Catawba College elects members to board of trustees
Published 12:00 am Thursday, September 19, 2019
SALISBURY — Catawba College has four new members on its board of trustees, according to board Chairman Bill Graham.
They are Lee Syria of Newton; Bart Edge of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and Ocean Isle Beach; Pamela Huffman Falls of Herndon, Virginia; and Raymond Daniels of Lexington, Kentucky.
The board is composed of both Catawba College alumni and non-alumni members who represent a variety of professional and personal backgrounds, bring diverse viewpoints, and come from a range of geographic regions, Graham said.
Trustees are involved in a presidential search and the Mind Body Soul Campaign for Growth, a $38.2 million effort to raise money for college needs.
Syria is president and CEO of United Church Homes and Services, a Christian ministry founded through the United Church of Christ with an office in Newton. The ministry is a recognized as an industry leader among nonprofit senior living communities with 11 locations serving more than 2,000 older adults in North Carolina and Virginia.
Syria is a 1997 graduate of Appalachian State University with a degree in health care management and a 2003 graduate of Gardner-Webb University with a master of business administration degree.
Edge is a 1981 graduate of Catawba with a degree in business administration. He earned an MBA in 1990 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a senior executive with more than 38 years of leadership experience. He is president of IronPoint Financial, a corporate payments processing company.
Falls is a 1995 graduate of Catawba with a degree in biology. She is senior director of business development and strategy for Northrop Grumman Corp. She is active at Catawba as president of the alumni board of directors.
Daniels is a 1991 graduate of Catawba with a degree in business administration. While at Catawba, Daniels played football with current football coach Curtis Walker. Daniels is CEO of Lexidan Foods, which owns and operates 15 Waffle House restaurants in the Lexington, Kentucky, area. He also is a member of the local school board.
