Officers and Board Members

G. Gray Wilson, Chairman
Wilson & Helms LLP 
Winston-Salem

John W. Babcock
Wall Babcock, LLP 
Winston-Salem

June L. Basden
Carruthers & Roth, PA
Greensboro

Michael A. Colombo
Colombo, Kitchin, Dunn, Ball & Porter, LLP
Greenville

Ronald L. Gibson
Ruff, Bond, Cobb, Wade & Bethune, LLP
Charlotte

Valerie Johnson
Copeley Johnson & Groninger PLLC 
Durham

James B. Maxwell, Director Emeritus
Maxwell, Freeman & Bowman, PA
Durham

John M. May
Robbins May & Rich LLP 
Pinehurst

Kenneth W. McAllister
McAllister, Aldridge & Kreinbrink, PLLC
High Point

William G. (Bill) Pappas
Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein LLP 
Raleigh

Sharon L. Parker
Sharon L. Parker, PA
Marion

Sarah Sparboe Thornburg 
McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A.
Asheville

O. Richard Wright, Jr.
Wright, Worley, Pope, Ekster & Moss, PLLC 
Tabor City

Daniel M. Zureich
President and CEO

William S. Graebe
Vice President of Claims

Robert A. Neal
Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and CFO

Renée C. Riggsbee
Vice President of Underwriting

Camille Stell
Vice President of Client Services

William R. Stroud, Jr.
Senior Vice President

Jerry A. Allen, Jr. 
Walker, Allen, Grice, Ammons & Foy, L.L.P.
Goldsboro

Ronald C. (Ron) Crosby, Jr. 
Crosby Legal PLLC
Fayetteville

Katherine H. Davis 
Huggins, Davis & Associates, LLP
Lumberton

Herman E. Gaskins, Jr. 
Gaskins & Gaskins, PA
Washington

Melody J. Jolly 
Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, LLP
Wilmington

Debra L. Massie
Wheatly Wheatly Weeks Lupton & Massie, PA
Beaufort

Sarah D. Miranda 
Hutchens Law Firm
Fayetteville

Jon G. Nuckolls 
The Graham Nuckolls Conner Law Firm, PLLC
Greenville

Brian Paxton
Farris & Farris, P.A.
Wilson

Bonnie J. Refinski-Knight 
Harris Creech Ward & Blackerby, PA
New Bern

Ellen P. Wortman 
Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP
Wilmington

Robert J. Bernhardt
Bernhardt and Strawser, PA
Charlotte

William M. Claytor
Baucom Claytor Benton Morgan & Wood, PA
Charlotte

Edward G. (Woody) Connette, III
Essex Richards, PA
Charlotte

Edward B. (Ward) Davis
Bell Davis & Pitt, PA
Charlotte

Tricia M. Derr
Lincoln Derr, PLLC
Charlotte

Robert C. Dortch, Jr. 
Sellers Hinshaw Ayers Dortch & Lyons PA
Charlotte

Irvin W. (Hank) Hankins  
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
Charlotte

Amy Purwin Hunt
Horack Talley Pharr & Lowndes, PA
Charlotte

Pender McElroy
James, McElroy & Diehl, PA
Charlotte

George Miller
Dozier Miller Pollard & Murphy, LLP
Charlotte 

Samuel Aycock
Starnes Law Firm
Morganton 

Eloise D. Bradshaw
Patrick Harper & Dixon LLP
Hickory 

William Christy
Stone & Christy PA
Black Mountain 

Phillip Feagan
Feagan Law Firm PLLC
Columbus 

Anne Duvoisin Fisher
Henson & Fuerst PA
Rocky Mount 

Steve Grabenstein
The Van Winkle Law Firm
Asheville 

Jacqueline Grant
Roberts & Stevens PA
Asheville 

Mark Melrose
Melrose Law PLLC
Asheville 

Elizabeth Miller
Elizabeth T. Miller, Attorney at Law
Rutherfordton 

Heather Newton
Heather Newton, Attorney at Law
Asheville

Natalie Teague
Teague Immigration Law Office
Asheville 

Henry Teich
Grimes Teich Anderson LLP 
Asheville 

Steve Warren
Long Parker Warren Anderson & Payne PA
Asheville