A renowned soprano, Peacock has performed across the country and in such countries as Canada, England, Indonesia, and Russia. She has served as president of the Chapel Hill Music Teachers Association and on the boards of the North Carolina Symphony, Opera Company of North Carolina, and Early Music America. She served on the Presser Hall Leadership Committee,…

Peattie earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Harvard University in 1980, followed by an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1996. She founded Valeo Medical, Inc., and Pleiades Advisors. She served as founding scientist for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and was a founding member of the asset management division at MPM Capital, helping to raise the initial $230 million BioVentures I private equity fund.…

Persinger attended graduate school at Bryn Mawr, moved to Auburn University in Alabama to teach philosophy, and then moved to New York with her husband. By then, World War II had started, and she joined the national board of the YWCA. She helped organize an international committee against discrimination in the war effort and went on to battle Goliaths such as Senator McCarthy and his House Un-American Activities Committee,…

Phillips and Vanessa von Bismarck created Bismarck Phillips Communications and Media (BPCM) in 1999 to serve the luxury goods, fashion, beauty, and hospitality industries. The agency, which has offices in New York, Los Angeles, and London, focuses its efforts on public relations, marketing, and strategic consulting. Clients include Fendi, Chanel, Carolina Herrara, Starwood Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts,…

Polan studied at the Tyler School of Art, Corcoran College of Art and Design, and École du Louvre. A noted instructor of contemporary American portraiture, she painted the official portraits of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and former West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton, among others. She was chair and founder of Faces of the Fallen, an exhibition of 1,323 portraits by 230 American artists that honored American servicemen and -women who died in Afghanistan and Iraq between October 10,…

Potter is a globe-trotting attorney who works with a wide variety of clients, from major multinational corporations to migrant agricultural guestworkers. After graduating magna cum laude from Hollins, Potter received her law degree at Georgetown University. She was then awarded the prestigious Skadden Fellowship, a program described as the “legal Peace Corps,” which allowed her to represent migrant farmworkers in federal employment litigation.…

Potterfield is a judge on the Iowa Court of Appeals. She was appointed to the court in 2008 as a replacement and was retained in 2010. Her current six-year term ends in 2017. She received a J.D. from George Washington University Law School. Before joining the bench, Potterfield worked as an attorney in private practice, served as a public defender for Linn County,…

Margaret Pritchard is a senior curator at Colonial Williamsburg. Pritchard grew up in Newport News and graduated from Hampton Roads Academy (HRA) in 1972. She attended Hollins College where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in studio and art history. After graduation she moved to Wilmington, Delaware, to work with the textile curator at the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.…