Board of Directors




North State Bank Board of Directors

Seated left to right: Leigh Ann Rotz, Jim Branch, Fred Smith, Burley Mitchell, and Leslie Bristow.

Standing left to right: Jule Smith, Forrest Ball, Hal Perry, Larry Barbour, Reid Smith, and Charles Francis.

Forrest H. Ball

President
Hartwell Realty, Inc.
Garner, NC

Larry D. Barbour

President and CEO
North State Bancorp
and North State Bank
Raleigh, NC

James C. Branch

Personal Investments
Retired
Raleigh, NC

Leslie Bristow

Co-Owner  
Bristow Landscaping, LLC 
Wake Forest, NC 

Charles T. Francis

Attorney and Managing Member
The Francis Law Firm, PLLC
Raleigh, NC

The Honorable Burley B. Mitchell, Jr.

Retired Chief Justice
North Carolina Supreme Court
Raleigh, NC

W. Harold (Hal) Perry

Vice Chairman of the Board
North State Bancorp
Chief Executive Officer
Real Estate Marketing & Consulting, Inc.
Raleigh, NC

Leigh Ann P. Rotz

Executive Vice President of Operations
Real Estate Marketing & Consulting, Inc.
Raleigh, NC

Fred J. Smith, Jr.

Chairman of the Board
North State Bancorp
Chief Executive Officer
Fred Smith Company
Clayton, NC

Fred J. “Jule” Smith III

Chief Executive Officer
Construction Partners, Inc.
Raleigh, NC

Reid M. Smith

Founder and CEO
RiverWild
Clayton, NC