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Board of Trustees

Salem Academy and College is governed by a Board of Trustees composed of 18 to 22 voting members, including the Chairs of the Salem Academy and Salem College Alumnae Boards. The Board of Trustees is charged with the strategic, long-term stewardship of the institution’s mission and with strengthening its financial, physical, and educational assets. The President of Salem Academy and College serves as a non-voting ex officio member.

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Board of Trustees Contact Information

Office of the President
601 South Church Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Email the Board of Trustees
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Officers

Patrice Davis standing outside

Patrice Davis, EdD C'89

Chair (2023-2025)
  • Vice President for Student Services
    Trident Technical College
    Charleston, SC
Dr. John McConnell

John McConnell, MD

Vice Chair (2023-2025)
  • CEO Emeritus
    Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
    Winston-Salem, SC
Brooke Smith

Brooke Smith C’96

Secretary
  • Global Marketing and Strategy Consultant
    Brooklyn, NY
Sallie Smalley Beason

Sallie Smalley Beason, A’85

Treasurer
  • Community Volunteer
    Charlotte, NC

Members

Liz Baird

Elizabeth Denton Baird C’83

  • CEO
    North Carolina Aquarium Society
    Wake Forest, NC
Julia C Archer

Julia Cardwell Archer A’84

  • Partner
    Enns & Archer, LLP
    Winston-Salem, NC

Bob Baker

  • (Retired) Senior Associate Vice President for University Development
    Wake Forest University
    Winston-Salem, NC
sarah l berga

Sarah L. Berga, MD

  • Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Jacobs School of Medicine and BioMedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo SUNY
    Buffalo, NY
Akeshia Craven Howell

Akeshia Craven-Howell

  • Partner, Strategic Advising
    Bellwether Education Partners
    Charlotte, NC
Linda Darden

Linda Darden, MHA, CPA

  • President & CEO
    Trellis Supportive Care
    Winston-Salem, NC

Pamela Fox

  • Consulting President Emerita
    Mary Baldwin University
    Swoope, VA
Beth Mabe Gianopulos, Senior Counsel, Legal Department

Beth Mabe Gianopulos C’97

President, Salem College Alumnae Association Board
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
    Winston-Salem, NC
Ina Blackmore Kamenz

Ina Blackmore Kamenz A’73

President, Salem Academy Alumnae Association Board
  • Consultant/Community Volunteer
    Mocksville, NC

Paul Kirchgraber

  • CEO
    Covance/Labcorp Drug Development
    Athens, GA
Katherine Holland

Katherine Holland-Ortiz C’00

  • Executive Director
    Perkins School for the Blind
    Lexington, MA
Brandy Nelson

Brandy Nelson, EdD C’97

  • Academic Director & Education Consultant
    Reading Reimagined
    Mint Hill, NC

Barbara Rimer

  • Dean Emerita
    Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Professor Emerita Department of Health Behavior
    Chapel Hill, NC
Anne Salisbury

Anne Berger Salisbury C’71

  • Retired/Recalled NC District Court Judge
    Cary, NC
Sydney Taylor

Sydney Timmons Taylor C’71

  • Insurance Executive/Retired
    Greenville, SC

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