The Thread’s Governing Board is comprised of a group of leaders throughout the region that provide governance and leads the Carolina Thread Trail fundraising efforts.
Governing Board Members:
| Philip Blumenthal – Chair | The Blumenthal Foundation, Director |
| Bernard N. Ackerman | Bernard N. Ackerman, CPA, P.A., President |
| Angela Bower | Community Leader |
| Crandall C. Bowles | Springs Industries, Inc., and The Springs Company, Chairman |
| Amy Brinkley | Community Leader |
| Robert Brinkley | Community Leader, Attorney |
| Bill Carstarphen | Pharr Yarns, President and COO |
| Carol Carstarphen | Community Leader |
| Roger L. Dick | Uwharrie Capital Corporation, President and CEO |
| Anne Doss | Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, Inc., Executive Vice President |
| Ann H. Gaither | Community Leader |
| Michael Jones | Husqvarna, President |
| Randall Kelley | Community Leader |
| Mike Mabry | Lowe’s, EVP Logistics and Distribution |
| Sally Ormand | Community Leader |
| Alex Rankin, III | CESI, President |
| Stoney Sellars | Technology Project Management Stonehunt, LLC, President |
| Susanne Sellers | Bank of America, Retired Executive |
| Ruth G. Shaw | Community Leader |
| Carl Spangler | Community Leader |
| H. Thomas Webb | H.T. Webb, LLC, Managing Principal |
| Gregory Wolf | Duke Energy Renewables, President |
