The Friends of North Carolina Freedom Park Board
The North Carolina Freedom Park Project is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable corporation.
Christina Coffey, Co-Chair, Treasurer, Friends of the Park, Vice President, Lee & Associates, Commercial Real Estate Services, Raleigh-Durham and Member of Leadership Raleigh Charter
Chuck Watts, Co-Chair, Attorney, Watts Law PLLC, Fractional General Counsel, Local Government Law, Insurance Law, Legislative Lobbying, Civil Litigation. Freedom Voice Descendent.
Shana Blake Hill-Saya, Interim Executive Director, CEO Tenacity Communications, Author, Historian, Performing Artist. Freedom Voice Descendent.
Nina Szlosberg-Landis, Civic Leader in Local State and National Government. Strategic Communications Specialist, experienced Community engagement professional.
John Mabe, Construction Legal Advisor, Attorney, Nexen Pruet PLLC
Terry Parker, Relationship Manager, Bank of America
Allen Pratt, Architect Advisor, Perkins & Will Architects
Juanita Shearer-Swink, Landscape Architect Liaison, PLA, FASLA; Chair of the ASLA Council of Fellows and the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board.
Jay Korreck, Chief Design Officer, Constructive Learning Design.
David Warren, Advisor, Professor Emeritus, Duke University
Reg Hildebrand, Advisor, History Research Committee, Retired African American History Professor, University of North Carolina and Durham Technical Community College
Adrienne Nirde, Adjunct, Director, The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission
Khadija McNair, Adjunct, NC Freedom Park Manager, The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission
Founding Board Members (in memorial)
John Hope Franklin
William C. Friday
Julius Chambers
Mary Duke Biddle
Founding Members Advisory Council
The Right Reverend George Battle, Charlotte
Beverly F. Burnette, Raleigh
Karl Campbell, Boone
Angella Dunston, Warrenton
Georgann Eubanks, Carrboro
Gladys Fowler Graves, Blanch
Paul M. Green, Durham
Les Griffin, Fayetteville
Earl Ijames, Wendell
Lenora Jarvis-Mackey, Elizabeth City
Bettie Murchison, Raleigh
Nick Rhodes, Wilmington
N. Carnell Robinson, Dunn
Linda Sutton, Winston-Salem
Marsha Warren, Chapel Hill
Reginald Watson, Greenville
James West, Raleigh
Father Mauricio West, Charlotte
Rebecca Anderson, Asheville
Walter Brown, Durham
Elizabeth Buford, Raleigh
Howard Lee, Chapel Hill
E.B. Palmer, Raleigh
Susie Powell, Chapel Hill
Dorothy Spruill Redford, Creswell
Loren Schweninger, Greensboro