Our talented board leadership team represents over 300 years of management, education, financial, legal, and technology expertise. We are working hard to further the vision and mission of the PFA Foundation.

Board Officers And Executive Committee

Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, PhD, President

Phyllis Pelote-Edmonds, Esq., Secretary

Louise J. Gissendaner, Treasurer


LaMetrice Dopson, Asst. Treasurer

Marguerite A. Dixon, PhD, Scholarships and Endowments

Directors At Large

Chaplain Barry C. Black

Lawrance Martin

Danny Blanchard, PhD

Ed Burns

W. Wendell Cheatham, M.D.

Eldridge Edgecombe

John K. Grier

Hayward D. Horton, PhD

Elder Auldwin Humphrey

Ed Pelote, MD

Alan Sampson, M.D.

Ben Swift, Esq.

Ex Officio Members

Shawn Fordham, President - National PFA Alumni Association

Cynthia Poole-Gibson, Headmaster/Principal

Ms Janie Hudson , President-PFA Parents Association

Phyllis Mitchell, President - Thomas Rutter Historical Society

Forging the Future Capital Campaign Cabinet

Alan Sampson, M.D., Co-Chair

Former Mayor John F. Street, Co-Chair

Debra C. Anderson

Ronald Anderson, M.D.

Elder Charles Cheatham, President - Alleghney East Conference of Seventh-day Adventist

W. Wendell Cheatham, M.D.

Marguerite A. Dixon, PhD

Eldridge Edgecombe

Lawrance Martin

Phyllis Edmonds-Pelote, Esq.

Foundation Staff

Barbara A. Massey, Executive Director

Kalita Jackson, Executive Assistant