Understanding Corporation

Understanding Corporation Board of Directors

Lew G. Brown, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-founder

Lew G. Brown is Associate Professor of Marketing in the Department of Business Administration, Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He holds a BA in Political Science, a Masters of Public Administration, a Masters of Business Administration, and a Ph.D. in Marketing, all from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Brown teaches and consults in the areas of marketing management and strategic marketing, and he conducts research on the subject of convenience as a strategic and tactical marketing variable. Students and colleagues have recognized his outstanding teaching by awarding him UNCG's Alumni Teaching Excellence Award and the Bryan School's Outstanding Faculty Award. He has also served as the Bryan School's Director of Undergraduate Programs. Dr. Brown co-founded UC's predecessor (READ) in 2003.

Dr. Brown is a member of the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) and served as its president for 2001-02. He has published seven cases in the association's Case Research Journal and has twice won the prestigious Curtis E. Tate, Jr., Award for the Outstanding Case presented at NACRA's annual meetings. Dr. Brown serves on the Editorial Review Board for the Case Research Journal, and received the Journal's Outstanding Reviewer Award for 1999. He became editor of the Case Research Journal in May 2005 for a three-year term. He also writes the company cases for Philip Kotler and Gary Armstrong's Principles of Marketing textbooks. His cases have appeared in numerous textbooks and electronic case databases; and in January 2000, he and Dr. David Rosenthal authored Cases in Strategic Marketing, a textbook published by Prentice Hall. [UV 891]

I. Lee Chapman, III
Director

Mr. Chapman currently serves as the Chairman and CEO of the Centaur Group, LLC and holds Managing Member status in several consulting, service, and venture capital businesses. He holds a BA in English from The Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, and Masters of Business Administration from the Graduate Business School of the University of Virginia (The Darden School).

Mr. Chapman served our country as a US Army armor officer in Viet Nam and was awarded several medals, including the Bronze Star Medal, for service in combat.

After earning his MBA degree, Mr. Chapman held high-level positions in the Virginia business community. He is a former President and CEO of Blue Cross of Virginia and was a Senior Lending Officer and Executive VP of Central Fidelity Bank in Richmond, Virginia. After successful careers in banking and insurance, Mr. Chapman owned and operated several businesses prior to his current business activities.

Mr. Chapman has been a community and alumni leader throughout his career. He is a Chairman Emeritus of The Greater Richmond YMCA, after many years of senior leadership in that organization. He has held leadership roles in The United Way and The Boys Scouts of America. He has also served as a Director of the VMI Foundations, Inc.,
and has served on many other boards of both private and public organizations. [UV 970]

Greg Everett
Director

Greg Everett is President of The Local Newspaper, Inc. and former owner of WFXB FOX 43 serving the Myrtle Beach and surrounding North and South Carolina area. The Local Newspaper, Inc. operates a heavily trafficked domain portfolio of more than 35,000 names.

He serves as President of Blue Brands, Inc., a company operating the Myrtle Beach Herald and the Myrtle Beach Area Business Journal. He is also President of Herald Hosting, Inc., a web hosting and design company. He serves as Vice President of Triple "E" Apartment Management (TEAM) managing multiple apartment properties in Durham, Fayetteville and Wilmington, North Carolina.

Mr. Everett is an active board member of several charities in the Myrtle Beach area including the Horry-Georgetown Technical College Foundation, the Horry County Division of the March of Dimes and the American Heart Association's Waccamaw Division. He is Treasurer of the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate of the American Heart Association (NC, SC, VA, MD and DC) and serves on the Executive Board of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke Law School. He hosts a daily TV talk show “Carolina People” focusing on subjects of regional interest.

Mr. Everett received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University. [UV 991]

Stephen A. Sasser
Director

Steve Sasser is a business executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience and accomplishment in the Software and Human Capital Management industries.

Mr. Sasser has enjoyed a successful career in both the operational and strategic management of 5 software and service companies. In addition, he has served as a Director of 4 other software companies focusing on on-demand Software as a Service, packaged software and professional services business models. He is an acknowledged expert in the growing field of improving Human Capital Management with technology.

Most recently, he served as CEO and President of Peoplelick, Inc. and held the same leadership positions at Frontstep (formerly SYMIX). Prior to these assignments, he held senior management positions with Trilogy Development Corp., Goal Systems/LEGENT and UCCEL Corp. (now part of Computer Associates).

Mr. Sasser earned both his BBA and MBA degrees from Southern Methodist University. [UV 961]