John Locke Foundation Board of Directors

Herb B. Berkowitz was a fixture in Washington media circles for 25 years — not as a journalist, but as a “PR man.” Described by Public Relations Quarterly as one of “the most eagerly sought — and brilliantly skilled — PR executives who ever lived,” Berkowitz served as the top communications executive at The Heritage Foundation from 1977 until 2002.

Berkowitz now serves as Managing Director of Proactive Solutions Public Relations, a firm founded by his daughter in 1999. The firm has offices in northern Virginia and Wilmington, N.C.

A graduate of George Washington University, Berkowitz has won numerous awards, including the Public Relations Society of America’s highest honor, the Silver Anvil Award, and PR News’ Gold Key Award. Public Relations Quarterly has named him one of the top 100 public relations “superstars” in America.

Bruce M. Babcock is president of Saybrook Capital, an investment-counseling firm in Winston-Salem. He has served as president of Saybrook since 1976, when the firm was based in New York City. The firm relocated to North Carolina in 1989. Babcock is also a former vice president of Smith Barney. A native of Winston-Salem, he received his B.A. from Yale University and, after four years in the U.S. Navy, his M.B.A. from Columbia. He has been a board member of the Woodberry Forest School, the N.C. Museum of Art Foundation, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, and the Board of Visitors at Wake Forest University.

Charlie Carter is resident in the Raleigh, N.C., office of Troutman Sanders LLP, where he focuses on regulatory and environmental matters before Federal, State, and local agencies, including air, water and waste matters. His practice includes permitting, compliance, and enforcement matters involving air, water, waste, brownfields, and related regulatory programs. National litigation matters include representing the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce in the CAA NOx SIP Call litigation and the West Virginia Manufacturers Association in the CAA Section 126 cases against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Prior to joining the Troutman Sanders law firm, Carter was in private practice in Washington, D.C. and Raleigh, and served in the EPA Office of General Counsel (OGC) from 1981-90 as Assistant General Counsel and Chief of the National Standards Branch of the Air Division, and as Associate Director for the EPA Office of Congressional Liaison. While at EPA, his responsibilities included PM and SO2 SIP implementation, hazardous air pollutants rulemakings and litigation, acid rain litigation and regulation, new source review, enforcement, and radiation matters. He also served as Congressional liaison for OGC and drafted substantial portions of the Bush Administration legislation enacted as the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, for which he received EPA’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service.

Carter currently serves as President and a member of the Board of Directors for the Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association, is an Associate of the Environmental Law Institute, and is active in the Air & Waste Management Association and the Environmental and Administrative Law sections of the American Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association, and serves as a member of the Council of the Environmental Section of the latter. He is admitted to practice in North Carolina and the District of Columbia, before the U.S. district courts and courts of appeals for both jurisdictions, and the United States Supreme Court, where he was on the U.S. Government brief in the landmark administrative law decision, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council.

Dr. James S. Fulghum III is a neurosurgeon with Spectrum Physical Medicine in Raleigh. Dr. Fulghum received his B.S. in Zoology from N.C. State University, his M.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill, and performed his residency at Duke University Medical Center. He is the author of several medical journal articles and is active in several medical societies and professional associations. He is a longtime supporter of the John Locke Foundation and has actively supported civic and political causes in North Carolina.

Charles F. Fuller is a South Carolina native who grew up in Wake County, North Carolina. Fuller graduated from North Carolina Wesleyan College with a degree in accounting. As Administrative Assistant to U. S. Representative Charles Taylor from 1993 until 1995, Fuller managed the five congressional district offices and ran the constituent services operation. Fuller later served as Deputy Chief of Staff for U. S. Senator Lauch Faircloth and ran his state operations.

Fuller managed then-State Representative (now U. S. Representative) Robin Hayes' 1995-96 campaign for governor. He administered a 40-employee staff, a large grassroots organization, and a $10 million budget. In 1997-98, Fuller managed the similarly sized re-election campaign of Senator Faircloth.

He also served as the Chief of Staff to Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell and as a Vice President for Citizens for a Sound Economy. As second in command to Bizzell, Fuller managed the business operations of the 150-employee department with a focus on public relations and pursuing cost efficiencies. Fuller remains a Senior Advisor to the Sheriff. Beginning in 1999, Fuller first managed Citizens for a Sound Economy’s North Carolina chapter building the group from scratch to over 25,000 members, later serving as the national Vice President of Public Affairs.

In 1998 Fuller started his consulting business, The Results Company, where he continues to operate as its President today. The Results Company specializes in offering strategic advice to companies and individuals in management, government-related matters, and organization.

The Triangle Business Journal selected Fuller as one of 19 people who made a strong impact during 1999 - - "a spectacular year for Triangle business."

Fuller has extensive experience in working with nonprofit organizations including political and public policy nonprofits – previously serving on the Board of Directors of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Business Steering Committee for Futures for Kids, the Fred Smith Charitable Foundation, and the Eblen Foundation. Also, Fuller has served as an adviser or Board member to the following public policy groups: the Center for Citizenship Enterprise and Government, Protect Health Care Now. Fuller currently serves on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Property Rights Coalition.

William T. Graham is an attorney with Patton Boggs L.L.P. in Raleigh. From 1987 to 1995, he served as North Carolina Commissioner of Banks. He formerly practiced law in Winston-Salem, was a Superior Court Judge, and served as Assistant General Counsel in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Graham has been involved in political campaigns, as well as, serving as chairman of North Carolina’s Bush/Quayle campaign in 1988. He received his A.B. in economics from Duke University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia. He is a native of Waynesboro, Virginia.

Robert L. Luddy is president and CEO of Captive-Aire Systems, Inc., a commercial kitchen ventilation manufacturer based near Raleigh. He founded his first company, a fiberglass manufacturing firm, while still in college at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, from which he received a B.S. in financial management. His past civic and political involvement includes serving as chairman of Gov. Jim Hunt’s N.C. Entrepreneurial Development Board, chairman of the N.C. Child Advocacy Council, and head of government efficiency commissions for the City of Raleigh, Wake County, and the State of North Carolina.

Dr. Assad Meymandi is a psychiatrist in private practice in Raleigh and the former chief of staff and board member of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. He has long been active in the American Group Psychotherapy Association, the Southern Medical Association, and the North Carolina Medical Society, for which he served as chairman of the psychiatry and neurology section. He has been a radio commentator on health issues, a founder and associate editor of North Carolina Journal of Mental Health, a newspaper columnist, and a board member of several local arts organizations. Meymandi is a native of Kerman, Iran and a graduate of Arizona State University and the George Washington University School of Medicine.

Baker A. Mitchell, Jr. is an independent business consultant residing in Wilmington, N.C. Before entering the consulting business, Mitchell was Founder, President, and Owner of Community Health Computing, Inc. in Houston, TX. Before founding his own company, Mr. Mitchell was Chief of the Bioengineering Section at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He has also taught at the University of Arizona, the University of Texas, Baylor College of Medicine, and the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Mr. Mitchell has published widely in the field of biomathematics. He is also the holder of two patents. He is the sole inventor of a patent for a computer file system for patient medical data and the co-inventor for a no-tangle decorative lighting set for Christmas trees.

Carl Mumpower is a psychologist practicing in Asheville, North Carolina. He was recently reelected to a second term on Asheville's City Council. Dr. Mumpower holds graduate degrees in education, social work, and psychology, and has practiced in Asheville for the past 25 years. He is married with 2 children and 2 grandchildren.

J. Arthur Pope is senior vice president, secretary, treasurer, and a member of the board of directors at Variety Wholesalers Inc., which operates retail stores across the South. He is a former representative in the N.C. House, where he served as Joint Caucus Leader, and was the GOP nominee for lieutenant governor in 1992. He has served as special counsel to Gov. James Martin, on the state’s Economic Futures Study Commission and State Goals and Policies Board, and on the boards of the Institute for Humane Studies, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, and N.C. Taxpayers United. Pope, a Raleigh native, is a graduate of UNC- Chapel Hill and the Duke University School of Law.

Tula Carter Robbins is chairman of the board and secretary for Acroprint Time Recorder Co. and a member of the board of directors of A.B. Carter Inc., both family businesses. She has served on the board of directors of the North Carolina Art Society and on the board of visitors of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation at the University of North Carolina. She has attended UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. State University in Raleigh, and the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Robbins is a resident of Raleigh.

Thomas H. Roberg received his bachelor's degree in marketing and management from the University of Illinois in 1957. After graduation, he commenced what turned out to be a lifetime career in information technology with IBM. He spent his early career with Honeywell (1961), Litton Industries (1965), and Ticketron, Inc. (1970).

In 1974, Roberg joined Informatics, Inc., later to become Global Software Inc., where he served as minority owner and senior vice president until 1999. He now serves on Boards of Directors, Advisory Boards and in consulting positions for several companies as an "angel investor" helping them focus on marketing and sales, product pricing and distribution, company valuation, and strategic partnerships.

David M. Stover is the former executive vice president of Maupin Travel in Raleigh. He was formerly director of marketing for York Construction Company, an assistant secretary at the North Carolina Department of Commerce, marketing research manager at Northern Telecom, a corporate public affairs officer at R.J. Reynolds Industries, and a senior marketing representative at Xerox Corporation. Stover received his B.S. in business administration from the University of Richmond and his M.B.A. from the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University.

Robert L. Stowe, III is Chairman of R.L. Stowe Mills Inc., an industry leader in the manufacture of a wide variety of yarn products, with headquarters in Belmont, North Carolina. Mr. Stowe is also president of the Robert Lee Stowe, Jr. Foundation. He is a past or present member of the Board of Directors and Trustees of Belmont Abbey College, the Mint Museum of Art, the Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, the Gaston County YMCA, the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, the Gaston County United Way, the North Carolina Textile Foundation, the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, the American Yarn Spinners Association, and Covenant Village.

Andy Wells is a principal in Prism Development, LLC in Hickory. The company develops, owns, and brokers a variety of real estate projects including apartments, office buildings, and restaurants. Wells is or has been active with the Boy Scouts of America, the Catawba Valley YMCA, and the Republican Party, where he served as 10th district chairman and is past Chairman of the NC Parks Commission. Wells received B.S. degrees in engineering science as well as furniture manufacturing and management from N.C. State University.