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Barker (Lifetime Trustee)<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bob Barker Company, Inc.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fuquay Varina, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Guilford W. Bass (Lifetime Trustee)<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President, Holden Beach Fishing Pier<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holden Beach, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rebecca Brock<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SVP, Fiduciary Executive, Truist<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lake Mary, FL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Steve Bryan<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice Chairman, TA Loving<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goldsboro, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Travis Burt<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Investor<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emerald Isle, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ed Byrd (Lifetime Trustee)<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retired Land Developer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sanford, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. R. Henry Capps<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physician<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huntersville, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>David K. Clark (Lifetime Trustee)<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President, Clark Brothers Inc.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elizabethtown, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Paul Clark<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Principal &amp; COO, Mill Capital Management<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Allison C. Cobb<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pharmacist\/Homemaker<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stanley, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Helen Currin (Lifetime Trustee)<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retired farm owner\/operator<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wilmington, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Melissa Davies<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physician<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summerfield, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Leah Devlin<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor of Public Health<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raleigh, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Donald C. Evans<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice President, Coastal Insurance, Shallot NC<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ash, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dexter E. Floyd (Lifetime Trustee)<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Piggly Wiggly Supermarkets<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kinston, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Gregory Floyd <\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attorney\/Franchise Principal, Piggly Wiggly Supermarkets<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kinston, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. David Hailey<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pastor, Hayes Barton Baptist Church<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raleigh, NC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joseph C. 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