MDC
Merald H. currently serves as a Program Manager at MDC since September 2021 and as the Founder and CEO of NC 100 since May 2018, where Merald is also the interim Executive Director. Prior experience includes acting as a Regional Expansion Partner for Community Purchasing Alliance from May 2018 to September 2021, and holding dual roles at Self-Help Credit Union from March 2009 to April 2018, including Director of Supplier Diversity and Credit Union Remote Services, as well as Director of Administrative Services. Merald H. began the professional career at Blockbuster as a Corporate Sales Trainer and Manager from January 1998 to August 2008. Education includes a Bachelor’s Degree in American Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1993-1997) and a Master of Arts in Communication and Media Studies from the University of Phoenix (2011-2013).
MDC
MDC is a nonprofit founded in 1967 and based in Durham, N.C., that equips Southern leaders, institutions, and communities to improve economic mobility and advance equity. We bring together foundations, nonprofits, and leaders from government, business, and the grassroots to illuminate data that highlight deeply rooted Southern challenges and help them find systemic, community solutions. Our approach uses research, consensus-building, and programs that connect education, employment, and economic security to help communities foster prosperity by creating an “infrastructure of opportunity”—the aligned systems and supports that can boost everyone, particularly those who’ve been left behind, to higher rungs on the economic ladder. Since 1996, MDC’s landmark State of the South reports have shaped the economic agenda of the region, shining a spotlight on historic trends, deep-rooted inequities, and solutions that offer rural and urban communities a path forward. MDC is supported by grants and contracts from foundations, governments, and the private sector. Learn more at www.mdcinc.org.