Board of Directors
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Pamela Sarsfield Fox
President/Chief Executive Officer
An attorney and certified public accountant, she obtained her under-graduate degree from the University of Virginia and her law degree from Washington and Lee University. Prior to joining the Twin Lakes staff in 2008, she spent twenty years practicing law as an estate planning attorney and providing wealth management services to affluent clients of a wealth management firm in Greensboro, North Carolina. Fox has volunteered for numerous professional, civic and church organizations in Burlington, Greensboro, and elsewhere in North Carolina. Currently she serves on the boards of New Leaf Society, United Way, and the Anatomical Gift Program at Elon University. In addition, she has held board positions with the NC Bar Association, the NCACPA, Lutheran Retirement Ministries and other not-for-profit organizations.
Laura McDaniel
Chief Operating Officer
Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Sewanee: The University of the South, along with certificates in Nonprofit Management and Healthcare Management from Duke University and East Carolina University. She is also a licensed Nursing Home Administrator in North Carolina. Prior to joining Twin Lakes, Laura worked with a variety of mission-driven organizations in nonprofit service and philanthropy. She is a graduate of Leadership Alamance and an active community leader, having previously served on the board of the Salvation Army of Alamance County and as President of the Blue Ridge Chapter of ALDE. She currently serves on the board of Alamance County Meals on Wheels.
Jackie S. Cole
Chair
BHS, Duke University, Vice President and Secretary of Coleco Inc.; Alamance County Extension Advisory Board; Chair, Lutheran Retirement Ministries Board; Chair, Alamance Community College Foundation Board; Woodlawn Community Board Member; Registered Instructor and Program Director, North Carolina Therapeutic Riding Center; Former Chair, Alamance County Board of Education; member of Alamance Lutheran Church and serves as coordinator of Meals on Wheels.
Michael Barnes
Dedicated financial professional with nearly three decades of experience in the financial services industry. A graduate of Robert Morris University with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. Before entering the financial sector in 1995, Michael served honorably as a member of the U.S Army and Gulf War veteran. For the past 18 years, he has been a Financial Advisor with Ameriprise. Beyond his professional life, Michael is a devoted family man. He has been married to his wife, Jami Barnes for 30 years and is the proud father of three children.
Vernetta Bridges
Impact Alamance Board of Directors (Equity Committee Chair & Operations Committee); Catalyst in Education for thirty plus years prior to retirement as former director of Student Support Services, Alamance-Burlington School System; School Counselor, Assistant Director of Admissions, St. Andrews Presbyterian College; Director of Development, Knoxville College & Regional Director of Ten Million Dollar Major Missions Fund Raising Campaign for the United Presbyterian Church. Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority/Pi Omicron Omega Chapter (Current Local Archives Chair); American School Counselor Association, National Association of College Admissions Counselors, National Association of School Counselor Advocacy.
Doug Brook
Research scholar and visiting professor of public policy, Duke University; professor emeritus, US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California. 10-year resident of Twin Lakes. BA and MPA, University of Michigan; Ph.D. George Mason University. Has held four senior presidential appointments in financial management and human resources. Member of chancel choir at Front Street United Methodist Church, semi-competitive runner.
Kyle Corum
Partner with BRC and is the leader of the Firm’s Advisory Services practice, Appalachian State University – Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Triad Chapter of the ACFE, Community Associations Institute (CAI), Leadership Greensboro – 2011, Summit House – Former Board Member.
Pamela Duffy
Pamela’s practice focuses on fiduciary litigation including trust, estate, and power of attorney disputes, as well as business and complex commercial litigation. Pamela has represented beneficiaries and fiduciaries in numerous proceedings before the clerk, at the Superior Court level and in appeals, including caveats, elective share proceedings, power of attorney disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, estate administration disputes, guardianships, beneficiary designation issues arising under common law and ERISA, paternity cases to establish rights to inherit, and trust disputes over removal, modification and termination. Additionally, she is a strong proponent of alternative dispute resolution and is certified both as a Superior Court Mediator and for matters before the Clerk by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission (NCDRC). Pamela has been selected to the “Legal Elite” by Business North Carolina magazine (2022-2024) and has been listed as a Super Lawyer for Civil Litigation, Estate and Trust Litigation and Business Litigation since 2020. Pamela is a member of the Litigation Section and the Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section of the NCBA and is a recipient of the NCBA’s 2011 Citizen Lawyer Award. She is a current member and Past President of the Guilford Inns of Court, a Past President of the Alamance Rotary Club, and a Past Chairman of Alamance County’s United Way campaign.
Jill Gerringer
DPT University of New England, MSPT/BSPT Thomas Jefferson University; Member of Alamance Lutheran Church, member of Via de Cristo Secretariat board.
Ellen Greeson
Ellen has been a member of Macedonia Lutheran since 1972 and remembers when Twin Lakes was just a challenge issued to the congregation. Her parents, Jack and Della Sigman, both were board members and husband, the late Dale Greeson served for many years. Ellen has two children, Katie Schappert and John Greeson; both are married to wonderful spouses whom she considers to be bonus children. She has three grandchildren Since retiring from teaching, she has been busy with gardening, woodworking and watercolor when not visiting her grandchildren, she enjoys traveling or playing pickleball.
Sherry S. Hunt
Private Wealth Advisor, Fiduciam Financial, a Private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Service, LLC. Former member, boards for the Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro and Professional Women’s Network Greensboro; volunteer for Coastal Conservation Association Piedmont Chapter and Second Harvest Foodbank; various leadership roles within Ameriprise Financial Services, including on the Ameriprise Women’s Empowerment Network Board of Directors and Mentor, Elite Growth Forum NC/VA; Quantum Leap 3 organization of top 100 Ameriprise practices, 2021-2024 Ameriprise Client Service Award; 2022-2024 Forbes Best-In-State Women Wealth Advisor
Joy Isley
Lutheran Retirement Ministries Board; Treasurer, NC Palomino Exhibitors Association; member of Frieden’s Lutheran Church
Ruth Koester
Ruth Petzold Koester grew up in Rockville, MD. She earned her undergraduate degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, then moved to Raleigh for graduate school at NC State University where she received a PhD in Genetics. While at NCSU, she married Dave Koester and they have two daughters who are also married to wonderful partners. They have one delightful 3 year old grandson.
Ruth is boarded with the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics and became a certified laboratory director. She served as CLIA director for the DNA Identification Testing Division and retired in August of 2025 with 30 years of service at Labcorp.
Ruth is an avid reader, loves to travel and garden. She has served on the board of directors for Twin Lakes Community and Women’s Resource Center and has chaired a number of professional organization committees.
Reed LaPlante
Member of FNB Corporation Diversity Council; Past Board Chair for Alamance Chamber of Commerce; Elon Love School of Business Graduate Programs Board Member; Elon Phoenix Club Board Member; Treasurer for Macedonia Lutheran Church Endowment Fund; Member of Graham Rotary Club; 2022 Gala Dancer for Little Pink Houses of Hope; Member of Macedonia Lutheran Church.
Alexis Moore
Taught in NY and Elon; serving both as interim chair; Assistant Professor and inaugural faculty member for Elon’s PA Program; Attended Brooklyn College, SUNY Downstate, and Columbia University; Doctorate in Medical Science to be completed in 2022; Physician Assistant Education Association, Presenter; Elon University’s Daniels-Daneiley Award for Excellence in Teaching, nominee; and Heartbeats of the World, former Board Member
Michael Menz
Attended University of Buffalo, University of Virginia (medical school) Kansas University- Wichita; Practiced in Tennessee and currently in Burlington (Kernodle Clinic) for 12+ years; Alamance/ Caswell Medical Society, Member; NC Medical Society, Member; and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Member
Nikki Ratliff
Chief Operating Officer, Burlington Housing Authority; Alamance Chamber, board member and past chair, Alamance Partnership for Children, board member and past chair; Impact Alamance, board member; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc; Greater Alamance Woman’s Club. Past board chair; Hospice of Alamance-Caswell, United Way of Alamance County, The Exchange Club’s Family Center of the Central Piedmont, Alamance Regional Charitable Foundation; General Federation of Women’s Clubs of North Carolina. Past Third Vice President/Director of Junior Clubs and Leadership Chair; Alamance Chamber’s Leadership Alamance (c/o 2011); Past Alamance County Guardian ad Litem
Connie Poovey
Graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975 with a B.A. in Mathematics. Earned Master of Science in 1985 and Master of Social Work in 1998, both from UNC-Chapel Hill. After 19 years working at AT&T in computer support and internal auditing, Mrs. Poovey joined the staff of Twin Lakes Community in June of 1998 as Director of Research and Development to explore retirement opportunities for aging parents who have adult children with Developmental Disabilities. She was licensed in the state of North Carolina as a Nursing Home Administrator and Assisted Living Administrator and served as the Administrator for Deacon Pointe Assisted Living, as well as Moneta Springs Memory Care, an innovative program and facility providing multi-level care for residents living with dementia. She then served as Quality Assurance Officer, supporting HIPAA initiatives, emergency response procedures and nursing policies & procedures. She retired in 2018 and moved with her husband to Twin Lakes in June 2023.
Matthew Swaim
Procurement Lead, Hafele America Co.; Director of Music, Alamance Lutheran Church; Small Business Owner; BS degree in Horticultural Science and Plant Biology, NC State University; MBA, UNC Greensboro; Treasurer, Grace Lutheran Church, Liberty; Lifelong Lutheran
Alison Upton
Managing Director at KPMG LLP in their Higher Education, Research, and Other Not-For-Profit audit practice; Chair, Elon University Accounting and Advisory Board; Olde Forest Racquet Club Board Member
Danny Van Fleet
Treasurer
Certified Public Accountant, City of Burlington Tax Collector, Treasurer and Chair of the Audit Committee of Lutheran Retirement Ministries of Alamance County, General Fund Treasurer and a board member of Macedonia Evangelical Lutheran Church, Former member of Alamance Burlington Kiwanis Club, Olde Forest Racquet Club Tennis Committee member.
Garry Vogelpohl
Chair, Mutual Ministry Committee; Leader, Corrections Ministry; Developer, Community Juvenile Justice Program; Pastor, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Nashville, TN, Trinity Lutheran Church, Tullahoma, TN, and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Elizabeth City, NC; Member, Candidacy Committee of the NC Synod; Certified by American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and American Association of Pastoral Counselors; Training completed under the Upper Room of the United Methodist Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Nashville, TN
Matrice Williams
Durham County Asst. Public Defender; earned a BA, UCLA and JD, Southwestern University School of Law; Founder and former owner/franchisee of Mathnasium of Burlington; serves on the City Gate Dream Center Board of Directors; member of City Gate Church; member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
