BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OUR SCHOOLRaleigh Oak Charter School is governed by its own Board of Directors (BOD) composed of highly-qualified members dedicated to the mission of the school. The BOD is the exclusive governing body of the charter school and is responsible for ensuring student and organizational success. The BOD delegates authority to the Executive Team for all aspects of school operations and management.
Board Meetings
The Board of Directors meets the first Wednesday of the month at 6:00 pm as per their bylaws. The August 2022 meeting will be held virtually, but starting with the September 2022 meeting, all meetings will be held at the school. Non-Board Members (parents of students, teachers, etc.) are welcome to attend the meeting and listen. Each meeting’s agenda can be accessed via the Upcoming Meeting Agenda link under Quick Links above. Please note that on the off chance that a meeting needs to be held virtually after the August 2022 meeting, an announcement will be made following NC Open Meeting Law and members of the public will be able to join via this link or dial-in: (US) +1 650-489-1598 | PIN: 890272540
Subcommittee Meetings
A Finance Committee meeting occurs the first Wednesday of each month from 12:00-1:00 pm. Join here or by phone: (US) +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 425 642 197 6520#
The Facilities Committee is an ad-hoc meeting that will occur as necessary. Announcements about these meetings will be made following NC Open Meeting Law requirements.
MEET OUR BOARD MEMBERS
JEREMY ALTFEDER
Chair
Jeremy comes to the Board of Raleigh Oak as the proud father of current 5th and 2nd graders at ROCS. Jeremy is a Financial Advisor with CAPTRUST Financial Advisors and brings over 15 years of financial experience into his role as Treasurer. Atlanta native born-and-raised, Jeremy earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia. Jeremy holds his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation and specializes working with high net worth individuals, business owners, executives and multi-generational trusts. In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys spending time outdoors with his family, seeing live music and traveling. Jeremy is honored to be serving on the Board of ROCS and is excited to provide financial oversight in the complicated Charter School landscape.
ROXANNE BELLAMY
Vice Chair
Roxanne is a mother and wife for her two favorite people in the universe. She came to ROCS after watching her child’s rough transition to traditional kindergarten after two transformative years at a Waldorf-inspired preschool. Roxanne holds an M.Phil. from Cambridge University in England and a B.A. in English from UNC-Chapel Hill, but she is most proud of her son’s home birth, 4 years of breastfeeding, 10 years of marriage, and nearly 20 marathons.
ALICIA WHITNEY
Secretary
Alicia works in Compliance and Operational Risk Management at Bank of America. She earned her MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Alicia is the mother of two young children. She had incredibly nurturing elementary school teacher for a mom and has gained international development experience that allowed her to witness the life-changing power of education first-hand. With this foundation, a passion for equity in education has been an undercurrent of her volunteer work. She believes that every child deserves the same access to high quality educational opportunities like the one Raleigh Oak Charter School provide.
TIFFANY IRONS
Facilities Committee Chair
Tiffany joined the board of directors in March of 2021 after being a member of the ROCS community since August of 2018. She is a mother to three boys. Tiffany earned her BS in Business Finance at NCSU where she was an active participant in NCSU performing arts as a member of the dance company. Later, Tiffany went on to study nursing at Watts School of Nursing becoming a registered nurse and serving in post-op and trauma acute care at Duke University Hospital. Tiffany is currently a full time Mom to her three sons and sounding board for her husband who works in Biotech. Having been afforded the opportunity to study dance in public school in her childhood, she recognizes how important arts education is to academic success. Tiffany is thankful to be able to support access to the arts and the wonders of Waldorf education at ROCS.
ROMARIC DAUTUN
Treasurer
Romaric comes to ROCS as a North Carolina State alumni, born and raised in the Champagne region of France, and currently residing on a small farm in Pittsboro. Romarics’ household consists of a superhero wife, one ROCS daughter, two soon to be ROCS daughters (twins!), a new baby boy, a huge Great Pyrenees, two cats, three pigs, four ducks, and 30+ chickens. After a successful career on Wall Street, Romaric and his family relocated to North Carolina and currently works with CAPTRUST as an Investment Manager overseeing the Trading Desk for the firm. Romaric is the current holder of a Series 7 FINRA license and brings 15 years of financial experience to the ROCS family. Romaric and his wife Charity are makers in their spare time and love to create new things while involving their children in all sorts of manual and outdoor projects.
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Get In Touch
Location: 9400 Forum Dr, Raleigh, NC 27615
Telephone: (919) 424-7626
Email: info@raleighoakcharter.org
School Hours: M-F: 8am - 4pm