Evette Pettus – Board Chair (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
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Jordan Calaway – Vice Chair (Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation)
Raised in North Carolina, Jordan has been lucky enough to call multiple parts of the state home (from the coast to the mountains). Jordan was an undergraduate at Wake Forest University and earned her Masters in Public History from UNCG as well as her Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University. Jordan is an active community volunteer and public schools advocate, especially through the NC PTA. She received the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for this work. Since 2015, Jordan has worked for the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. Having grown up camping on the Parkway with her family makes her current role feel like coming full circle. She now gets to enjoy the same park with her own children and finds great pride in her work and our continued mission to protect this national park.
Angela Liu – Secretary (Unity Web Agency)
Angela is passionate about leveraging her diverse skills, experiences, and abilities to support positive, meaningful impacts in the world. She became a versatile generalist through her time in a software consulting company where she took on various roles from technical delivery to project management to business operations. Her diverse professional background includes software implementation for business operations and processes, project management, customer relationship management, scheduling and planning, recruiting and training. She loves walks in nature, meaningful conversations and studying the value of authenticity, balance and communication in life.
Anthony Norman – Treasurer (CIVIC Federal Credit Union)
Anthony was born and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He earned a B.S. in both Accounting and Business Management at NC State University. He later attained a M.B.A. with a focus in Management Information Sciences at Wilmington University. After a brief stint playing basketball professionally overseas Anthony has cultivated a 20 plus year career in the accounting and financial services industry. The better part of his last decade of experience has been in the Credit Union, not for profit industry. Anthony’s current position at LGFCU/CIVIC is a pivot and has him applying a developing passion for values-based banking, member service and sustainability in innovative ways. During his personal time, you can usually find him spending time with family and friends, working out, or enjoying a good book or movie.
Gerald Babao (CleanAIRE NC)
Gerald is a nonprofit “lifer” and brings a passion for the environment/outdoors and almost 20 years of leadership, management, and support experience. Gerald leads and monitors CANC’s internal operations, works closely with our Executive Director on the execution of strategy, and has complete business responsibility for programs and activities. Before joining CleanAIRE NC, Gerald worked for various emerging, national, and international nonprofits. However, he is most proud of helping athletes achieve their dream of becoming an Olympian/Paralympian. For years, Gerald worked tirelessly with the Olympic movement advocating for accessibility for people with disabilities in sport and the inclusion of canoe/kayak at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. When he is not at work, Gerald loves being active outdoors, traveling, rooting for his favorite Washington, D.C. sports teams, and exploring the craft beer scene wherever his travels take him.
Jane Preyer (Former Director, Environmental Defense Fund)
Jane Preyer is former director of the North Carolina office of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). In that role, she was senior adviser for policy and political strategy on a broad range of issues and on fundraising. She managed EDF’s initiative with national companies to increase the use of environmentally preferable paper. Prior to EDF, Jane coached women’s tennis at Duke University (1985-1993) and had a professional tennis career (world ranking 43rd). She was named ACC Coach of the Year four times and was inducted into the NC Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991.
She received her BA and MPA from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Yvette Jones (PowerUp NC, NCLCVF)
Yvette Jones has 14 years of experience in non-profit work. She has successfully developed community partnerships, led programs, organized campaigns and projects. Yvette has an additional twenty plus years working abroad for the federal government as a support officer during which she recognized the importance of the development of cultures, informing and educating communities, and taking strategic steps to achieve positive change. In her current position she and her team have organized in underserved communities around environmental issues. She believes that educating and engaging African American, Hispanic, and lowincome communities that are first and worst hit by the effects of climate change is key to achieving a just transition. Yvette is a member of the Surry County NAACP (Scholarship and Events committees), the SEC Democratic Party, and the Sandy Level Community Inc.-Friends of the Historic Rosenwald School (Planning Committee). She attended Surry Community College, The Art Institute of Charlotte and has received numerous awards and credits throughout her career.
Monica Dozier (Bradley, LLP)
Monica leads Bradley’s Energy Team in Charlotte and is co-founder and co-chair of the firm’s Renewable Energy Practice Group. Monica advises developers, contractors, and engineers in utility-scale, commercial and industrial, and residential renewable energy projects, focusing on risk mitigation and dispute avoidance throughout the development, construction, operation, and maintenance phases of projects. She routinely serves as outside general counsel to clients, including drafting and negotiating project agreements nationwide and internationally. Monica coordinates teams to advise clients on multi-disciplinary industry issues affecting the industry, including rapidly-evolving compliance and regulatory frameworks in tax, international trade, and cybersecurity matters. She is an active member of the NC Sustainable Energy Association, E4 Carolinas, and ABC Carolinas.
Jessica Freely (Leon Levine Foundation)
Jessica joined The Leon Levine Foundation in the Spring of 2024. As the Information Manager, she oversees the information management team, managing daily operations and strategic priorities in grantmaking and impact investing. Previously, she served as the Director of Operations at Sustain Charlotte, where she ensured operational efficiency, managed the organization’s financial health, and oversaw hiring and retention. Jessica relocated to Charlotte from Philadelphia in 2019 with her husband and two sons. She has enjoyed getting to know the community and state – spending time with family and friends hiking, exploring, and biking the greenways. She is a recent graduate of Leadership Development Initiative Class 21, a member of the Women’s Impact Fund, and excited to join the EarthShare NC Board of Directors.
Justin Wooley (Urban Community AgriNomics)
Justin, who most recently was a stay at-home parent, has spent most of his adult life working in HIV/AIDS prevention/virology and health communications. Previous to working in infectious diseases, he was a city planner as well as grant coordinator for a small city outside of Chicago. Wooley is not new to board leadership, he has worked with notable organizations such as the Chicago Minority Business Development Council, Real Men Cook, Men & Women in Prison Ministries, Black AIDS Institute, San Mateo Police Activities League, as well as many more. Justin has a wife and daughter as well as both his mom and dad that push him to make the world a better place.
Kelly Bodie (NC Coastal Federation)
Kelly joined the Federation in early 2015. Previously, Kelly served as the communications and technology manager for Kappa Delta Sorority National Headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. Her primary responsibilities at the Federation include membership development, engagement and communications. Originally from the coast of Virginia, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in fine art from the College of William and Mary.
Kelly has served as the EarthShare NC Member Representative for many years, and served on the Board of Directors for two terms. She is very involved with the Corporate Earth Day Events Program planning, development of the Jim Warren Soar Award, and all things asked of her in the Board capacity.
Steve Young (Caterpillar)
Steve Young currently serves as global head of employee experience and assessments at Caterpillar, Inc. In his current role, Stephen manages a team that designs and develops employee experience and assessment programs and initiatives that aim to drive better individual, team and business outcomes across the enterprise. Prior to working at Caterpillar, Stephen was global manager of leadership analytics at the Center for Creative Leadership where he led a team that engaged in research, consulting, and new product development initiatives. Throughout his career, he has worked with Fortune 500 companies, U.S. government agencies, and non-profits to improve both individual and organizational effectiveness. He has previously served on the non-profit boards of Neighbor Up in Melbourne, FL and the YWCA of Greensboro, NC. Steve earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Psychology and Political Science from the University of Connecticut. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son, as well as volunteering and exercising.
Kevin Briody (Edmentum)
Kevin has more than 25 years of marketing experience spanning the technology, non-profit, education, and marketing services industries. He most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer for Edmentum, a K-12 education technology company, and previously led the marketing team at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), a global non-profit in the field of leadership development. Prior to CCL, Kevin spent nearly a decade working in marketing agencies, most recently as Chief Strategy Officer for Pace Communications in Greensboro, North Carolina and held marketing leadership roles at Microsoft, software startups, and a non-profit community for librarians while living in the Pacific Northwest.
Kevin earned a BS in History from the University of Oregon and an MBA from the University of Washington. Originally from Northern California, Kevin has lived in North Carolina for the past 15 years with his wife and three daughters, where you can usually find him enjoying the many trails, waters and open spaces of the Piedmont Triad