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Sharon Stevens President Serving until 2013 | 
| Owner of Sarvis Management & Real Estate Services, Inc., Ms. Stevens is the President of MCLC. She is Secretary of Family Promise of Moore County, a member of the Moore County Leadership Institute Steering Committee and a volunteer with the Moore County Schools. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Andrews Presbyterian College and currently lives in Pinebluff, NC. |
Patty Kempton
Vice President
2014 | 
| MCLC Board Vice President, Ms. Kempton is Nursing Director for the Moore County Health Department. She holds a Political Science degree from Randolph-Macon College and a B.S.N from the University of Virginia, and currently is completing requirements for a Master of Public Health degree from U.N.C.- Chapel Hill. She and her husband live in Carthage, NC. |
Pat Motz-Frazier
Secretary 2014 | 
| MCLC Board Secretary, Ms. Motz-Frazier retired as Executive Director of LifeStyles for Recovery drug and alcohol treatment centers and currently is Proprietress of the Old Buggy Inn Bed & Breakfast in Carthage. Previously she served on Betty Ford’s California Women’s Commission on Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies. Ms. Motz-Frazier has held board leadership positions for a number of addiction treatment centers. |
April Green
Treasurer
2015 | 
| Ms. Green is a Business Services Officer II/Assistant Vice President in BB&T's South Central Commercial Banking Group. A past board member of the Moore County Homebuilders, she is a volunteer at the Moore County Food Bank and the Sandhills Children Center. An Aberdeen, NC resident, Ms. Green has a Business Administration degree from Campbell University and an Associate of Arts degree from Sandhills Community College. |
Board Members
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Susie Buchanan
Serving until 2015
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| Currently Ms. Buchanan is Director of Community Relations for St. Joseph of the Pines. In addition to the MCLC Board, she is a board member of The Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care, Family Promise of Moore County, and Southern Pines Rotary Club and is a member of the Steering Committee of the Moore County Leadership Institute. A graduate of Southern Illinois University, she currently lives in Whispering Pines, NC. |
Tim Burgess
2014
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| Born in England, Mr. Burgess graduated from the University of Minnesota after serving two years in the British Army. He retired after 34 years in banking with Norwest Bancorporation – now Wells Fargo Co., and resides with his wife in Seven Lakes, NC. The couple has two adult children and two grandchildren. |
Steve Hurst
2014
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| A retired Ernst & Young Senior Service Partner and CPA, Mr. Hurst’s career included assignments in Europe, India, Australia and a number of Asian countries, as well as the U.S. He holds several degrees -- MBA from the University of Chicago, BS, and Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and a M.A. in Theology and Ethics from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. The Pinehurst, NC resident is a Hospice Volunteer, a Director of the Sandhills Community College Foundation Board and an ESL tutor at Moore County Literacy Council. |
Andrew Lyons
2015
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| Mr. Lyons is a Vice President and Branch Manager of First Bank. The Wake Forest University graduate is a board member of the Moore County Chamber of Commerce. He is President of the Moore County Public Education Foundation and Junior Achievement. He serves as Treasurer of the Moore County Historical Association and the Southern Pines Business Association. He is a member of the Southern Pines Rotary Club and lives in Pinehurst, NC. |
Lee McGraw
2013
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| Former Town Commissioner and current Mayor of Carthage, Mr. McGraw covers four area states as an Account Representative for Southern Software Company. He is Board Chairman of the Carthage Museum, a Rotary Club member and former Secretary, and a founding board member of the Vineyard Assembly Church in Sanford, NC. He also edits a newsletter for the local Harley Motorcycle Owners Group. He and his wife live in Carthage. |
Twana McKnight
2013
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| A Brooklyn, N.Y. native, Ms. McKnight received a B.A. in Psychology from Duke University, after which she became Developmental Disabilities Case Management Supervisor at the Sandhills Mental Health Center. Currently she is a Retention/Assessment Specialist and Transition Coordinator in the Continuing Education Department at Sandhills Community College. A participant in the Moore County Leadership Institute, she currently serves on the Headmaster’s Advisory Council of Tabor Academy in Marion, MS, an independent high school from which she graduated. |
Stuart Mills
2012
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| Mr. Mills currently is Managing Director of Leighton Mills PLLC and Leighton Construction LLC. He has a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and a Masters Degree in Accounting from the University of Michigan. He also has a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. A member of the Board of Councilors of the Carter Center in Atlanta, he is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the O’Neal School and is a past Senior Warden of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. He lives in Pinehurst, NC. |
Sandra Waterkotte
2015
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| Ms. Waterkotte recently retired as Vice Chancellor for Advancement at University of North Carolina at Pembroke after a 30-year career in fundraising for the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Oklahoma and Michigan State University where she graduated with a BA in Communications. She and her husband live in Aberdeen and are active in the community. She serves on the Patient and Family Advisory Board of First Health, is a member of the Democratic Women of Moore County and tutors at MCLC. She chairs the Council’s Fundraising Committee. |
