Board of Directors

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Board Chair

Julie Carroll

Senior Consultant, Davidson Group HR Solutions

Kareem Macon
Vice Board chair

Kareem Macon

Director, Divisional Planning, Portfolio Management & Delivery – Government Markets Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Board Member
BOARD treasurer

Mary Warren, MS

Retired Central Pines Area Aging Agency Director

governance chair

Veronica Root Martinez, JD

Professor of Law, Duke University

Bill Spreitzer
Development chair

Bill Spreitzer

Senior Partner, Excellerate Solutions

Dr. Clark
Board member

Dr. Leanne Clark Shirley

President & CEO, American Society on Aging  

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finance chair

Vonda Richey

Chief Finance Officer, Family Services of the Piedmont

adult day health chair

Dr. Yolanda M. VanRiel

Department Chair of Nursing at North Carolina Central University

Board Member

Dr. Liza Genao

Geriatric Medicine Specialist, Duke Health

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Board Member

Theresa J. McCarthy

Of Counsel, The Banks Law Firm, P.A.

Amanda Borer
board member

Amanda Borer

Associate Director, Charles House

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Board member

Cordie McIntrye

Learning Facilitator, Truist

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Board Member

Leslie Roseboro, MPA

Senior Vice President, LeadingAge of North Carolina

About Us

The Durham Center for Senior Life is a nonprofit organization and is designated by the State of North Carolina as a Center of Excellence.

Winter Hours

Monday – Wednesday – Friday
8:30am – 5:00pm
 
Tuesday – Thursday:
8:30am – 7:30pm 
 
Saturday & Sunday: 
Closed

Contact

Durham Center for Senior Life
406 Rigsbee Ave.
Suite 202
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: 919-688-8247
Fax: 919-683-3406

Calendar

Click HERE to view the 2025 Holiday Calendar, including holiday observances and planned center closures.

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Julie C. Roseland

Governance Chair

Julie spent 14 years establishing, growing, and managing the HR function in organizations that range from venture-capital backed startups in the high-tech industry to a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 manufacturer. She has direct experience in the medical device and diagnostics fields, the clinical trials/CRO industry, state government as well as the nonprofit sector. Julie specializes in strategic HR for small and mid-size firms, helping them ensure that their HR processes are compliant and aligned with the company’s strategy. Julie earned her B.A. from Appalachian State University and holds the Senior Certified Professional designation (SHRM-SCP) from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Julie fulfilled a lifelong goal to learn to snow-ski at 50. She is now an aspiring ski bum!

Kareem Macon

Kareem Macron

Board Member

Kareem Macon is Director of Divisional Planning and has worked with Blue Cross NC for over 20 years. He currently serves within the Government Markets division with a focus on Medicare, Medicaid and the Federal Employee Program. He earned his bachelors degree at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Kareem is a native of Durham County and has a passion for serving his community. When able to enjoy leisure time, he loves to spend time with family and friends, travel within the states and abroad and watch his favorite sports teams – UNC Tarheels and the NY Giants.

Dr. Yolanda M. VanRiel

Board Member

 Dr. Yolanda M. VanRiel is the department chair of Nursing at North Carolina Central University. She is also a part-time patient placement coordinator at First Health of the Carolinas-Moore Regional Hospital. She has 25 years of nursing experience and 20 years as a nurse educator. More recently, she was a tenured associate professor and MSN Nursing Education Concentration program coordinator at the UNC Greensboro in the Adult Health Nursing Department. She also taught in the Certified Nursing Assistant and Associate Degree Nursing Program at Richmond Community College.

Veronica Root Martinez, JD

Board Member

Veronica Root Martinez joined the Duke Law faculty in 2022 from Notre Dame Law School, where she was a professor of law, the Robert & Marion Short Scholar, and director of the Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion.  She holds a secondary (courtesy) appointment in the Fuqua School of Business in the Management and Organizations area. Outside of Duke, she is currently serving a four-year term on FINRA’s National Adjudicatory Council.  Martinez writes about and researches issues related to professional and organizational ethics, drawing on scholarship from the areas of ethics, compliance, corporate and securities law, workplace law, and equity and inclusion. She investigates the institutional mechanisms that organizations can utilize to (i) promote ethical norms within professional and organizational environments, (ii) improve long-term compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and (iii) encourage the development of diversity and inclusion norms. 

 

Prior to her teaching career, she was a clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and an attorney at Gibson Dunn in Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and Georgetown University. 

Bill Spreitzer

Development Chair

Bill Spreitzer has worked for over 26 years in corporate America in such functions as global supply chain, international business development, global account management, sales and marketing, and human resources. Bill has been a senior partner with Excellerate Solutions, a business coaching and corporate training practice, since August 2007. He focuses his coaching and training in the areas of leadership and team development, employee engagement, energy management for resilience, and career transition.

Bill holds a B.A. degree in business from Michigan State University and became a certified business coach through Resource Associates Corporation’s Coaching Academy in 2009. More recently, Bill graduated from North Carolina State University’s 10 month Business Coaching program in 2015.

In 2016, Bill joined Statarius, a growing leadership development practice in Raleigh, NC, as a senior coach and trainer.

Additionally, Bill co-founded Geek Leadership in 2015 with two PhD partners whose aim is to inspire technical professionals to collaborate, innovate and lead others to get “stuff” done.

Bill lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife Michelle and has two adult children, Krista and Bryan. His hobbies and interests include: reading, golfing, hiking, exercising, watching movies and sports, music, and traveling.

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Vonda Richey

Finance Committee Member

Bio forthcoming

Dr. Liza Genao

Board Member

Dr. Liza Genao is a geriatrician in Durham, NC and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Duke University Hospital, and Duke Regional Hospital and long-term care at The Forest at Duke. She received her medical degree from Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena and has been in practice 10 years. She also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. She is experienced in skilled nursing facilities and geriatrics/dementia.  

Amanda Borer

Amanda Borer

Secretary

Bio forthcoming