The Wor-Wic Community College Foundation recently welcomed Allen C. Brown Sr. and Thelma Orr of Salisbury and Matt Powell of Berlin to its board of directors.
Brown retired as assistant superintendent for student services at Wicomico County Public Schools. He is a member of the Wicomico County Board of Education, the Wicomico County Recreation Commission and the Wicomico County Personnel Board. He previously served on the college’s Local Advisory Council and the Salvation Army Advisory Board. Brown is a current member of the board of directors at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, the Hazel Farm Property Foundation, the Donnie Williams Foundation and the Chesapeake Housing Mission, in addition to many other volunteer positions. He is past president of the Rotary Club of Salisbury and the Pine Bluff Village Advisory Board. He received a bachelor’s degree from Bowie State University and a master’s degree from the former Salisbury State College, now Salisbury University.
Orr retired as the Somerset County director of Go-Getters in Princess Anne. A member of St. James AME Zion Church in Salisbury, she has been president of the St. James AME Zion Missionaries for 10 years and is a mentor for the Wicomico County Board of Education. Orr is former president of the Mental Health Association of the Lower Shore. She currently serves on Wor-Wic’s “Preparing for a Stronger Tomorrow” campaign committee. Orr earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Powell is a commercial banker with Bank of America in Salisbury and serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore, Salisbury-Wicomico Economic Development and the Greater Salisbury Committee. He is a member of Atlantic United Methodist Church in Ocean City. Powell received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and his master’s in business administration from Salisbury University.
