Organizers

Meet the highly respected and successful business and community leaders that make up the team of organizers of The Gate City’s Community Bank (proposed):

  • Dr. Constance Ledoux BookConstance Ledoux Book, Ph.D.

    • Associate Dean (since 2000) and Professor of Communications (since1999), Elon University, Elon, NC

  • Jerome I. Davis, M.D. Jerome I. Davis, M.D.

    • Physician; President and Medical Director, PromptMed P.A. (medical services), and Medical Director, Battleground Urgent Care (medical services), Greensboro, NC (since 1996)

  • W. Samuel Funchess Samuel W. Funchess

    • President and Chief Executive Officer, Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship (business incubator), Greensboro, NC (since 2006); Member/Manager, Fun Technologies LLC (compact and digital versatile disc manufacturer) (since 2001); Member/Manager, Rule Radio LLC (internet radio and digital distribution) (since 2004); previously, Assistant Vice President – Commercial Lending, SouthTrust Bank (2000 to 2003)

  • Doris I. Kiser Doris I. Kiser

    • Retired; personal investments and real estate management

  • Moses Kiser, Jr. Moses Kiser, Jr.

    • Retired; personal investments; previously, Vice President – Sales and Marketing, Boren Clay Products Company (masonry products manufacturer) (1984 to 1998)

  • Moses Kiser III Moses Kiser III

    • Personal investments; previously, President, AuraTech, Inc. (laboratory equipment distributor) (1984 to 2004)

  • Dr. Thomas A. Monaghan Thomas A. Monaghan, D.C.

    • Chiropractic physician (since 1984); Owner and President; PromptMed Management Co. (urgent care center management), Greensboro NC (since1997)

  • Richard W. Puschinsky, M.D. Richard W. Puschinsky, M.D.

    • Urologist; Owner and President, Medical Center Urology, High Point, NC (since 1995)

  • Julius Rankin, Jr. Julius A. Rankin, Jr.

    • Owner and President, Rankin Grading, Inc. (grading and excavation contractor), Greensboro, NC (since 1972)

  • Jerry L. Shelton Jerry L. Shelton

    • US Postal Service (since 1985); General Contractor (commercial and residential) ( since 1991) and real estate broker (since 1992)

  • Thomas E. Smith Thomas E. Smith

    • Bank’s proposed President & CEO; previously, Vice President and Commercial Relationship Manager, Capital Bank, Greensboro, NC (2003-2007), and Senior Vice President and Retail Banking Manager, Carolina Bank, Greensboro, NC (1995-2003)