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Mike Stephens - Chairman of the Board |
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Mike is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer of Communities In Schools of North Carolina. He
came to CISNC in 1994 after having served 22 years with the
United States Army. Mike believes that non-profits should be
managed fiscally and operationally just like a for-profit
company—“Doing good works is important, but good works
without sound business practices leads to a short-lived
program. By practicing sound financial management and
servant-leadership principles, non-profits can do good works
and flourish during thin economic times as well as flush."
Mike is a graduate of North Carolina State University and
holds a Masters in Public Administration from Western
Kentucky University. He resides in Raleigh, North Carolina
with Adair, his wife of 31 years, and their English Setter, Sassie. His son, Jon, is on the staff at Brier Creek
Country Club, and his daughter Kristin, who also does
non-profit work, lives in Raleigh with her husband, Joe, and
their two children, Bailey and Jack. |
Richard Helsper - Secretary |
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Richard has had a distinguished healthcare
career, which originated as a Radiographic Technologist in
1979. He
quickly moved up the ranks, holding many leadership roles over
the years in O/P imaging centers and hospitals on the West
Coast. Richard
was with Duke
University Hospital for nearly 11 years and left the position of
Director of Radiology to join the Clarian Health Partners team
as Vice President of Operations. With five
children of his own, he has become intimately familiar with
the public education system in North Carolina. Richard
received his college education at Pasadena City College,
completed studies at University of California - San Francisco
and UCLA, and he has an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of
Business. |
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Betty Jo Wimmer |
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Coordinator at Middle Creek High
School in the Wake County Public
School System.
She was hired into this position in August 2005, after
spending more than eight years as the Career Development
Consultant for the NC State Department of Public Instruction
in Raleigh, NC. She is a Nationally
Certified Counselor and a Nationally Certified Career
Development Facilitator. At the Department
of Public Instruction Betty Jo was responsible for the state’s
career development process and the functions of the state’s
350 Career Development Coordinators. In addition, she
worked with the state’s school counselors in the areas of
curriculum and staff development. Dr. Wimmer has worked
in ten school systems in six states and brings a diverse array
of experiences to her current position. Her hobbies include reading,
writing creative non-fiction and spoiling three adorable
grandchildren.
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David Roberts |
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David started working for Carolina Power & Light
as a scientist in 1974, after receiving his BA in Geography
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his
MA in Environmental Studies from the University of Wyoming.
As he moved up the ranks and his responsibilities within the
company evolved, he switched gears in 1990 and went to
Washington DC as a federal lobbyist to represent CP&L and
eventually Progress Energy after the merger with Florida
Progress. Although retired since December 2005, he
continues to consult with Progress Energy as well as other
charities and non-profit organizations. David lives in
Raleigh and spends much of his time giving back to the
community--over the years his activities have included two
PTA boards, soccer coach for both Salvation Army and CASL
teams, teaching in the PAGE program for gifted and talented
students, Tribal Chief with the YMCA Indian Guides, the
Raleigh Bicycle Task Force as well as founding and directing
a high school scholarship for his late wife. In
addition, he has been a board member and vice chair for
several professional organizations and played varsity
football, ran track and joined Alpha Tau Omega while at UNC-Chapel
Hill. |
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Laura Lunsford |
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Laura is a North Carolina native and first-generation college student.
She has worked with gifted and talented teenagers for more
than a decade; first, at the NC School of Science and
Mathematics in Durham, NC and most recently, as the director
of the Park Scholarships Program at NC State University. She
is committed to identifying talented students in
under-resourced schools and has traveled the state to
present workshops for teachers, students, and parents.
Laura graduated from Northern Durham High School before
attending NC State where she earned a B.A. in Psychology,
with a minor in French. She earned a M.S. in Human
Development and Family Studies from the University of NC,
Greensboro and a PhD in Psychology from NC State. Her
research focuses on mentoring and talent development.
Lunsford was named 2004 young alumna of the year at NC State
and serves on the Advisory Committee of the Environmental
Leadership Program. |
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Sonja Murray |
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Sonja Murray is Senior Vice President of Field Ops for One Economy
Corp., a non-profit group that uses technology to support
the needs and potential of low-income individuals. She
manages One Economy’s field programs and outreach activities
in the United States, where her
team has the responsibility to increase the culture of use
among low – moderate income people. In addition, she is
also responsible for the management and expansion of One
Economy’s work in rural communities. Sonja has over fifteen
years of experience working in communities and engaging the
public sector, non-profits and other organizations in the
economic and community development process. She earned an
MBA from Wake Forest University and resides in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. |
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David Boer |
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David Boer brings his experience in education, administration and
practice, workforce development and communications to the
Futures for Kids’ Board. As the Assistant Director for
Recruitment and Retention and Information and Communication
for the North Carolina Center for Nursing, David directs
communications, marketing, and public relations. In
addition he coordinates the statewide nurse recruitment and
retention activities for the Center. Prior to his efforts
with the Center for Nursing, he worked with the California
Faculty Association as an advocate and public relations
specialist and as an educator in Poland. David received a
BA in secondary education from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and a MA in Mass Communication and
Journalism with specializations in journalism and public
relations from California State University, Fresno. Mr. Boer
has recently completed a certificate in non-profit
management from Duke University and is completing a master’s
in public management at North Carolina State University. |
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Glenn Schleicher |
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Glenn
Schleicher joined Cisco Systems in RTP, NC 1993, as one of the
first employees at the site. He has held various positions at
Cisco, starting in the Technical Assistance Center before moving
into the engineering organization in 1995. Since then he has
held several development engineering and test management
positions and is currently the Senior Director of Engineering of
the NSSTG Test organization, a global team of 410 engineers and
43 managers. Prior to Cisco, Glenn held various systems
engineering positions at IBM, White Plains, NY, with a primary
role in the early design and deployment of IBM’s first global
multi-protocol routed networks, subsequently aquired by AT&T.
Glenn has a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Lehigh
University, an M.S. degree in Telecommunications from Pace
University, and an MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of
Business.
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