New Generation Initiative Funding Partners

The New Generation Initiative is made possible by the generous financial support of the following partners:

North Carolina General Assembly
BB&T
First Citizens Bank
Appalachian Regional Commission
Golden Corral
North Carolina's Electric Cooperatives
Wells Fargo
N.C. Association of County Commissioners

New Generation Advisory Council

The council will advise the Rural Center on implementation of the New Generation Initiative, join with other leading programs to explore opportunities to increase youth involvement in community life, and develop a New Generation Action Plan to respond to the challenges facing youth and young adults in rural communities.

Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton, Chair
Representative Carolyn Justice, Vice Chair

Valeria Lee, Rural Center Board Chair
Andy Anderson, Community Innovations, Inc.
June Atkinson, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Mike Atkinson, First Citizens Bank
Anita Brown-Graham, Institute for Emerging Issues
Lesley Cates, University of North Carolina System
Olivia Collier, Appalachian Regional Commission
Paul Cuadros, Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs
Dan Gerlach, Golden LEAF Foundation
Tony Habit, North Carolina New Schools Project
Ellis Hankins, North Carolina League of Municipalities
Andrea Harris, Institute of Minority Economic Development
Tony Hayes, N.C. Indian Economic Development Initiative
Nelle Hotchkiss, North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives
Ray Jeffers, Person County Board of Commissioners
Easter Maynard, Golden Corral
David Mayo, Small Business and Technology Development Center, ECU
Lloyd Payne, City of Elkin
Scott Ralls, North Carolina Community College System
Mikki Sager, The Conservation Fund
Roger Shackleford, Workforce Development, North Carolina Department of Commerce
Ashley Sherrill, Economic Development, Montgomery County
Joe Stanley, Joe and Moe’s Auto Service
Marshall Stewart, North Carolina Cooperative Extension
David Thompson, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
Steve Troxler, N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Robert R. Webb, The Duke Endowment-Rural Church Program
Leon Wilson, BB&T
Gregory Winkler, Wells Fargo
Larry Wooten, North Carolina Farm Bureau

Contact

Elaine Matthews, senior vice president

N.C. Rural Economic Development Center

4021 Carya Drive

Raleigh, NC 27610

Telephone: 919-250-4314

Fax: 919-250-4325