2026 Board of Directors
Amy Otto
CHAIR
Minister, Life Coach, Substance Abuse Counseling, and Intervention
Jennifer Green-Lee
VICE-CHAIR
Office Manager/Appraisals
Avent Permenter Group
Tiffany Gay
SECRETARY
Solution Architect Managing Director
Accenture
Dr. Trina Clayeux
TREASURER
Chief Executive Officer
Give an Hour
Sydney Batch, JD, MSW
Attorney & Partner at Batch, Poore & Williams
Jackie Ferguson
Cofounder, VP of Content & Programming
The Diversity Movement
Dr. Jason Nieuwsma
Associate Professor in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center; Associate Director of Integrative Mental Health at Durham, VA Hospital
Orgal Opata
Special Assistant II
State of North Carolina Government
Kalpna Jean Patel
Broker
Chappell powered by Compass
Lisa Rowe-Ralls
Adjunct Professor
William Peace University, Durham Technical Community College
Beth Thomas
Executive Director
North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services