Joan Woodard serves as a member of the Investment Committee and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).  Among her primary responsibilities  is the design and implementation of 401(k), pension and profit sharing plans, maintaining the portfolio management system and software, and general counsel on tax issues.  Born in 1957, Mrs. Woodard graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She worked in public accounting at Bailey, Self & Harris until 1984, and was the Controller of Douglas Battery Manufacturing until 1994, when she joined Woodard & Company Asset Management Group, Inc.