Our Staff

Larry C. Colbourne
President

Before joining Mebane Foundation, Mr. Colbourne was Vice President of Development for Winston-Salem Industries for the blind. He had spent 12 years with Wachovia Bank in its Retail Banking and Loan & Credit Marketing Department. He is a member of the Mocksville Rotary, past president of the Winston-Salem Twin City Host Lions Club and a board member for the Davie Family YMCA. He is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Winston-Salem. He received a B.A. from Wake Forest University in 1990 and was a three-year letterman on the Demon Deacon baseball team.

"Even while I was working in the corporate world, I always aspired to help others. When the opportunity presented itself to join Mebane Foundation and I interviewed with Mr. Mebane, it was obvious that he had amazing vision and a great mission to help educate our children in the very best way possible. I share his vision, and I’m committed to ensuring the important works of this Foundation make a positive impact, not only in Davie County, but in North Carolina and beyond."

Judy Averitte
Assistant Secretary of the Foundation Board and Office Administrator

"My 40-year association with Allen Mebane provided many valuable lessons, some through experience and some from observation. Two of the most recent and perhaps the most consequential: the importance of giving back to others from that with which one has been blessed; and the fact that age should never be used as an excuse to rest on your laurels – find something you are passionate about and work to effect change."