Community Leaders Join HPU’s Board of Ambassadors
The High Point University Board of Trustees has appointed three new members to its Board of Ambassadors. From left are Aaron N. Clinard, Jackie M. King and David L “Dusty” Maynard.
HIGH POINT, N.C., Oct. 18, 2023 – The High Point University Board of Trustees has appointed three new members to its Board of Ambassadors. Among the new members are distinguished Triad community leaders, attorneys and business owners.
“High Point University is blessed to have the support and advocacy of all our extraordinary Board of Ambassadors members,” said HPU President Nido Qubein. “I am delighted to have these new members bring their voices and experiences to the board as HPU prepares students to achieve greatness.”
Previously known as the Board of Visitors, this impressive group of people serves as ambassadors for HPU within their communities and helps advance the university through their participation in activities related to student support, advocacy, community engagement and fundraising. The newly appointed members are as follows:
Aaron N. Clinard, the owner of Clinard Consulting and a Legal Shield group sales associate, has served the High Point community in many capacities. He held the highest rankings for an attorney while practicing law for more than 40 years. His corporate client base included many furniture companies that participated in the High Point Market and represented nearly 15 different countries.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University School of Law, Clinard has served in the past on the HPU Board of Visitors and is an honorary alumnus of HPU. He has received many awards, including the Chamber of Commerce’s Businessman of the Year and the North Carolina State Bar’s Centennial Award for Outstanding Community Service. His most outstanding service to the community involved more than 15 years of leadership, laying the groundwork and building momentum in the role of recreating the downtown/uptowne area in High Point.
Jackie M. King, a former McDonald’s franchise owner, was born in northwest Indiana and graduated from Purdue University. She became a McDonald’s owner-operator at age 27 and went on to own eight restaurants in the High Point area alongside her late husband, Herschel King.
Over the past 25 years, the Kings focused their charitable giving toward children in High Point. She sold the restaurants in September 2021 and now enjoys spending time with her daughter, Alexis. A member of Wesley Memorial Church, King rows competitively in national regattas and enjoys golfing and snowboarding.
David L. “Dusty” Maynard was born in Belmont, North Carolina, and moved to High Point in 1966 upon his marriage to the former Katherine “Kay” Kearns. They have two children.
Maynard graduated from Duke University and Duke University Law School. He is past president of the High Point Bar Association and the N.C. State Bar 18th Judicial District. He practiced law with the firm of Robinson, Haworth and Reese in High Point for 50 years until he retired in 2009.
He is a former member of the Trinity Board of Visitors of Duke University, a member of the B.N. Duke Scholarship Advisory Committee and the Duke Alumni Board.
The Maynard family supported several projects at HPU, including the Maynard Pool at the Slane Student Center and the hydrotherapy area at the Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena.
Maynard is past president of the Family Service of the Piedmont board. He served on the boards of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church and chaired the finance committee. He also served on the boards of the A. Pat and Kathryn Brown Foundation and the Burroughs and Chapin Company of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.