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The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is governed by a volunteer national board of directors whose members are elected annually.

Each National MS Society chapter is governed by its own board of trustees with legal and fiduciary responsibility for the operations of the chapter. These chapter boards are governed by the policies and procedures of the Society.

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Executive Committee

Beth Rudisill
Chair
Wake Med Rehab

Tony Withers
Past Chair
Withers & Ravenel

Bruce Sharpe
Secretary and Chair, Governance Committee
Bank of America

Kate Owenby
Treasurer
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP

Elizabeth Page
Chair, Fundraising
Community Volunteer

Board of Trustees

David Ammons
Retirement Living Associates, Inc.

Ray Auwarter
Retired

Tamara Barringer
Barringer Law Firm LLP

Kendal Bowman
Progress Energy Service Co.

Milo Brunick
Blue Cross and Blus Shield of NC

Lori Bush
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Betsy Lanzen
Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

Patti Fralix
The Fralix Group

Ugo Goetzl, M.D.
Millenium Neurology

Tom Gongaware
York Simpson Underwood Realty

Vanessa Hodges
University of North Carolina School of Social Work

Joel Hoffman
Ski.com

Paula Hopper
Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

Ernie McAlister
Former Town of Cary Mayor

Randy Powell
SunTrust Bank

Barry Roberts 
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School

Chuck Willingham
Owner, VP of Finance Hibernian Company, Inc.

David Worth
Office of the Commissioner of Banks