Board of Directors

 

Brian Crawford, Chair
Brian Crawford is an Attorney in private practice in Durham, NC. His practice focuses on business law, nonprofit law and real estate. Mr. Crawford received his JD from North Carolina Central University School of Law and is a graduate of Connecticut College. He is a member of the ABA and the NCBAR Association. He currently serves and volunteers as a member of the Orange County Affordable Housing Advisory Board, BB&T CRA Steering Committee, Carter Community Charter School Board of Directors, Duke Law Community Enterprise Clinic Board of Advisers, Generations Credit Union Advisory Board and Self-Help Credit Union Advisory Board.

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Michael Palmer, Vice Chair
Michael Palmer is the Director of Duke University's Office of Community Affairs, where he oversees the office that manages the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. A former deputy Durham County manager, he fosters productive relations between Duke and community groups and identifies outside funding for partnership activities. Michael is Duke's main liaison to Durham city and county government.

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Allison Fansler, Secretary
An MBA student at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, Ms. Fansler has significant experience in education reform. Prior to enrolling at Duke, Ms. Fansler worked for the KIPP Foundation, where she co-founded 15 college preparatory charter schools and consulted to an additional 30 charter schools across the country on finance, operations, and governance. Previous to KIPP, Ms. Fansler directed sales and marketing for an education software company. She also served in the Clinton Administration as the White House Liaison at the US Department of Treasury, coordinating domestic and international policy initiatives. She holds a bachelors degree in Spanish from the University of Virginia.

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Anita Daniels, Treasurer
Ms. Daniels has worked with business, community, local/state government, agency, and university representatives throughout the Triangle region [Durham, Orange, and Wake counties] for the past 17 years. Her experiences include: board recruitment, human resources position reclassifications, staff recruitment, training, supervision and evaluation; grants development/oversight, program planning, development and evaluation, as well as budget development, fiscal analysis and management. She has served as the Director of the Durham Youth Coordinating Board, Executive Director for United Way of Greater Orange County, Vice President, and Assistant Vice President for local United Ways in the Triangle, and Center Director for the Community Family Life and Recreation Center at Lyon Park. Additionally, Ms. Daniels is authorized in the State of North Carolina to practice as a provisional Licensed Clinical Social Worker by the North Carolina Social Work Certification and Licensure Board. She has a Bachelor's Degree from East Carolina University and a Master's Degree in Administration from the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

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Dr. Grova Bridgers, Member
Dr. Grova L. Bridgers is president of Grova L. Bridgers and Associates, an educational consulting firm. From July 2001 to May 2004, Dr. Bridgers served as a visiting professor in the School of Education. His duties include the interim coordination of the Master of School Administration Program. Dr. Bridgers retired from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in June 2001. Dr. Bridgers worked in various capacities at NCDPI including consultant, chief consultant, assistant director and director. Prior to his career at the department, he served as teacher, job coordinator, and assistant principal, and principal in the Wake County, Weldon City and Halifax County School Systems. He received his formal education at North Carolina Central University, Virginia State University and Campbell University.

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Diana Legrant, Parent Representative
Ms. Legrant currently owns and operates D&J Christian Faith Daycare. A 1988 graduate of Rutledge College with a degree in Nursing, Ms. Legrant has worked extensively in her field of study. Ms. Legrant has two grandchildren who attend Carter Community School and continues to be very instrumental in the recruitment of students to the school.

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Eric Guckian, Member
Executive Director, Triangle Area Teach for America

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Lolita Wynn, Member
CPA

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The Reverend Luther K. Brooks, Member
Senior Pastor, Saint James Family Life Center

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