Vice President, Public Relations Chair, Fundraising Committee Member, Social Media Coordinator
Originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, Brooklyn is a graduate from NC State University, with two bachelor’s degrees in architecture and a minor in landscape architecture. She has served for two years as the director of the university’s Freedom By Design team, which is an organization that uses the talents of architecture students to radically impact […]
Member, Parent Community Committee
Christina has been a mathematics teacher at the Governor Morehead School since 2017, earning the school’s Teacher of the Year honor for the 2018-2019 school year. She also received the Exceptional Children Educator of Excellence in North Carolina in 2020. Before coming to GMS, Christina taught for five years at the Tennessee School for the […]
Member, Public Relations Committee, Fundraising Committee
Debra has been a teacher all her life. As a child growing up in Durham, North Carolina, she taught lessons to her stuffed animals, then her younger sister. After high school, Debra attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. While at UNC-W, she made the Dean’s List and graduated with a BA in Education. […]
Member, Parent Community Committee
Dr. Allen Chase is a graduate of the Governor Morehead School for the Blind. He pursued degrees in Education in college, and his doctoral dissertation focused on educational policy as it relates to schools for the blind. Dr. Chase began working with students with visual impairments and other disabilities in 2005 on college transition and […]
Board President
Director, Raleigh Consulting Group
The Valedictorian of GMS Class of 2005, Francisco is the Director of Raleigh Consulting Group. He connects clients and entrepreneurs bridging cultural and general gaps by training and leading workshops with behavior and motivator assessments. Fluent in English and Spanish, Francisco earned a B.A. from UNC-Charlotte. He is DISC Certified Behavioral Analyst and a Certified […]
Member, Fundraising Committee
Jill retired from Wake County Public Schools as a teacher of students with visual impairment, and orientation and mobility (O&M) specialist. She lives in Morrisville, and during her retirement has enjoyed spending time with friends and family, reading, drawing, gardening, and walking with her dog. After graduating from UNC Pembroke in 1974, Jill had a […]
Board Member
Community Employment Specialist, GMS
Joseph Gray’s journey from being born with oculocutaneous albinism to a Paralympian, coach, and advocate for individuals with visual impairments is a testament to resilience, determination, and the transformative power of support. Born into a family that saw no limits, only potential, Joseph learned early on that challenges were merely steppingstones on the path to achievement. His experiences, marked […]
Member
Ken is a native of North Carolina. He was born and raised on a small farm in southeastern NC. Upon graduating High School he attended Western Carolina University where he earned a BA degree in Social Science. He later obtained an MA degree in Public Affairs from NCSU. His first professional job was with the […]
Member, Public Relations Committee; Webmaster
IT Manager, Red Hat
Mark is a Digital UX and DesignOps Manager at Red Hat with more than 18 years’ experience in the web/software industry. Serving as a mentor and team lead for designers as well as cross-departmental teams and developers, Mark focuses on championing web standards, developing design guidelines and user interface pattern libraries, and advocating for accessibility […]
Board Treasurer; Member, Fundraising Committee
Partner & Senior Wealth Planner, PLC Wealth Management, LLC
Mike is a Partner and Senior Wealth Planner with PLC Wealth Management, LLC, His responsibilities include client service, tax review, financial planning, wealth preservation, and planning around the different practice areas of clients’ estates, long-term care benefits, and Social Security strategies. He was one of the first CPAs to expand his offerings to include financial […]
Member, Secretary
What drew Rachel to serve on the Governor Morehead Foundation was attending a holiday school fundraising event and watching the visually impaired students light up when they held their band instruments to play live music to the audience and witnessing the pure bliss across each of the band children’s faces. Helen Keller said, ‘The best and […]
Member, Fundraising Committee
Reverend Robert Parrish was born in Bryson City, North Carolina, a small town located 59 miles southwest of Asheville. At the age of six he was placed in the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh. As a student, he led many religious activities for his fellow students, became president of the student government, […]
Member, Public Relations Committee, Fundraising Committee
Sharon was born in Mineola, New York, but once she moved to North Carolina, she began attending the Governor Morehead School for the Blind. She graduated in 1979, then worked at temporary jobs doing telemarketing until finally getting permanent employment with the Raleigh Lion’s Clinic for the Blind, eventually becoming a Section Head. In 1989, […]
Member, Parent Community Committee
William is an Orientation and Mobility Specialist at GMS. His last name is Filipino and is pronounced “two bee yay ha”. He grew up in Las Vegas, NV but moved to NC with his wife and two children in 2004 to take a position with the former GMS Outreach Program. Since then, they have added […]