Wanda Burns-Ramsey

President

Wanda Burns-Ramsey is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Indian Tribe of North Carolina. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. After graduation, Wanda began her career in Raleigh with the NC Commission of Indian Affairs. She served in a variety of positions for 13 years including individual and Tribal economic development. She left the Commission to start her own small business. She is the president and CEO of Ramsey Realtors Team, Inc. of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston, a successful Real Estate Company. Wanda has continued to work as a volunteer on behalf of Indians in NC. She served as a founding member and president of the NC Indian Resources Association, founding member and president of Wake County Indian Education, founding member and President of the NC Indian Economic Development Initiative, an appointee to the National Indian Business Association, a member of the Lumbee Tribal Council and most recently the NC Commission of Indian Affairs. Wanda has been a member Triangle Native American Society since it's conception. She is married to Calvin Ramsey, mother of two daughters, Brooke Bird and Jordan Ramsey and the proud grandmother to four children. Wanda can be reached at 919-868-8495 or ramseyrealtors@ramseyrealtors.com 


Ryan Dial Stanley

Vice President


Mary Oxendine

Treasurer

Mary Oxendine is a member of the Lumbee Tribe and Tuscarora Tribe of North Carolina, and grew up on the contemporary lands of the Lumbee Tribe in Robeson County, NC. Mary moved to Durham, NC in 2001 to finish high school at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and has called the Triangle home ever since. Mary graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and from Meredith College with a Master of Science in Nutrition. Mary is the inaugural Durham County Food Security Coordinator and is also part of the inaugural Rematriating Economies Apprenticeship cohort.


Brandi Jacobs

Secretary

Brandi Jacobs is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe. She attended UNC Pembroke for undergraduate and UNC Chapel Hill for graduate school. She is currently employed as a School Counselor with Wake County Public Schools. She currently serves on the State Advisory Council on Indian Education. Brandi lives in Raleigh.


Board Members

Danny Bell is Lumbee and Coharie.  He attended East Carolina Indian School and East Carolina College.  Danny then served for 31 years combined in the US Army and the 440th Army Band, NCARNG.  He worked for the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs for 14 years, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 27 years, where he maintained a focus on American Indian students, American Indian & Indigenous Studies, and engagement between UNC and N.C. Tribes and communities.  Danny served 8 years as a member of the NC State Advisory Council on Indian Education and served on the NC Archaeological Society.

Gwen Locklear is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Pembroke and currently serves as the Coordinator of the Wake County Indian Education Program. She served as a member of the State Advisory Council on Indian Education. She is a storyteller and has demonstrated her craft at the American Indian Heritage Celebration at the N.C. Museum of History. Gwen lives in Garner.

Zianne Richardson