Alliance of AIDS Services Selects New Board Members

RALEIGH, N.C. - April 17, 2015 - PRLog -- The Alliance of AIDS Services – Carolina, Inc. is pleased to announce the election of Barbara Boney Campbell, Fenita Morris-Shepard, and Mark West to its Board of Directors.

Barbara Boney Campbell formerly operated an extensive catering business while devoting her time and energy to community organizations. Ms. Campbell has been a Member of the State Capitol Foundation Board since 1993 and served as Chair of the Raleigh Historic District Commission from 1987 to 1992. She has also served in the following roles: Founding Chair, Wake County Historic Preservation Commission, 1994–1996; Member, Board of Directors, Historic Oakwood, 1989-1990; and Member, Crape Myrtle Court, 1999. Ms. Campbell has been the recipient of the Anthemion Award, presented by Capitol Area Preservation, in 1996; the Gertrude Carraway Award for Historic Preservation Leadership in 1991; and the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2007.

Fenita Morris-Shepard graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989 and earned her Juris Doctorate at North Carolina Central University law school in 1992. Ms. Morris-Shepard was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division in the Eastern District of North Carolina for eight years. She has held numerous in-house counsel positions including Assistant General Counsel, Wachovia Bank, N.A., General Counsel of the North Carolina Education Lottery, and is currently Litigation Counsel for Laboratory Corporation of America (“LabCorp”). Ms. Morris-Shepard has served on the Boards of the NC Justice Center, as well as the African American Dance Ensemble. In 2010, she opened KoolKidz, a drop-in childcare center in Apex, NC, and became a certified Employment Law mediator.

Mark West is currently the Manager of Special Events and Conventions for the Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center in Research Triangle Park, NC. Mr. West’s community involvement includes: Steering Committee, Raleigh Contemporary Art Gallery; Member and VP, ISES-International Special Events Society; past Event Chair, Triangle Heart Strings; and Member, Crape Myrtle Festival Court, 1990 and 1996, as well as festival Co-Chair in 2003. Mr. West was the recipient of the Distinguished Sales Award for Raleigh Sales and Marketing and is an active Member of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.

“We are thrilled to welcome Barbara, Fenita, and Mark to the Board,” said Melanie Black Dubis, Board Chair.  “They each bring a wealth of experience in non-profit board governance, development, and strategic vision that complements the existing Board and the Mission of the Alliance.”

About Alliance of AIDS Services – Carolina, Inc

The Alliance of AIDS Services – Carolina, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1999 to provide compassionate, non-judgmental care to people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and caregivers.  The Alliance also focuses on education and prevention of the spread of HIV. For more information, please visit http://www.aas-c.org.