Officers

• W. Daniel Pate, President
• Clara S. Wade, Vice President/Secretary
• Christine Dodson, Treasurer

Elected by the Board of Institutions:

Randolph R. Few

• Member of the Foundation Board for a number of years / elected earlier by Conference
  Council on Finance and Administration under the previous by-laws
• Real estate entrepreneur
• Member of Duke Memorial UMC, Durham

Ruth Woods, Ph.D.

• Retired Professor Fayetteville State University
• Past administrator Lumbee Tribal Council, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
• Chair, Board of Directors, Native American Interfaith Ministries, Inc.
• Member First UMC, Pembroke

Rev. Paul L. Leeland, Ed.D.

• Administrative Assistant to the Bishop; Director of Ministerial Relations
• Former Superintendent of Goldsboro District
• Elder in Full Connection - N.C. Annual Conference

Elected by the Foundation’s Board of Directors:

W. Daniel Pate

• President of United Methodist Foundation Board
• Estate Planning Attorney (Pinehurst)
• Member of Southern Pines UMC, Southern Pines

Clara S. Wade

• Vice President of United Methodist Foundation Board
• Former Vice President / Merrill Lynch, Raleigh
• Member of N. C. Conference Board of Pension
• Member of Hayes Barton UMC, Raleigh

Thomas E. Chandler

• Former President of United Methodist Foundation Board of Directors
• President / Owner - Chandler Construction Company, Burlington
• Member of Front Street UMC, Burlington

Rev. Charles M. Cook

• Leader of UMF Strategic Planning Committee
• District Superintendent for Goldsboro District
• Elder in Full Connection - N.C. Annual Conference

F.D. Hornaday, III

• President & Owner, Knitwear Fabrics, Inc., Burlington
• Member, Board of Directors, Trust Company of the South
• Member, Board of Directors, Mid Carolina Bank
• Member of Front Street UMC, Burlington NC

L. Milton Whaley

• Member, Board of Directors, NC Pharmacy Foundation Board
• Member, Board of Directors, United Methodist Retirement Homes, Inc.
• Former President of United Methodist Foundation Board of Directors
• Member of Epworth UMC, Durham

Henry M. McGill

• Information Technology Officer, North Carolina Farm Bureau
• Former Board Member of UM Retirement Homes, Inc., Durham
• Member of St. Paul’s AME Church, Raleigh

Rev. Reginald W. Ponder, Ph.D.

• Former President of Louisburg College
• Former President / CEO of UM Retirement Homes, Inc., Durham
• Retired District Superintendent
• Elder in Full Connection - N.C. Annual Conference

Ex-Officio:

• Conference Treasurer — Christine Dodson, CPA, MA
• President / Conference Council on Finance & Administration — Ferrell Blount
• Vice Pres. / Conference Council on Finance & Administration — Rev. Danny G. Allen