Charles Cobb was born in Augusta, Georgia, and reared in Hamlet. He and his wife Kim reside in Rockingham. They have two grown daughters, Emile and Mara. Chuck is a retired Senior United States Probation Officer. He was the Mental Health Treatment Specialist for U.S. Probation/U.S. District Court, in the Middle District of North Carolina in four counties including Moore County. Currently, Chuck is a licensed Private Investigator/Armed Certified, in North Carolina, who works part time. Chuck has extensive volunteer experience in Richmond County including Rockingham Rotary-Past President; Chamber of Commerce Board Chairman; Crime Stoppers Association-Past Vice Chairman; Domestic Violence Community Response Team; Sexual Assault Response Team ; Our Daily Bread Board of Directors; Reader to 3rd & 4th grade students; Literacy Council Board of Directors and North Carolina Crime Stopper Association Board of Directors. An active member of Fellowship United Methodist Church, Chuck chairs the Staff/Pastor Parish Relations Committee and serves on the Church Council , Finance Committee, Nurture-Outreach-Witness (NOW) Committee, and is a member of Methodist Men’s Club.

Daphne Dudley served on the Raeford Hoke Habitat for Humanity Board for over 15 years prior to their merger with Habitat of the NC Sandhills in 2020 and has been instrumental in the combination of the affiliates. She has over 22 years of governmental work experience in with Hoke County and currently serves as the Tax Collector for the county. She and her husband, Larry, have 5 children, 13 grandchildren and one great granddaughter.

Karen Dulmage, originally from the Northern VA/DC area, married into the Army and came to the Sandhills about six years ago, with two teenage step-daughters. Since moving here, she and her husband have had two boys, ages four and almost two. In addition to her role as mother, Karen is an Area Manager, Vice President, for Main Street Home Loans in Pinehurst. She has been in the mortgage business for more than 15 years. She loves helping people realize the dream of home ownership and enjoys crunching numbers, being outside, traveling to new places and discovering new things.

Tim Dwyer served on the construction committee since 2005, having been a construction volunteer since 2001. He served on the Board from 2003-09 and was Chairman and President from 2007–2009. More recently, he served as Secretary to the Board. Tim retired from the railroad industry where he held various Marketing and Management positions over a 30 year career. He and his wife Marj have resided in Southern Pines since 2000. They attend St.Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.

Robert M. Friesen is a past member of the Board who has served two terms as Chairman of the BOD. He has served as the attorney for HFHNCS for 28 years and has prepared all house closings since house #7, many of which were pro bono. Bob is active in the community and is a partner with Robbins, May and Rich LLP. He and his wife Anne and their children, Mitchell, Matthew and Isabel, attend Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church. Bob is active in all Habitat land and legal transactions in an advisory capacity.

Robin P Graham, Ph.D, M.P.H. is a senior executive scientist with expertise in clinical medicine, health services, and population health intervention, research and evaluation. Dr. Graham’s work is devoted to scientific evidence translation and policy development for high quality, high value, patient-centered health outcomes. Methodologically Robin is skilled in a large variety of scientific research and statistical analytic traditions. Robin has held leadership positions at the National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Medicine (Washington, DC); UnitedHealthGroup/Optum/Lewin Group (Falls Church, VA); and Phillips Lyle LLP, and School of Medicine, State University of New York (Buffalo, NY). Robin received her Ph.D. and M.P.H. with concentrations in epidemiology and health behavior at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Francis Grandinetti received his BA from St. Francis College; Masters and Doctorate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania; and did post-doctoral studies at Harvard University. He ended a thirty-five-year career in public education retiring as Superintendent of the Ridgway Area Schools, in Ridgway, Pa. He was named a Distinguished Educator by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and continued work as a consultant for them. He worked at Gannon University as an Assistant Professor in the School of Education serving as Director of the Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction and two terms as Director of the School of Education. An original trustee in the Northern Pennsylvania Regional College, Fran received a Pennsylvania Senate Commendation for his work. After retiring to Pinehurst, he continued his membership in Rotary and served as President, Program Chair, Executive Secretary and Foundation Trustee for the Rotary Club of Pinehurst. He is a member of the English-Speaking Union, Knights of Columbus, an advisor to the Sandhills Classical Christian School Interact Club, a member of the Moore County School District’s Key Communicator’s Committee, a trustee of the Sandhill’s Enrichment Fund and a member of Sacred Heart parish. He continues to serve as a trustee of Pennsylvania’s Stackpole Hall Foundation.

Jana Green is serving her second term on the Board. She has been involved with Habitat with Realtor’s Days, Galas, Tour de Moore and other events. She attends Pinehurst United Methodist Church. Jana is a retired nurse who worked 35 years as a Critical Care Nurse Manager of Cardiac/Thoracic Surgical Intensive Care at Kettering Medical Center in Ohio. She has been active with Friend to Friend and Backpack Pals. She currently works with Pinnock Real Estate & Relocations Services and has served on the Pinehurst/Southern Pines Board of Realtors for 10 years. She chaired the Women Build 2012 committee and works on the land committee. In 2018 she worked on Women Build Committee, Gala Committee and ReStore Committee.

Jim Hart was born in Martins Ferry, OH. He spent 32 years working in Washington DC as Chief of Staff for several congressmen and women. He then became Vice President of Government Affairs for the Investment Company Institute. In 2012, he retired and moved to Pinehurst. Months after, he began volunteering with Habitat and is now part of the “trim crew” that installs cabinets, trim and flooring for each home sold by the affiliate.

Jeff Hutchins is the lucky husband of Severine since 1994 and they have four children. Jeff graduated with Bachelor of Social Work from North Carolina State University and a Master of Arts in Gerontology with a concentration in administration from the University of Northern Colorado. Jeff worked in a variety of roles in long-term care for 34 years and retired after 19 years the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of Penick Village, a Life Plan Community. Since his retirement from long-term care, Jeff created and works in a consulting advisory practice with a focus on Leadership and Organizational coaching, fundraising, strategic planning, board education, and DEI work.

Robert Jackson was born and raised in Moore County by his maternal Grandmother, Mrs. Rosa Lee McCall, and credited his wisdom, knowledge, and manners to Granny’s and God’s Love. Robert is the younger of 2 siblings and is very family oriented. Elder Jackson continues to reside in Southern Pines, NC., and is one of the Elders at Kingdom Minded Ministries International. He is an Armor Bearer, President of the church Street Clean-up Program and Pastoral Aid. Elder Jackson was appointed Chaplin for the West Southern Pines Civics Club Jan 2019. Mr. Jackson is a Master’s Level Case Manager in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and has a Provisional Licensed Substance Abuse Therapist NC.

Helen Probst Mills, her husband Stuart and two of their three children moved to Pinehurst in 2006 to be closer to family after her legal career with major investment banks. Helen serves on the Board of Trustees of the Sandhills Community College and is the Development Co-Chair of the Foundation Board of SCC. She is an active community member on the board of Northern Moore Family Resource Center, Outreach Committee of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church and Kiwanis Club of the Sandhills. Helen graduated from The University of Chicago and received her JD from Case Western Reserve Law School. Helen served on the Auxiliary Board of the First Health Moore Regional Hospital for three years and has been very active in her children’s schools. Dedicated to The University of Chicago, Helen helped establish a NC alumni club, and she has served for six years on the University-wide Alumni board. Stuart and Helen have been proud supporters of scholarship programs at The University of Chicago and at SCC. Helen loves to read, travel and collect fossils and seashells.

Mary Rocca is a financial advisor with Edward Jones. She has served in this field for over twenty years. She is originally from the DC area but has family rooted in the Sandhills. She and her husband are parents to three mini schnauzers, Rocky, Max and Deirdre. Mary servers on multiple nonprofit boards and believes strongly in community involvement and service.

Jill Saunders is a partner in family-owned businesses, Southern Pines Ace, founded in 2016, and in Seven Lakes Ace, in 2018. She was raised in San Antonio, TX and graduated from Baylor University in 1992 with a BBA in Finance. Prior work experience includes Fidelity Investments in Dallas, TX and in another family-owned business, Imports Exclusive which began in 1997. She currently serves as Chair of the Fellowship Christian Academy board, a private school in Carthage, NC. Jill has also served as a board member of the Public Education Foundation since approximately 2015.

Tracy Thomas moved to Pinehurst in 2019 with her husband, Bill, after many annual golf trips to the area. Tracy held several careers including Assistant Banking Officer/Market Manager, medical practice office manager and Church ministry director. She has extensive volunteer experience and currently volunteers in the ReStore in the clothing department. Her first Habitat experience was in New Jersey on a home build.