The Carol Woods Board of Directors includes 16 members selected from and broadly representative of leadership in the larger Chapel Hill/Durham communities. In addition, four Carol Woods residents and the Carol Woods president/CEO serve on the board. The board provides strategic direction to management and receives input directly from residents. The board, residents and staff work collaboratively to ensure Carol Woods retains its position as a leader in the field of aging and as a desirable place for present and future residents to live.
Our Board
- Jess Aylor (vice chair), independent consultant for nonprofits and foundations, specializing in social impact, organizational development, and philanthropy.
- Delores Bailey, executive director of EMPOWERment Inc., a non-profit in Orange County, NC.
- William "Bill" Blackman, former Certified Public Accountant, having retired from a 47-year career, and a founding partner of Blackman & Sloop, CPAs.
- Richard Blankenship (chair), chartered financial analyst and partner and senior portfolio manager with Franklin Street Partners of Chapel Hill.
- Carol Candler (resident, ex-officio), former staff member in alumni affairs at Northwestern University.
- Stephen Elkins-Williams, former rector of the Chapel of the Cross.
- John P. (Jack) Evans, former faculty and dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-CH.
- Anne Fishel (resident. ex-officio), former faculty at UNC-CH who taught psychiatric nursing and did research on various family issues.
- Audrey Galloway (secretary), associate state director for AARP North Carolina.
- Josh Gurlitz, architect and owner of JGA Architects.
- Charles House, since 1980 has been the owner of University Florist, a local fixture since 1946. He is an Army veteran of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
- Melvin Huston, senior vice president of professional and support services for UNC Hospitals.
- Larry McManus (treasurer), financial advisor at LFM Wealth Management and a certified financial planner and chartered retirement planning counselor.
- Brenda Mitchell, associate professor and associate chair for Student Services and Area Health Education Centers operations in the Department of Allied Health Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill and is on the faculty in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences.
- Marianne Ratcliffe, president and CEO of Carol Woods.
- Mark Royster, pastor and former banker.
- Adam Stein (resident), lawyer with 50-year career specializing in civil rights cases.
- Marian Stephenson (resident), retired dental hygiene educator and associate professor.
- Crystal Torain, director of nursing at Piedmont Health Services Inc.