About NCIEDI
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Staff
NCIEDI staff provides assistance with business plan development, feasibility studies, market analysis and break even calculation, equity requirements for loans, and credit analysis and repair.
NCIEDI helps American Indian business owners with referrals to credit institutions that most closely meet their business needs.
W. A. Hayes Brenda Pollard
Chief Executive Officer Controller/Accounting
Christina S. Theodorou Nicole Taylor
Program Manager Field Specialist- Robeson, Scotland, Hoke
Project G7 Trainers Amy Locklear-Hertel
Brice Watkins Financial Literacy and Asset Building Consultant
Kim Pevia
Sheila Wilson Dr. David Kiel
Management Consultant
NCIEDI Board of Directors
Each Tribe and Urban Association in North Carolina holds a seat on the Board of NCIEDI. Community involvement is a part of the growth and development of NCEDI via its board of Directors and tribal communities. Contact your board member and the NCIEDI office staff to see how you can be involved.
Executive Board
Chairperson
Ruth Revels NC Commission of Indian Affairs
McLeansville NC
Vice Chairperson
Robyn Lowry Triangle Native American Association
Clayton NC
Treasurer
Brady Martin, Sappony Tribe
Littleton NC
Secretary
Wanda Burns-Ramsey, Member-AT-Large
Angier NC
Tribal Representatives Tribal Urban Associations
Coharie Tribe Chris Kirks Cumberland County Association for Indian People Barbara Melvin
Raleigh NC Fayetteville NC
Eastern Band of Cherokee Kimlyn Lambert Guilford Native American Association Jim Lowry
Cherokee NC High Point NC
Haliwa Saponi Tribe Dr. Joseph Richardson Metrolina Native American Association WD Baucom
Warrenton NC Charlotte NC
Lumbee Tribe Jimmy Goins Triangle Native American Society Robin Lowery
Pembroke NC Clayton NC
Meherrin Tribe Dr. Terry Hall
Ahoskie NC
Occaneechi Tribe
Brice Watkins
Liberty NC
Sappony Tribe Brady Martin
Littleton NC
Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe Pamela Young-Jacobs
Bolton NC
Members -At- Large
Cammie Oxendine, Lumbee Abdul Rasheed
Dean, School of Business, UNC-Pembroke NC Community Development Initiative
Dale Deese, Lumbee Annette Stevenson
Attorney, Legal Services of NC SAS Institute
Daniel McLean, Lumbee Brian Coyle
Attorney, Legal Aid of NC BB & T Bank
Larry Chavis, Lumbee Leslie Scott
CEO and Director Lumbee Guarantee Bank NC Rural Center
Paul Brooks, Lumbee Linda Gunn
Chairperson, NC Commission of Indian Affairs NC Institute of Minority and Economic Development
