.B. Henley
President,
The Charis Companies

Mr. Joey Hill
Co-Owner/Vice President,
Quality Packaging Corporation

Dr. James Hoekstra
President, WFBH
High Point Medical Center

Mr. George Holbrook, P
President,
Holbrook & Associates, Inc.

Mr. Jeff Horney
Executive Director,
Theatre Art Galleries

Mr. Ken Hughes
President,
K&S Tool and Manufacturing Co.

 

Mr. Maurice Hull, Sr., P
President,
MarketPlace Management, Inc.

 


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Mr. Christopher Ilderton
Fixed Operations Director,
Ilderton Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram

Mr. Timothy Ilderton, P
President,
Ilderton Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram

 

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Ms. Charity Jackson
CEO and Founder,
Cre8ive Niche, LLC

Mr. Butch Johnson, Jr.
Retired President,
Steel Performance, Inc.


Mr. Josh Johnson

President and CEO,
Johnson's Modern Electric Co., Inc.

Mrs. Joan Johnston
Assistant Teacher,
Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic School


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Mr. Nasi Kajana ’97
Owner,
Tabor Expresso

Mrs. Carolyn Kearns
Retired District Representative,
US Congressional Office

Mr. Wes Keever ’09
President, 
Colonial, LLC

Mr. James (Jim) Keever
Chairman and CEO, 
Colonial, LLC

Rev. Dr. Reginald Kellam
Friendship Baptist Church

Mrs. Nan Kester ’72, P
Community Leader

Mr. Steve Kimsey, P
President and Owner,
Southeastern Building Services, Inc.

Mrs. Jackie King
CFO
King Management


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Mr. Evan Lagueruela
President,
Trinity Furniture, Incorporated

Mr. Mike Lancaster
President & CEO,
Frank L. Blum Construction Company

Mr. Bart Lassiter
Vice President/Owner,
City Transfer & Storage Company

Mr. Jordan Lessard
Financial Advisor,
Edward Jones Investments

Mr. Paul Lessard ’80
President,
High Point Community Foundation

Mr. Rick Lewis
Chairman,
Winter Bell Company

Doug Linder

Mr. Doug Lindner
Senior, VP of Sourcing,
Renfro Corporation

Mr. Lynn Lomax
President/CEO,
YMCA of High Point

 

Mr. Guy Lucas
Editor,
High Point Enterprise

 


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Mr. Brian Mabe, P
President,
Mabe & Company Realtors

Mr. Dusty Maynard
Attorney,
Roberson Haworth & Reece, PLLC





Mr. Bill McGuinn, Jr.
City Executive, First Citizens Bank & Trust Company, High Point, NC
Board Member, High Point Economic Development Co.

Mr. Matt McInnis
Principal,
Front Street Capital





Mr. Hayden McKenzie
Chairman/CEO - Retired,
North State Communications

Mr. David Miller, P
Owner,
D. S. Miller, Inc.





Mr. Phil Miller
Vice President of Sales and Marketing,
Thayer Coggin, Inc.

Mrs. Vicki Miller, P
Community Leader




Ms. Emily Mills-Hiatt ’73
Vice President of Sales and Marketing,
Thayer Coggin, Inc.

Mr. Damian Mills
CEO,
Mills Automotive Group

Dudley Moore

Dr. David F. Moore
MD, ENT, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Mr. William “Dudley” Moore
 President, Otto and Moore, Inc.


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Mr. Max Oakley ’58, GP
Fabric Sales Rep. - Retired
M Oakley & Assocs.

Mr. Daniel Odom ’60
Partner-CPA,
Odom & Company, LLP

Mrs. Megan Oglesby ’15
Executive Director,
Earl and Kitty Congdon Foundation

Dr. Richard Orr, Jr.
Medical Doctor,
Cornerstone Internal Medicine at Westchester


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Rev. Richard Payne
Team Chaplin,
Richard Childress Racing

Mr. Robbie Perkins, III
President,
NAI Piedmont Triad

 

Mrs. Sallie Phillips
Philanthropist,
Sallie B. Phillips Foundation

 


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Ms. Betty Quick
Partner,
Womble Bond Dickenson (US) LLP


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Chief Tommy Reid, P
Chief,
High Point Fire Department

Mr. Robert Rogers ’86
SVP/Financial Advisor/Area Manager,
Pinnacle Financial Partners

Mrs. Stephanie Ross

Mr. Eric Rothrock
Senior Vice President of Pre-Construction,
Crescent Communities, LLC


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Mr. Barry Safrit
CFO, 
Marsh Furniture Company

Mr. Art Samet
President and CEO,
Samet Corporation

Dr. Mike Samuel
Dentist,
Bradley A. Samuel, DDS, PA

Mr. Philip Sedberry, Jr.
President and CEO,
MAC Panel Company 


Mr. Levan Seperteladze, '95
Owner,
Disciples Capital

Mr. Al Seymour
Retired,
Wealth Manager

Ms. Melanie Shaffer
Retired,
Insurance Executive

Mrs. Yvonne Short
President,
High Point Historical Society

Mr. Gary Simon
Owner, Jeweler and Designer,
Simon Jewelers

Ms. Heath Slane
Co-Owner and Co-Designer,
Slane & Slane, LLC


Mr. C. David Smith ’81, P
President,
Smith & Jennings, Inc.

Mr. Ken Smith ’69
Partner,
Smith Leonard, PLLC


Mr. Mike Smith
President,
Sterling Financial Services, Inc.

Mr. Norm Stephens ’61
Owner,
Allied Caster and Equipment, Co.

   
 

 

 

 


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Mr. Matt Thiel
First Vice President - Investments,
Wells Fargo Advisors

Rev. Dr. Frank Thomas
Pastor,
Mt. Zion Baptist Church

 



Mr. Scott Tilley Sr.
Senior Managing Director and Financial Advisor,
Truist Wealth

 


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Mr. Edwin Underwood
Chief Operating Officer,
Marsh Furniture

 

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Mayor Jay Wagner
Mayor,
City of High Point

Mrs. Nancy Warburton
Community Leader,
Self Employed

Ms. Megan Ward
Executive Director,
Nido & Mariana Qubein
Children's Museum

Mr. Don Webb
Vice President/Branch Manager,
Wells Fargo Advisors

Mr. Alf Webster
Retired

Mrs. Lee Webster
Community Leader

Dr. Edward Weller
Retired,
Orthopedic Surgeon

Mrs. Ellen Whitlock ’76
CEO,
Senior Resources of Guilford

 

Mr. Richard Wood
Retired,
Finanical Planner

 


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Mr. Joe Yacyshyn, '73
Ambassador,
Air Mobility Command

Mrs. Martha Yarborough
Past-Chairman,
High Point Community Foundation

Mr. Bobby Yates ’61
Retired Sales Rep. - Retired,
Wyeth Pharm.

Mrs. Carolyn Yokley
SVP - Retired, Managing Director,
Wachovia Bank 

 

Mr. Greg York
President/CEO,
Vann York Auto Group

 


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