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2010 - 2011 Board of Directors

ROBIN BAREFOOT

As gift planning advisor to the Triangle Community Foundation, Robin Barefoot serves the legal, accounting, tax and financial communities as liaison to the foundation. She has practiced law in Durham since 1996, most recently with the Stubbs Cole firm. She served as staff attorney with Investors Title Insurance Company in their Chapel Hill office from 1989 to 1996. Robin received her undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1980 and her law degree cum laude in 1985 from NCCU School of Law. She was admitted to practice in 1985. In addition to serving as a board member for NCTRC, she is a charter member of the Durham Speaker’s Bureau of the Food Bank CENC. She volunteers regularly through the Durham Rescue Mission, Meals on Wheels and is very active in ministry through Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Bahama, NC.

IAN BUCHANAN

Ian is responsible for all operational aspects of oncology care at UNC HealthCare and affiliated clinics. Prior to his present position, Ian developed expertise in health and wellness management and performance improvement in this roles with OptumHealth, and UNC Hospitals. A graduate of Davidson College with a Bachelor's of Science in biology, Ian also received his medical degree from the UNC School of Medicine and a masters degree in public health and health care administration/quality from UNC. Ian was recommended for the board by a NCTRC volunteer. His horse experience includes a summer as a mounted deputy marshall at Tweetsie Railroad during college. Ian has already given us much to think about: the potential synergies with and through UNC Lineberger Cancer Center.

LARA KATZ

Lara has been with Velocity Express for six years, currently as part of a group that supports the Executive Management team. She is involved in managing field financial operations. Lara holds a Bacahelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MBA from Elon University. She plans to pursue a real estate license. She has ridden horses for over 25 years, and has competed in several horse--related shows including hunters, jumpers, intecollegiate, dressage, and for one scary day, evening. Lara has three horses, and is passionate about sharing the "horse experience" with those less fortunate. Because she was too young to drive and couldn't get to NCTRC, she recruited a volunteer. She has volunteered with NCTRC for 17 years, as an instructor, horse show manager, siderwalker, leader, and now as a chair to the 2010 Board of Directors. She has also volunteered with NARHA as state and region representative.

Laurie Reddick

UNC Hospitals

LAURIE REDDICK

The success of the UNC recreational therapy program which Laurie directs owes in great part to her creative and persistant approach to the program's budget. She implements a diverse strategy of fundraising, grant writing and marketing services in order to sustain and grow the menu of rehabilitative therapies. Laurie was recommended to the board by an NCTRC volunteer. Laurie has already given us much to think about: integration of recreational therapies.

FRANCES "FRANKIE" PRICE STERN

Frankie brings a wealth of nonprofit board experience and financial oversight to NCTRC from her years of board service at Planned Parenthood, as well as from her role as national consulant with the Unitarian Universalist Church. She worked for many years with IBM Corp in key roles during its creation, marketing and sales of the earliest personal computers. Her appreciation of our mission derives all she has learned in her relationship with a nephew with autism. Frankie was recommended for the board by an NCTRC volunteer. She has already given us much to think about: the implementation of the Carver Policy Governance Model for board conduct.

EVELYN CHOJNACKI

Evelyn has over three years in her present position as account manager with BCBSNC, and also has nonprofit experience. She earned a bachelors of art and bachelors of science degree from Marshall University in healthcare management and later a masters in public health education from UNC-Greensboro. Evelyn was raised on a small family farm in West Virginia and spent the majority of her childhood riding and training horses. Evelyn came to our board through BoardConnect. Evelyn has already given us much to think about: horse care, farm management and diverse populations.

JEFF ABBOOD has spent the last three years in a variety of roles at Credit Suisse, most recently as a project manager for the firms derivatives operations. He is also a volunteer coordinator for Credit Suisse and has experience in organizing and driving fundraising and related events. He received a B.S. in Political Science and a B.S. in Economics from Florida State University, and well as a Masters of Economics from North Carolina State University.

JIM GRAY is a graduate of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a U.S. Navy veteran. He has lived in Wilkes County most of his life with a career in retail furniture and sales and management in interior design. His “golf” over the past 30 years has been in community service. He has served on and chaired numerous boards including the local American Red Cross board, the Hospice Board, the Rainbow Center. He served as senior and junior warden and treasurer for his church, and was chairman of Old Wilkes, Inc. during the fundraising for, and renovation and conversion of the 1904 Wilkes County courthouse building into the Wilkes Heritage Museum. He continues to be actively involved as president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Kiwanis Club and as volunteer consultant through SCORE. Currently living in Durham with his wife, he runs, J Design, LLC, an interior design firm and is a real estate broker.