Staff and Board

Our team at Camber Foundation is inspired by the people and places of Eastern North Carolina. Collectively, our staff and board bring a depth of experience, diversity of perspective, and unique strengths and talents–all heartily committed to stewarding the Foundation’s resources in ways that maximize philanthropic opportunities for the region.

Meet our Staff

Christopher Fipps

Director of Community Investment

Bio

Jenny Grant

Special Assistant to the CEO

Bio

Leslie Ann Jackson

President and CEO

Bio

Matt McDowell

Finance & Administration Officer

Bio

Tyran Hill

Network Officer

Bio

Willona Aekins

Network Officer

Bio

Meet our Board

Armeer Kenchen

NC Rural Center

Brad Davis, Governance Chair

YMCA of the Triangle

Brandy Bynum Dawson, Secretary

MDC

Jenna Bryant

MDC

Jill Heath, Chair

Retired, NV5 Engineers & Consultants

John Stump, Immediate Past Chair

Weller Advisory Ventures | Family Business Institute

Kevin Schneider, Treasurer, Finance & Investment Chair

Retired, Genworth

Marirose Steigerwald, Vice Chair

Delta Dental of North Carolina

Tom Lyon, Audit Chair

Manning Fulton

Toni Peck

Baker Donelson

Trip Savery

Curtis Media Group

Van Smith, Grants Chair

ECU Health Medical Center

Yogin Patel, MD

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