Steering Committee Members
The NCLF Steering Committee is made up of diverse state leaders, Duke faculty, and is led by an executive director. This group devotes significant time to designing the format, focus, and pacing of the programs. Additionally, members of the Steering Committee facilitate program sessions during each participant gathering. Their wide-ranging and numerous work and life experiences inform and making the program appeal to a wide range of state leaders.
Co-Founder – NC Leadership Forum
Former Executive Director, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Former NC General Assembly Member
Professor of the Practice, Director of Polis: Center for Politics, Duke University
Vice President and Manufacturing Manager of Austin Electrical Enclosures
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Retired NC General Assembly Member
Broker/Owner, Barfield and Associates Realty
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Clinical Professor, UNC-CH Kenan-Flagler Business School
Executive Director and Vice President, AJ Fletcher Foundation
Associate Vice President for P12 Strategy and Policy, UNC System Office, Former General Assembly Member
Program Officer, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Former NC General Assembly Member
South Regional Director, Government Affairs, Human Coalition
President, Piedmont Community College
CEO, Michael Thomas Group
NCLF Staff
Executive Director, NC Leadership Forum
Program Director, NC Leadership Forum
Senior Program Coordinator, NC Leadership Forum
