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

Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, PhD, Chair/President

Freda A. James, Vice Chair

Phyllis Pelote-Edmonds, Esq., Secretary

Louise J. Gissendaner, Treasurer

Lawrance Martin, Asst. Treasurer

LaMetrice Dopson, Asst. Treasurer

Directors At Large

Chaplain Barry C. Black

Mr. Ed Burns

W. Wendell Cheatham, M.D.

Marguerite A. Dixon, PhD

Mrs. A. Karnice Holloway

Elder Auldwin Humphrey

Edward Pelote, M.D.

Alan Sampson, M.D.

Carlton Sampson, M.D.

Ben Swift, Esq.

Ex Officio Members

Debra C. Anderson, President - National PFA Alumni Association

Cynthia Poole-Gibson, Headmaster/Principal

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

Freda A. James

Mr. & Mrs. Don Kirkman

Elder Harold Lee

Lawrance Martin

Phyllis Edmonds-Pelote, Esq.

Herbert Powell, Esq.

Carlton Sampson, M.D.

Foundation Staff

Ms. Beverly Howard, Executive Assistant