Board of Directors

The Make-A-Wish Foundation^® of Eastern North Carolina Board of Directors helps chart the Foundation’s course. They contribute a vast array of experience and skills that helps maintain our status as the nation’s largest wish-granting organization.

As a whole, the board determines the Foundation’s mission and vision. It selects, evaluates and supports the president and chief executive officer. The board also protects the Foundation’s assets, enhances its public standing, ensures accountability, maintains legal integrity and assesses its own performance.

Rudy Ogburn - Chair
Partner
Young Moore and Henderson P.A.
Raleigh, NC

Bob Aquilino
Chapel Hill, NC

Paul E. Barth
President
Generate Design
Raleigh, NC

Kim Bell
Cary, NC

Louise Collis
Vice President,
Privacy, Compliance & Quality Assurance
Active Data Services, Inc.
Morrisville, NC

Rick Deckelbaum
President & CEO
RDA Executive Recruiters
Raleigh, NC

John Elmo
President & CEO
Doe & Ingalls Management LLC
Durham, NC 

Michael Fagan
President & CEO
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc.
Greenville, NC 

Tom Fagley - Treasurer
Audit Manager
Hughes Pittman & Gupton,LLP
Raleigh, NC

David C. Falk, Jr.
Managing Partner
Drucker & Falk, LLC
Raleigh, NC 

Michael F. Gooding
Vice President,
Market Executive, Southeast Region
RBC Bank
Wilmington, NC 

Ralph Gregory
President & CEO
Security Force, Inc.
Raleigh, NC 

Jim Kitchen - Secretary
President
Spring Break Travel
Chapel Hill, NC

Barry Leffler
President & General Manager
WNCN/NBC 17
Raleigh, NC

Lisa Schiller - Former Board Chair
Rex Healthcare
Vice President,
Marketing & Public Relations, Government Affairs
Raleigh, NC

Dr. Hope Seidel
Physician and Partner
Cary Pediatrics
Cary, NC 

Chris Shigas
Vice President,
Digital and Social Media
French/West/Vaughan
Raleigh, NC