Mount Olive native Bob Kornegay has been named a member-at-large on the North Carolina Community Foundation Board of Directors.
During a recent meeting of the board, Kornegay, who is the manager of member services at Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation, was named to the board along with Caryn McNeill.
Kornegay is also the co-owner, secretary and treasurer of Kornegay Brothers Inc., a hog farming operation in partnership with Murphy Family Farms, and he serves as a board member and former president of the Duplin County Community Foundation, an NCCF affiliate.
He is currently the chairman of the Wayne County Development Alliance and vice chair of the University of Mount Olive Board of Trustees. A past president of the North Carolina Plant Food Association, Kornegay has previously served on boards for the Duplin County Board of Commissioners, James Sprunt Community College Board of Trustees, North Carolina Global TransPark Commission, Duplin County Education Foundation, and Duplin County Partnership for Children (Smart Start).
Kornegay holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on management and organizational development from the University of Mount Olive as well as an associate’s degree from N.C. State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Agricultural Institute.