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

Jeffrey Brown

President
Hendrick Automotive Group

Bill Christensen

CEO
JELD-WEN

Kristi Coleman

CEO and Panthers Team President
Tepper Sports & Entertainment

 

Malcomb Coley

Co-Founder
Bright Hope Capital

Todd Collins

President and CEO
Red Hill Ventures

Casey Crawford

Co-Founder and CEO
Movement Mortgage

Tammy DeBoer

President
Harris Teeter

 

Kandi Deitemeyer

President
Central Piedmont Community College

Ric Elias

Co-Founder and CEO
Red Ventures

Marvin Ellison

Chairman, President and CEO
Lowe’s

Rob Engel

Chairman, Corporate & Investment Banking
Wells Fargo

 

Joe Foster

Charlotte Managing Partner
Deloitte

Sharon Gaber

Chancellor
UNC Charlotte

Lynn Good

Retired Chair, President and CEO
Duke Energy

Lucia Zapata Griffith

Owner
METRO Landmarks

 

Hooper Hardison

President and CEO
Charlotte Pipe & Foundry

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

 

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

Mike O’Leary

Charlotte Office Managing Partner – Southeast Market Leader
EY

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

Bill Rogers

Chairman and CEO
Truist Financial Corporation

Rick Schnall

Co-Chairman and Governor
Hornets Sports & Entertainment

 

Glenn Sherrill

Chairman and CEO
SteelFab

Harry Sideris

President and CEO
Duke Energy

Marcus Smith

President and CEO
Speedway Motorsports

Leon Topalian

Chair, President & CEO
Nucor Corporation

 

Ed Weisiger

Chair
Weisiger Group

 
 
 

CELC Strategic Advisors

Cathy Bessant

CEO
Foundation For The Carolinas

Kieth Cockrell

President
Bank of America Charlotte

Fred Whitfield

 
 

CELC Consultants

Education

Public Policy

 
 

Raki McGregor

Chief Executive in Residence, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
SYDKIMYL

Walter Price

Managing Director, Public Affairs
Moore & Van Allen

 
 

CELC Staff

Blair Stanford

CELC Executive Director

Ismael Salgado

Program Manager