Board of Trustees

Trustees

Trustees and President Kent Chabotar assembled for a group photo at their fall 2009 meeting. The photo includes all trustees who were available when the photo was taken.  

First row:  Carole Hunter, Linda Edgerton, David Edgerton, Vic Cochran,

Kelly Dempster, Esther Hall.
Second row:  Brent McKinney, Hector McEachern, Linda Thorup, Martin Eakes, Nancy Quaintance, Judy Whisnant.
Third row:  Bob Jones, Ann Raper, Ed Bauman, Wil Edgerton,

Patricia Timmons-Goodson, Ellen Hamrick, David Hood.
Fourth row:  Gary York, M.L. Carr, Walter Blass, Ed Winslow,

Martha Summerville, Charlotte Roberts, Carole Bruce, Daryle Bost.
Fifth row: Dan Mosca, Larry Newlin, Coolidge Porterfield, Joseph M. Bryan, Jr.,

Tom Evaul.

 

Guilford College's Board of Trustees is a governing body exercising ultimate institutional authority as set out in the Bylaws of Guilford College. This authority, upon the recommendation of the president of the college, includes: determining and periodically reviewing the college's mission; monitoring the college's financial condition and approving the annual budget, tuition and fees; approving institutional policies bearing on faculty appointment, promotion, tenure and dismissal; reviewing and approving proposed substantive changes in degree programs; approving degrees as recommended by the faculty; and authorizing the construction of new buildings and the major renovation existing buildings and purchasing or selling land. The Board’s authority and responsibilities also include participating actively in strategies to secure sources of support and contributing to fundraising goals and appointing the president and annually assessing the president's performance.

The board consists of up to 32 members serving designated terms. Officers include a chair, two vice chairs, secretary and treasurer.

There are 12 standing committees of the board:

  • Academic Affairs Committee
  • Advancement Committee
  • Audit Committee
  • Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Enrollment and Financial Services Committee
  • Executive Committee
  • Finance Committee
  • Investment Committee
  • Planning Committee
  • Quaker Life and Diversity Committee
  • Student Affairs Committee
  • Trusteeship and Governance Committee

 

Board of Trustees 2009-10

  • Joseph M. Bryan Jr. '60, Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Jayembe, Greensboro, N.C.
  • Ellen P. Hamrick '78, Vice Chair, Attorney, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Edward C. Winslow III, Vice Chair, Managing Partner, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLC, Greensboro, N.C.
  • David Victor Cochran III '71, Secretary, President, Sharp-Carter Corporation, Greensboro, N.C.
  • D. Brent McKinney, Treasurer, Executive Director, Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation, Ararat, N.C.
  • Walter P. Blass, President, Strategic Plans Unlimited, Warren, N.J.
  • Daryle L. Bost '93, Sales Director, Womble Carlyle, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Carol W. Bruce, Partner, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro, N.C.
  • W. S. Cross III, '72, Chairman, Cross Company, Greensboro, N.C.
  • Kelly Dempster '73, Senior Staff Geologist, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Houston, Texas
  • Martin D. Eakes, CEO, Self-Help Organization, Durham, N.C.
  • Linda F. Edgerton '74, Owner, Linda Edgerton Communications, Greensboro, N.C.
  • Esther S. Hall '74, Executive Director, North Carolina Legal Education Assistance Foundation, Raleigh, N.C.
  • David C. Hood '84, Partner, Ernst & Young, Raleigh, N.C.
  • Carole F. Hunter '63, President, Industrial Biomechanics, Inc., Oak Ridge, N.C.
  • Lionel C. Johnson, Senior Vice President, Fleishman Hillard, Washington, D.C.
  • Robert B. Jones, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University School of Medicine, Medical Life Sciences Consultant, Hillsborough, N.C.
  • D. Hector McEachern Jr., President, The McEachern Group LLC, Greensboro, N.C.
  • Daniel D. Mosca, Investor, Brown Summit, N.C.
  • Lawrence W. Newlin, Southeast Manager, Imperial Nurseries, Greensboro, N.C.
  • Coolidge A. Porterfield, Consultant, Greensboro, N.C.
  • Nancy K. Quaintance, Vice President, Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels, Greensboro, N.C.
  • Ann T. Raper, Retired Gerontologist, Summerfield, N.C.
  • Andrew D. Steginsky, Steginsky Capital LLC, Princeton, N.J.
  • Martha W. Summerville '76, President, Summerville Consulting LLC, New Haven, Conn.
  • Linda S. R. Thorup '82, Executive Vice President, Hayden Design Associates, Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • Patricia Timmons-Goodson, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Fayetteville, N.C.
  • Judy L. Whisnant '78, Attorney at Law, Durham, N.C.
  • Gary T. York '65, Owner, WIFM Radio, Elkin, N.C.

Emeriti Trustees

  • Edward J. Bauman, Retired Management Consultant, Greensboro, N.C.
  • David A. Edgerton '62, Retired Vice President/Chief Executive Officer, Glen Raven, Inc., Greensboro, N.C.
  • J. Wilbert Edgerton '40, Professor Emeritus Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Greensboro, N.C.
  • Mary M. Evans, Retired Exxon Executive, Greensboro, N.C.
  • Marietta M. Forlaw, Retired Community Leader, Greensboro, N.C.
  • James T. Forsythe, Retired Vice President, Ansythe Exploration Co., Inc., Brenham, Texas
  • W. Groome Fulton Jr. '60, Board Chair, Fulton Enterprises, Inc., High Point, N.C.
  • Howard H. Haworth '57, President, The Haworth Group and the Haworth Foundation, Inc., Charlotte, N.C.
  • H. Curt Hege, Sr. '56, President, Shields, Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • Howard T. Hinshaw '60, Retired Physician, Charlotte, N.C.
  • Seth C. Macon '40, Retired Senior Vice President-Agency, Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, Greensboro, N.C.
  • David R. Parker Jr. '41, Retired President, Stuart Hatteras, Inc., Wilmington, N.C.
  • Elizabeth Gilliam Parker '37, Retired Community Leader, Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Bruce B. Stewart '61, Retired Head of School, Senior Quaker Fellow, Sidwell Friends Schools, Washington, D.C.
  • Eldora H. Terrell '49, Retired Physician/Internal Medicine, High Point, N.C.
  • Louise B. Wilson '43, Retired Vice President, Robert Wilson Realty, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va.