Our Team

Paul and Melonie (wife of 46 years) have 4 children, 2 daughters-in-law and 7 grandchildren. As a Roundtable member of the class of 2015, Paul continues to be focused on “raising the bar” in every area of life and helping other men do the same.

Paul and Melonie attend Calvary Church of Charlotte, North Carolina and are involved in several outreach ministries including SIM International, Sports Friends International and Hope for India.

Personal interests are growing in the faith, loving on his wife and family, supporting family business endeavors, investments, music, lake activities, his dog “Sven” and numerous outdoor activities.

In 2006, Paul founded Consortium Structured Investments, a boutique investment firm located in Charlotte, North Carolina and focused on tax equity investments for Corporations. Consortium has represented both investors and developers in structuring tax equity investments utilizing federal and state Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits, New Markets Tax Credits, and Low-Income Housing State and Federal Tax Credits.

Prior to Consortium, Paul spent 30 years with Wachovia Bank/First Union and predecessor banking organizations in Real Estate Trust, Investment Banking and Capital Markets.

Stuart Mease has committed his career to connecting talent and companies. His service in this industry spans the private, governmental and higher education sectors providing a unique lens to the labor market.

Currently, Stuart is the Director of North Carolina Operations for ROCS Grad Staffing. His past experience includes being the Executive Director of Employer Relations at Wake Forest University. Prior to that role, he worked at the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business overseeing admission and diversity recruiting, mentoring, career services, employer outreach and lifelong career services.

He has authored “The Perfect Job Seeker” for Wiley and has developed other content for their Wiley Plus platform. Previously, he worked as a corporate recruiter for Rackspace.

Stuart’s enjoyment of working in the talent ecosystem stemmed from a stint at the City of Roanoke, Virginia where he created programs and events aimed at attracting and retaining the creative class workforce. These activities received over 125 local, state and national media exposures. Additionally, Mease has been asked to speak over 100 times to audiences about these programs. Blue Ridge PBS also recognized Mease’s work and invited him to be a content contributor to “JobQuest,” an Emmy-winning,  live monthly television show assisting job seekers in the RNR.

Part of Stuart’s ability to connect others with jobs stems from his past career experiences in the sports arena. For example, he has been a production assistant for ESPN college football and basketball telecasts, as well as the Virginia Tech/ISP Sports Network. He has worked over 350 sporting events such as the NCAA/ACC Basketball Tournaments and numerous college football games with the likes of Mike Tirico, Dr. Jerry Punch, Brad Daugherty, Dick Vitale, Mike Patrick, Bill Roth, Mike Burnop, Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit. He has also had over 50 sports articles and press releases published in the USA Today, Carolina Blue, Baseball America, GoHeels.com, and Virginia Tech Gridiron.

Stuart not only preaches the art of “connecting” but lives it as well. He is active in his community having run for political office. Mease enjoys studying Christianity, playing golf and watching basketball. He is married and has two children.

Claire spent her 36+ year career as a Human Resources leader, the last 22 years as a member of the executive leadership team with Pepsi Bottling Ventures; a billion-dollar joint venture company owned by Suntory and PepsiCo.  Here she was most fulfilled doing M&A work, using her talent as a hands-on advisor to the executive team, bringing leadership vision to life, and crafting lasting legacies for the organization.

In 2022 Claire felt led to start a new chapter in life and “retired” from her corporate job and participated in the Triangle/Triad Roundtable where she was able to evaluate and identify who she would become in her second half.    Through the Roundtable she determined that her gifts are connecting with, coaching, and counseling business professionals to discover their gifts and engage their life’s passions for spiritual growth. Becoming a Halftime Coach and Roundtable Facilitator became an obvious and natural fit.

In addition to leading and coaching others through their second half, Claire is also coaching young professionals and emerging leaders.

Claire and Chris have lived in Raleigh, NC for nearly 25 years, have been married for over 35 years and have 2 daughters, 2 sons-in-law, and one exceptionally beautiful granddaughter.  Claire enjoys music, travel, cooking, interior design, and entertaining.

Tracy Howe recently retired as COO of the YMCA of the Triangle after 46 years of service and now works as a leadership coach.

Married for over 40 years to Pamela, living in downtown Cary, North Carolina, life is full with 3 adult children, two daughters-in-law, a soon to be son-in-law and 6 grandchildren who are all local. Both have been involved in the Young Life ministry for the past 40 years in Wake County.

Tracy enjoys traveling, hiking, cycling and pickleball. Both Tracy’s and Pamela’s goal, with God’s grace, is to encourage others in having a “zeal” for God and living life to the fullest.

Tracy is now a Leadership coach with Both Time Release Coaching and a Certified Halftime Coach and Roundtable Facilitator.

While I grew up in Richmond, Va and attended Washington and Lee, life as I know it has been lived here in Charlotte.  Lynne and I married in 1979 and moved here shortly thereafter with Young Life.  All three of our children were born here.  Our friends and community are all here.

My M.Div is from Fuller Seminary.  After serving in YL for ten years, I served on the staff at Forest Hill for two years before launching the Barnabas Center in 1989.  Barnabas has afforded lots of opportunities, in and outside of the counseling room, for meaningful conversations about how the real Jesus can meet us in our real lives with his real hope… And on the side, I love to read, walk and play golf.

• Alum of Charlotte Halftime Roundtable 2018-19
• Born and raised in Newport News, Virginia (ship building capital of the world)
• Graduated from Christopher Newport University with a BS in Business Administration/Accounting
• Went straight to Banking right out of school and after many mergers, now known as Bank of America. Began as a financial and information systems auditor.  After obtaining my CPA certification, I progressed into Corporate Treasury to build information systems.  I spent the majority of my career building data management and risk management environments.  Departed BAC is December 2016.  Now working on my next chapter.
• Moved to Charlotte in 1991 and met my wife and soulmate (Emily) at the Carolina Panthers announcement event in 1993. Married in 1995 and have two wonderful daughters in Davidson (Hannah – 18, Allie – 15)
• Member of Davidson United Methodist Church since 1998
• I love music… all types…listening and playing (I play guitar and sing); enjoying my daughters activities; the beach; building projects

I have been blessed with a wonderful family and successful career. For the past 25+ years, I have focused on building a career to provide my family with the security and comforts they deserve. After participating in a Halftime Roundtable in 2015-16, I refocused my work to shift the focus toward influencing others to think about their life purpose and how they can influence others.  My son and I work at Merrill Lynch helping people achieve their financial goals and challenging them to use their resources to help others.

In 2017 God opened my eyes to the beautiful people trapped in addiction and led my family to establish a non-profit to help free people from addiction and lead them to a life in Christ.  We run a safehouse where we receive men out of detox and provide for them until they can get into a treatment program.  After treatment, we have a team of life coaches to come alongside the men to help them grow in their holistic being and find their life purpose.

Since 2015, I have been a coach for Leader Mundial, an organization that coaches leaders of global ministries.  My wife has a ministry where she hosts organizations, at our home in Pinehurst, that share our mission of training disciples.  It has been an amazing journey since my participation in the Halftime Roundtable and I look forward with excitement for what God has planned for the remainder of my life.

Bill Jefferis spent his career in the investment business as an analyst and portfolio manager for the investment management arm of various New England insurance companies.  Most of the time he focused on companies in the high yield bond space.  Bill finished his career as head of public corporate credit research and a member of the Executive Committee at Babson Capital Management, a subsidiary of MassMutual.

God led Bill to retire in 2008 to spend the second half of my career serving Him in new ways.  Beginning in 2012 his business partner and Bill built a ready-mix concrete business in Connecticut and New York, acquiring and turning around 3 companies. They have brought kingdom principles and best practices to these companies, significantly improving market share and profitability.

For the past 12 years Bill has served as Chairman of the Board of T-Net International, a ministry that equips pastors throughout the world to transform their churches into multiplying, disciple-making churches.  He is also personally involved in leading a training center in Africa.  T-Net has grown significantly over this period and now has over 10,000 students in over 30 countries.

He received his undergraduate degree from Duke and his MBA from Harvard.

Bill is currently involved with a non-profit called DotLife. A couple of the focus areas for DotLife include:

• Develop trusting relationships with Christian leaders throughout the United States, as well as in selective African nations, as the Lord leads.
• DotLife helps leaders make new connections and utilize them in a way that significantly furthers their calling and the callings of others.
• Personal leadership development – create a personalized discipleship pathway for each leader.

As a member of the Halftime Carolinas team, Bill serves in the Connecting role,  working with our current Roundtable members to connect them with ministries and Halftime Alumni in the member’s area of mission/passions.  In addition, he will utilize strategic partnerships to connect our alumni with opportunities to fulfill their second half mission.

I have been engaged with Halftime since 2017, when I went through the Roundtable. In the past few years, I have had the opportunity to co-facilitate two Roundtables and one Halftime Couples Retreat.

I am also involved with several local Christian organizations. I “retired” from corporate life in 2014, most recently having been an executive with ITW, a Chicago-based industrial conglomerate. I continue to do some corporate board work.

I am very involved with Reynolda Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem and currently serve as an Elder.

My Halftime mission is to use my faith and business experience to help others joyfully apply faith in their lives and in their business careers. Deborah and I also apply Halftime principles in feeding into our grandchildren on a regular basis and demonstrating Christian values in building our relationships with them.

My wife, Deborah, and I live in Winston-Salem, where our two children and eight grandchildren also reside.

Bio coming soon.

Matt was raised in the suburbs of New York City and is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Columbia Business School. Matt, his wife, Emily (a speech therapist), and their sons, Jack and James, live in Charlotte and are members at Hope Community Church in South End. He enjoys playing golf, investing and encouraging young leaders.

Matt currently serves as the Managing Member of Hillandale Advisors, where he invests in and advises small businesses. From 2006 to 2016, Matt served on the investment team at Sasco Capital, a public equity asset management firm overseeing assets for public funds, corporations and endowments.

Tom Temple has advised management teams, boards of directors and business owners on Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Alternatives for more than 30 years.   For twenty years he co-led Brookwood Associates and early in his career worked in strategic planning for Bain & Company.

In addition to continuing this advisory work, he serves on the Boards of The Augustine Literacy Project, YMCA Camp Harrison, and Shine Charlotte and has served on several other boards of for profit and non-profit entities.  Tom has served as a Stephen Minister, participated in a Halftime Roundtable in 2014 and seeks to be a servant leader.

Tom joined the Halftime Carolinas Board in 2020.  He lives in Charlotte with his wife of 34 years and has 3 sons in their late 20s and early 30s.

Hunter Pugh and his wife, Katherine, have been married for 38 years and have 3 adult children and 4 grandchildren.   After a few years in banking, Hunter joined Ronald Blue & Co. (now Blue Trust) 37 years ago and started the Charlotte office 30 years ago. As a private wealth advisor, he enjoys helping clients make wise stewardship decisions to align their life goals with their financial plans.

Hunter completed a Halftime Roundtable in 2015 and began serving as a Halftime facilitator and coach soon after.  His mission statement is to resource and equip individuals to be stewards of their life, resources, and abilities so that they maximize their Kingdom impact.

Hunter enjoys leading small groups with Katherine, time with grandkids, biking, tennis, pickleball, travel and photography.

Sheila spent the first 26 years of her career at Bank of America as a leader in various functions across the company. As her career progressed, she discovered a love for coaching and leading with caring. Her Halftime Roundtable experience in 2016 led her to a new chapter as a leadership coach.  She founded Enlightened Workplace, specializing in helping businesses bring God’s love into their workplaces.

Sheila is also a spiritual director, which focuses on a person’s experience of God, helping them explore how God is present and working in their daily life. Her present position allows her the freedom to combine coaching for business leadership with nourishing a leader’s spirituality.

Sheila and Richard have been married for nearly 30 years and have two amazing grown daughters. Sheila’s favorite pastimes are reading, eating chocolate, and taking quiet pauses to listen.

Mike Shields is President and CEO of Piedmont Trust Company. He guides strategic direction and oversees all functional areas of the firm and serves on Piedmont’s Board. He earned a B.A. from UNC Charlotte, an M.B.A. from UNC Chapel Hill, and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute. He began his career at NationsBank (now Bank of America) in Charlotte. After 10 years there, he joined Scudder, Stevens & Clark in New York as an equity portfolio manager in 1992. He subsequently joined Campbell, Cowperthwait, an investment boutique owned by U.S. Trust Corporation, where he was promoted to President and CEO and chaired Campbell’s Investment Policy Committee. In 2003, Mike returned to North Carolina where he continued his career in the wealth management industry.

Mike has over three decades of experience in the financial services industry with the last ten years primarily working with people serious about investing wisely, living with purpose, and finishing well. He has a diverse investment background, including significant Wall Street executive experience, that has led to a skill set with which he helps others gain clarity regarding their life goals, then implement strategies to pursue lives of enduring impact. He had the privilege of working for the Halftime organization in 2003-2004 during which he helped launch the Halftime Institute with Lloyd Reeb and their mentor Bob Buford.

Mike has served on numerous boards and is currently a Director and Chairman of the UNC Charlotte Investment Fund, Director and Trustee of the Royce Funds in New York, and on the UNC Charlotte Foundation and Endowment Boards. He is also Chairman of the Halftime Carolinas Board. Mike and his wife, Marion, live in Charlotte and have three children.

Doug Piper is an alumni of the Halftime Institute – he completed a Halftime Roundtable in 2015. After a successful marketing, designing, and manufacturing career, he is researching the creation and appreciation of fine craft beverages and foods.

Today he splits his time between Halftime LifeStream/Podcasts and consulting to the food and beverage market as the Founder and Host of Gourmet Brewing LLC. He’s a Certified BJCP Beer and Mead Judge and Cicerone. Fueled by passion, Doug understands the nuances of food and drink flavors. He is a “forever student,” eager to build an academic foundation. He brings a fresh perspective to the fine food and beverage market with simple yet scientific accuracy. His folksy manner is a welcome change from the typical journalist.

Doug and his wife, Nancy, have been married for over 35 years.  They live in Greenville, South Carolina and have three grown children and one grandchild.

Tom spent over 34 years working in the energy field with Duke Energy. Since 1999, Tom served as a plant manager for Duke Energy in California, Indiana and North Carolina. In January 2012, Tom engaged with Halftime to determine how his skills and experience could best be used for kingdom purposes.

In December 2012, Tom left Duke Energy. In early 2013, Tom began his role with Halftime Carolinas as the CFO enabling him to utilize his organizing and financial skills. He also began coaching and facilitating Roundtables in 2015. In 2019, Tom assumed the additional role of COO with Halftime Carolinas. Tom and his wife, Vonnie, have been married for over 36 years and now live in Greensboro, NC. They have two grown children.

Lloyd Reeb is an executive coach, speaker, author, and entrepreneur. He grew up in Philadelphia and attended McGill University in Montreal. Lloyd began his career in banking, but his entrepreneurial nature led him to build his first hous­ing development in his early twenties. Real estate became his primary focus and Lloyd found a strategic niche in retirement housing developments. His early success in developing exceptional retirement complexes enabled him to transition to focus on other passions, specifically pouring into high-capacity leaders.

Lloyd still maintains his real estate business, but the majority of his energy over the past twenty years has been spent building the worldwide halftime movement of leaders who are seeking greater meaning, joy, and impact in their second half. Together with his mentor, the late Bob Buford, Lloyd helped launch the Halftime Institute over twenty years ago. Since then, he has clocked over 20,000 hours of coaching, and has traveled the world speaking and living out his mission statement as “a thought leader who mobilizes high-capacity business leaders to make an eternal impact.”

Lloyd is the author of From Success to Significance: When the Pursuit of Success Isn’t Enough; The Second Half: Real Stories, Real Adventures, Real Significance; and along with his wife, Linda, wrote Halftime for Couples. Lloyd and Linda live in Mooresville, NC. They have been married for more than 30 years and have three adult children, all married, and three precious grandchildren.