The North Carolina Bar Association has partnered with Legal Aid of North Carolina in a joint goal to raise $100,000 – a gift to match the 2026 distribution of the North Carolina Bar Foundation’s LANC Endowment Fund.


Thank you for joining the Sponsors of the May 6 Reception Benefiting Legal Aid of North Carolina
Hosted by Mark & Joanna Holt and Caryn Coppedge McNeill
To pledge your sponsor level and pay later, please email missyh@legalaidnc.org.
Sponsors
$5,000 – Lead Sponsors
Mark and Joanna Holt
Caryn Coppedge McNeill
Smith Anderson
Betty Quick
LeAnn Nease Brown and Charles Gordon Brown
Mike and Brenda Colombo
George B. Mast
Edwards Kirby, LLP
Janet and Mike Wells, Sr.
$2,500 – Partners
Kim Stogner
John Silverstein
Leslie Packer
David and Nina Long
$1,000 – Advocates
John R. Wester
Carol and Martin Brinkley
Kearns Davis
Richard E. Thigpen, Jr.
Jon Heyl
James Jolley
Patti W. Ramseur
Byron Kirkland
Dana Simpson
G. Edward Story
Timothy S. Goettel
Bailey Melvin
Clark Smith
Donald H. Beskind
Deborah L. Hildebran-Bachofen
Erin Locklear
Charles Becton
Carlos Mahoney
Alan W. Duncan
Beth Langley
Edwards Beightol
$500 – Friends
Michael and Sally Lowery
Shelby Benton
Henry “Hank” P. Van Hoy, II
Clayton Morgan
Amy Batten
Sharita Whitaker
Bart Norman
Isaac Linnartz
James K. Dorsett III
Julie Song
John Drew Warlick, Jr.
Jean Carter
Russell Babb
Gerald Roach
Kerry Shad
John Therien
M. Keith Kapp
Linda Funke Johnson
Kirk Warner
Please RSVP for a Reception Benefiting Legal Aid of North Carolina 5/6/26 5:30 pm