LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

The Leadership Institute brings together a cohort of nonprofit and local government leaders and managers each year to strengthen their leadership skills and strengthen the ability of their organizations to have an impact. In 2022, 22 individuals from 18 organizations participated.

“Leadership for me is creating a vision. Bringing people up around me and supporting them. Putting them in the right place, at the right time, so that amazing things can happen.”

—Nikki Ratliff, Program Services Director at Burlington Development Corporation

Elon University Year Of Service Fellows

Year of Service fellows are recent Elon University alumni who spend 12 months following graduation working as a staff member in an Alamance County community organization.

“What really attracted me was the idea of being able to connect to community. I’ve worked with the Wellness Collaborative and the ACRE Co-Lab and helped on the Harwood Institute work. I’ve also been learning more about what it means to be a nonprofit organization, as well as the professionalism that comes with being part of an organization. Being able to be that community voice in a place that we value community input, has allowed me to speak up about what I believe in.”

“While at Elon, I fell in love with Alamance County through my involvement with community organizations. I saw that wherever there was an issue, somebody was working to address it. I was interested in the fellowship because I wanted to get out of the Elon bubble and become more integrated in the community. When I first came on, I was doing data analysis for a project called Alamance Forward. Now I am co-leading our parent engagement program. I’ve learned that to make progress in our community, we need to engage people across all areas of Alamance County.”

* The Impact Alamance staff and board join the community in remembering John Currin, who passed away unexpectedly in April 2023. John was a founding board member and a tireless, unwavering advocate and volunteer for the community. He will be missed.

Board Of Directors

F.D. Hornaday

John Currin*

Edward Woodall

Ted Chandler

Kathy Colville

Vernetta Bridges

Nicole Alston

Dr. Yun Boylston

Dr. Ashley Brandon

Mandy Eaton

Martha Krall

Leo Lambert

Griffin McClure

Mark Gordon, President, Alamance Regional

STAFF - IMPACT ALAMANCE

Tracey Grayzer, President

Marcy Green, Vice President of Programs

Tyronna Hooker, Vice President of Education Programs

Laura Fehlhafer, Office Administrator

Anne Baker, Finance and Grants Manager

Jewel Tillman, Community Engagement Manager

Taylor Russ, Elon University Year of Service Fellow

Lexy Roberts, Director, Alamance Achieves

Sylvia Ellington, Collaborative Action Facilitator, Alamance Achieves

Jazmin Campbell, Elon University Year of Service Fellow, Alamance Achieves