Our diverse leadership group includes corporate leaders representing a wide variety of businesses and industries as well as colleges and universities.

CELC Members

Tom Nelson

CELC Chair

Chairman, President and CEO
National Gypsum

Jeffrey Brown

CELC Vice Chair

President
Hendrick Automotive Group

Gene Woods

CELC Immediate Past Chair

President and CEO
Advocate Health

 
 

Francisco Alvarado

President and CEO
Marand Builders

John Barton

President
Northwood Office

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

Jesse Cureton

Acting President and CEO
Queens University of Charlotte

 

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

Dion Flannery*

President and CEO
PSA Airlines

Joe Foster

Charlotte Managing Partner
Deloitte

Sharon Gaber

Chancellor
UNC Charlotte

 

Lynn Good

Retired Chair, President and CEO
Duke Energy
CELC Past Chair

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

Robert Isom

CEO
American Airlines

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 CEO
Trane Technologies
CELC Past Chair

David Longo

Founder, Chairman and CEO
CBI Workplace Solutions

 

Kent Masters

President and CEO
Albemarle Corporation

Tom Mitchell

Managing Partner and Chairman
Moore & Van Allen

Brian Moynihan

Chair and CEO
Bank of America
CELC Past Chair

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

David Pralong

Senior Partner, Carolinas and Global Leader Transformation
McKinsey & Company

 

Dave Regnery

Chairman and CEO
Trane Technologies

Michael Rhodes

CEO
Ally Financial

Bill Rogers

Chairman and CEO
Truist Financial Corporation

Charlie Scharf

Chairman and CEO
Wells Fargo

 

Rick Schnall

Co-Chairman and Governor
Hornets Sports & Entertainment

Dustin Semach

President and CEO
Sealed Air

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

 
 

*Market Lead


CELC Strategic Advisors

Cathy Bessant

CEO
Foundation For The Carolinas

Kieth Cockrell

President
Bank of America Charlotte

Andrea Smith

Fred Whitfield

 

CELC Consultant

Public Policy

 
 
 

Walter Price

Managing Director, Public Affairs
Moore & Van Allen

 
 
 

CELC Staff

Blair Stanford

Executive Director

Ismael Salgado

Program Manager