Mac Sims, EGN President

President since inception in 1997, Sims has experience working as a consultant/developer for community development corporations in Wilmington, NC and Washington, NC, regarding single-family housing development and construction, as well as tax credit experience for multi-family housing developments. Prior to EGN, Sims worked for Weaver Cooke Construction Company, LLC, serving in a variety of roles that included: commercial and residential real estate development, commercial and multi-family real estate management, business development manager and marketing manager for construction. He serves on a number of local advisory boards and boards of directors including Salvation Army, the YMCA, and Wellspring Retirement Community. He is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University.

Phil Barnhill, Executive Vice President

Barnhill joined EGN in 2008. He has over 10 years of finance/banking industry experience - consumer and commercial lending (including residential construction), retail branch management, credit analysis training, mortgage lending and CRA (Community Reinvestment Act) outreach responsibilities. His primary EGN duties include management of daily agency operations, economic development activities and entrepreneurship programming. Barnhill is a graduate of Wake Forest University.