NEW HANOVER COUNTY — The New Hanover County endowment announced Shannon Winslow will take over as chair of the organization’s board of directors.
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Winslow previously served as vice chair alongside outgoing chair Bill Cameron, who will remain an active board member. She led the search committee that hired the endowment’s new CEO and president Dan Winslow (no relation) earlier this year.
“The Endowment has made great strides toward transformational change in New Hanover County under Bill Cameron’s leadership, and I’m eager to build on that momentum, alongside Chris Boney, the full board, our new CEO, the Endowment’s dedicated staff, and Community Advisory Council (CAC),” Winslow said in a Wednesday press release. “I’m grateful for this opportunity to help lead the Endowment into its next chapter as board chair.”
Winslow is a director of strategic accounts at WebMD Health Services and assists Fortune 100 companies on their global health strategies. She is a Wilmington native with 15 years of experience in the healthcare field and previously worked as director of client strategy for Walgreens.
The endowment was born from the $1.5-billion sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health in 2021. With $1.25 billion invested — which has grown to $1.6 billion — it was established to address systemic county issues including health, education, and community development through distribution of grants.
Winslow was among the county commissioner’s inaugural five appointments to the endowment board. The county’s other original appointments include Stedman Stevens, founder of healthcare consulting firm Galt Consulting, who was replaced by former Wrightsville Beach mayor Bill Blair in September. They also include Spence Broadhurst, Virginia Adams, and Hannah Gage, each of whom were members of the Partnership Advisory Group that recommended the sale of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant.
Last fall, Adams and Gage were replaced by former county commissioners Woody White and Pat Kusek, the latter of whom resigned from the board earlier this year.
Chris Boney, an original appointee of the hospital board, will take over as vice chair. He is chief relationships officer of architecture firm LS3P, where he oversees the firm’s eight offices’ community engagement, business development, and leadership. Boney previously served as chair of the endowment’s grant committee.
“There is so much opportunity ahead for the Endowment, and I’m honored to collaborate with the board chair to lead with a fresh perspective,” Boney said in a press release. “Together, we can continue our forward trajectory, strengthen our community connections, and drive meaningful impact in our community.”
LS3P’s projects include county partnerships for Project Grace and the new government center, Cape Fear Community College’s Wilson Center, Cameron Art Museum, the Novant Health Neuroscience Institute, the Novant NHRMC Cardiology Center, Novant NHRMC Zimmer Cancer Center, Novant Health’s new regional medical center in Scotts Hill, a medical office building at Novant’s Brunswick Medical Center, and an interior renovation of Novant’s regional headquarters.
“It has been a privilege to serve as the Endowment’s board chair this past year,” Cameron said in a press release. “I have no doubt that under Shannon and Chris’ leadership, the Endowment will continue to grow, innovate, and make a lasting impact, and I look forward to supporting them as a board member.”
Dr. Khadijia Tribié Reid was also reappointed to a new three-year term. She is a public health advocate and the pediatric medical director of MedNorth Community Health Center.
“I have always considered my role on the board to be contiguous with every other thing I do in and outside of this community,” Tribié Reid said in the release. “My aim is the same, to craft communities that build children who thrive. NHCE board participation allows me to influence the ecology of our community to optimize health outcomes for families.”
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