I learned a lot from my late journalism professor Chuck Stone.

As the newest Armstrong McGuire Senior Advisor I have been thinking about the most important message to carry with me as I step away from 26 years of soliciting donations to now advising nonprofits.

I have a confession to make. I don’t like soccer. At all. Never have. I guess it’s not so much that I don’t like it as I’ve just never gotten into it. Never followed it.

Over the last week I have made several major gift calls with this newly retired UNC physician whose former patients, residents, medical students and colleagues as well as his fellow churchgoers and many community friends mean that he is

We will soon be hosting a high school graduation party at our home for my oldest child. UNC Chapel Hill, here comes my son Robert!

In North Carolina many of us will head to the beach to celebrate Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial launch of summer.

This Sunday, we Americans will celebrate Mother’s Day. We might bring the mothers in our lives flowers, or take them to brunch or dinner to let them know how much we appreciate them. May I suggest another idea?

Did your mother ever tell you that you should listen before you speak? That you have two ears and one mouth for a reason?

I have never actually played the lottery, but I have daydreamed a time or two about what I would do if I won it. Admit it, you’ve done that too!