DBA

Background Cindy Lippard is a consultant who focuses on processes and structure development. Her current project centers around the creation of opportunities for twice-exceptional children and the corresponding asynchronous childhood development. Aspects include parental guidance, teaching, creating curriculum and writing policies. Prior projects have ranged from ERP implementations in the product industry and state government, […]

Background Barbara developed a passion for not only increasing the availability of affordable housing but also increasing the financial state and economic status of persons once considered impoverished during her 21 years of service as the City of Fayetteville’s Housing and Community Development Administrator. In this role, Barbara newly designed and implemented 11 service providing […]

Background Chad Lovett has a very diverse 29-year career in healthcare which has spanned from the clinical bedside, marketing and business development to executive leadership as a Hospital Chief Executive Officer. He started his career as a Licensed Practice Nurse and continued his education to receive an Associate of Arts degree from Tarrant County Community […]

Background Derrick Magee is the newly appointed Interim Director of Business and Auxiliary Services at North Carolina Central University.  Prior to appointment, Derrick was the Deputy Athletic Director and Chief Financial Officer for the North Carolina Central University Department of Athletics. In this role, Magee managed the day-to-day operations of the NCCU Division-I program, while overseeing all financial […]

Background David is currently a global supply manager at SpaceX and has over 10 years of experience in supply chain logistics, procurement and purchasing. In his career journey, David has worked for major organizations like Amazon (across the United States and Europe), UPS and EssilorLuxottica to solve complex challenges related to transportation network design and […]

Background Kellie McCorvey works in structural planning and administration at Wells Fargo Corporation in Charlotte, NC. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2018, she had various roles at Bank of America including: Chief Operations Officer for Operational Risk Management and Enterprise Independent Testing, Compliance Executive, Portfolio Management Executive, Operational Risk Executive and Operations Manager. Before joining Bank […]

Background Rodney McCrowre is a first-generation college student from Red Springs, North Carolina. Rodney majored in Business Administration at Fayetteville State University and later received a Master of Business Administration from Webster University. Rodney serves as the Assistant Director of Pre Business and Lecturer of Business Administration in the College of Business and Economics at […]

Background Layne McGuire is from Oxford, Mississippi, and is a proud alumna of the University of Mississippi. Her undergraduate degrees were in math and history and her first master’s degree was also in history. After a few years in the classroom, Layne decided to pursue her CPA license and earned a Master of Accountancy degree. […]

Background Dudley Meade is a science and business education professional with the Los Angeles Unified School District and has spent more than a decade teaching science and conducting research in science education in Canada and the United States. His research helped to improve science literacy in several high schools in Toronto and Los Angeles. Dudley […]

Background Octavia is a Certified Public Accountant working for Cherry Bekaert in the Charlotte Market. Octavia joined Cherry Bekaert after 5 years at PwC in the Private Company Services (PCS) practice. She attended North Carolina A&T State University where she met her husband, DJ. Octavia obtained her master’s at Michigan State University. Growing up in […]