AJ Fletcher Foundation board

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A.J. Fletcher Foundation board


		Beth Briggs is President of Creative Philanthropy, a consulting firm she founded in 1995 to provide planning and grant-making services to individuals, corporations and foundations. She has been actively involved with the nonprofit sector for over 25 years, having served as President of the NC Public Television Foundation; President and Senior Counsel at Capital Consortium; and Director of Development for the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival. Beth is a native of Charlotte and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. [Return to top]

		Barbara Goodmon is president and executive director of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. She graduated from St. Joseph's School of Nursing in Memphis, Tenn., in 1965. She is a 1994 graduate of Meredith College in Raleigh and completed the master of liberal studies program at North Carolina State University in 2000. She has served on a number of community boards and brings a wealth of experience to the Fletcher Foundation. With primary interests in the field of human service, she has served as chairman of the Salvation Army, vice chairman of The Healing Place of Wake County, and chairman of Wake County Human Services. She has received the William Booth Award from the Salvation Army and was inducted into the Academy of Women of the Raleigh YWCA. [Return to top]

		James F. Goodmon is Chairman of the Board of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation and The Fletcher Academy School of Achievement. He joined Capitol Broadcasting Company in 1968, and has been been its President and CEO since 1979. Mr. Goodmon serves on numerous other Boards, including Capitol Broadcasting Company, RBC Centura Bank, Duke University Health System, and Leadership Triangle. He has received many outstanding honors and awards, and has been recognized by the community, the broadcasting industry and the State of North Carolina. [Return to top]

		James F. Goodmon, Jr. is vice president and general manager the CBC New Media Group at Capitol Broadcasting Company in Raleigh, N.C. He and the CBC New Media Group manage WRAL.com, WRAL NewsChannel, WRAL Weather Channel, and News Over Wireless, a local news-to-mobile-phones application, and oversee strategic acquisitions and startup projects for the company. Goodmon previously was director of programming for WRAL-TV/DT and, during 2002-03 and 2003-04, organized and executed the production and broadcast of 24 Carolina Hurricanes hockey games in high-definition. He serves on the board of directors of The Fletcher Academy School of Achievement, the advisory board to the Salvation Army in Wake County, and the board of the directors of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. A graduate of the Executive MBA program at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he resides in Durham with his wife, Anna. [Return to top]

		Daniel P. McGrath joined Capitol Broadcasting Company as its chief financial officer in 2003. Prior to that, he served as CFO for a venture-backed software company, and as vice president of finance for a $200 million technology and systems integration company, each in metropolitan Washington, D.C. Dan also worked for Price Waterhouse in both Raleigh and Washington, specializing principally in audit and IPO services for growth-oriented technology companies in the software, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Dan is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and is active in several Triangle area charitable and civic organizations. [Return to top]


		Greg Patterson is President and COO of Advisors Financial Group, a regional insurance and investment brokerage firm. He has served as board chair for several community organizations including The Healing Place of Wake County, Wake County Human Services and the Wake County Area Program for Mental Health, Substance Abuse Services and Developmental Disabilities. Professionally he holds designations as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and is a Registered Investment Advisor. Greg is an adjunct faculty member of Guilford College and lectures on a number of financial planning topics. He received his B.S. degree in Engineering from N.C. State University. [Return to top]

		Maria Spaulding is the deputy secretary for long term care and family services in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. She oversees the programs and activities of the divisions of Aging and Adult Services, Child Development, Services for the Blind, Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Social Services and Vocational Rehabilitation, as well as the offices of Education Services, Economic Opportunity, Long Term Services and Supports and Council on Developmental Disabilities. The divisions/offices have an annual combined operating budget total of $2.45 billion and their combined workforce is estimated to be 3,200 employees. Maria represents the department on various interagency task forces, commissions and workgroups, including the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging and NC Workforce Commission. She has more than 34 years of combined state and local county government experience. Mrs. Spaulding was the former Executive Director of Human Services for Wake County who led the effort to create a single human services agency by combining the departments of Social Services; Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Disability; and Public Health. [Return to top]

		Reverend Joseph G. Vetter is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh. He is Catholic campus minister at Duke University in Durham and chair of the Priests' Council and the publications committee of the diocese. He is on the executive board of the North Carolina Council of Churches, and chair of the development committee of the Catholic Campus Ministry Association. Father Vetter has been pastor of several churches in eastern North Carolina and editor of the N.C. Catholic newspaper, and director of communications and chancellor of the Diocese of Raleigh. He is a native of Burlington, N.C., and earned a B.A. in philosophy and M.Div. at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. [Return to top]