Our diverse leadership group includes corporate leaders representing a wide variety of businesses and industries as well as colleges and universities.
CELC Members
Gene Woods
CELC Chair
President and CEO
Advocate Health
Tom Nelson
CELC Vice Chair
Chairman, President and CEO
National Gypsum
Francisco Alvarado
President and CEO
Marand Builders
Carl Armato
President and CEO
Novant Health
Jeffrey Brown
President
Hendrick Automotive Group
Bill Christensen
CEO
JELD-WEN
Kristi Coleman
President
Carolina Panthers
Malcomb Coley
Partner
EY
Todd Collins
President and CEO
Red Hill Ventures
Casey Crawford
Co-Founder and CEO
Movement Mortgage
Kandi Deitemeyer
President
Central Piedmont Community College
Ric Elias
Co-Founder and CEO
Red Ventures
Marvin Ellison
Chairman, President and CEO
Lowe’s
Sharon Gaber
Chancellor
UNC Charlotte
Lynn Good
Chair, President and CEO
Duke Energy
Lucia Zapata Griffith
Owner
METRO Landmarks
Frank Harrison
Chairman and CEO
Coca-Cola Consolidated
Douglas Hicks
President
Davidson College
Greg Johnson
Founder and Managing Director
Orbital Socket
Omar Jorge
CEO
Compare Foods
Vimal Kapur
CEO
Honeywell
Valerie Kinloch
President
Johnson C. Smith University
Mike Lamach
Retired Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Trane Technologies, plc
Dan Lugo
President
Queens University of Charlotte
Mary Mack
Former CEO of Consumer and Small Business Banking
Wells Fargo
J. Kent Masters
President and CEO
Albemarle Corporation
Tom Mitchell
Managing Partner and Chairman
Moore & Van Allen
Brian Moynihan
Chair and CEO
Bank of America
Brian Natwick
Chairman and CEO
Crescent Communities
Dionne Nelson
President and CEO
Laurel Street
Emily Pillars
Charlotte Managing Partner
PwC
Mike Praeger
CEO and Co-Founder
AvidXchange
David Pralong
Senior Partner, Carolinas Office Managing Partner
McKinsey & Company
Dave Regnery
Chairman and CEO
Trane Technologies
Pat Rodgers
President and CEO
Rodgers
Bill Rogers
Chairman and CEO
Truist Financial Corporation
Rick Schnall
Co-Chairman and Governor
Hornets Sports & Entertainment
Marcus Smith
President and CEO
Speedway Motorsports
Leon Topalian
President and CEO
Nucor Corporation
CELC Strategic Advisors
Cathy Bessant
CEO
Foundation For The Carolinas
Kieth Cockrell
President, Charlotte Region
Bank of America
Fred Whitfield
CELC Staff
Blair Stanford
CELC Executive Director
Ismael Salgado
Program Manager