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]

		Vicki S. Murray is corporate secretary for Capitol Holding Company, Inc., Capitol Broadcasting Company and its 9 subsidiaries. Vicki is a life-long resident of Raleigh who graduated from Millbrook High School and attended Hardbarger Business College. Married in 1971 to Mike Murray, now a retired captain with the Raleigh Fire Department, she has two sons, Michael and Nick, both Raleigh firefighters. Before joining Capitol Broadcasting Company in 1997, she was employed as a legal assistant for 12 years with the Raleigh law firm Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove. [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 Director of Wake County Human Services, a position in which she supervises over 1,500 employees who provide a wide range of services for all county residents. Her primary objective is to make the agency client-centered, family-focused, and community-based. Maria currently serves on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Wake County, Shaw University, and the State Employees Credit Union Advisory Board. In 2000, she was honored with the "Eyes of March Prevent Blindness Honorary Award," and selected as a "Woman of Note" through the African American Cultural Complex. In 1997 she was recognized with a "Distinguished Alumni" award from Shaw University. Maria previously served as a director of The Healing Place of Wake County, an organization of which she was an original founding member. Maria is married to Felton Spaulding and they have an 18-year-old daughter, Lee Ann. [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, director of campus ministry for the diocese, 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]