Our Board
Ray Allen
President
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Born and raised in Davie County, NC and a graduate of Davie County High School. Attended Western Carolina University from Fall 1983 until graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in May 1987. I roomed four years with Pi Lam Joey Franck, who I also graduated High School with. Served as the House manager in 1985 and Rex in 1986. Awarded the “Rex’s Ring” in 1987.
After graduation went on to serve in the Concord, NC Fire Department from 1991 until 2019 serving as the Fire Chief from 2013 until 2019. American Red Cross Board Chair 2018-2021, Concord Rotary Club 2019 President, and Cabarrus United Way fundraising Chair 2018-2021. Married to Michelle (WCU ’88) with two boys Jake 27 and Jon 25 both Concord Firefighters.
Ray was elected to the Board of Directors in January 2021.
Email: allenr863@gmail.com
Matt McKee
Vice President
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Matt McKee is from Shelby, North Carolina and started at WCU in 1985. While at Western he played for the tennis team, sat on the school Judiciary, co-founded the WCU Letterman’s club and served on the IFC. Matt was initiated in Pi Lam in the fall of 1986 and held various offices with the fraternity, culminating as Rex in 1989. After graduation in 1989 Matt had a career in management before attending law school at Mercer University School of Law, graduating in 2001. After Clerking for a bankruptcy judge, Matt has continued practicing law in the various federal courts in North Carolina and many of the state courts of North Carolina in the area of consumer protection. Matt married his beautiful wife, Lori Barnes, in 1996 and they are parents of two girls, Macy & Marley, who are now in college.
Email: attorneymckee@gmail.com
Chris Castelli
Secretary
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Chris Castelli was born and raised in Green Cove Springs, Florida. After graduating Clay High School in 1984 he attended Lake City Community College. Chris transferred to WCU in 1986 and pledged Pi Lam (after being encouraged to do so by fellow pledge bother, Bruce Millett). Chris transferred from Parks & Rec to Criminal Justice after having worked on the Outer Banks as a law enforcement Park Ranger. Chris pledged Pi Lam in the Fall of 1986 and lived at the Pi Lam house for a couple of years. Chris served as “House Manager” and “Little Sister Coordinator”. After Graduation Chris went to work for the Clay County Sheriff’s Office from 1990-2019 and spent the bulk of his career as a marine patrol officer. After retirement Chris accepted a position with GEICO Marine/ Boat US with their Special Investigation Unit. Chris serves on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Marine Investigators and serves on the State of Florida Boating Advisory Council. Chris has been married to Barbara (Torrence) Castelli for 35 years and has a son, (Greg), daughter, (Rachel) and a brand new granddaughter (Caroline Rose). Chris resides in Green Cove Springs, Florida.
Email: marcopsllc@comcast.net
Mark Webster
Treasurer
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Mark was born in Santiago, Chile, and raised in Argentina and Uruguay. Mark was educated in a British Boarding school in South America. In 1980, Mark viewed WCU as the host computer center for all NC universities, and based on that, chose to attend Western. Mark was invited to join the fraternity, and in 1982 was Marshall for two years and KOE for at least two years. He graduated from Western in 1987.
Mark married his first wife after college, has two young men from that relationship, and has been happily married to his second wife (Kim) for the last 10 years. They reside in Chapel Hill, NC. Mark currently works for FIS Global out of Jacksonville, FL who has outsourced him to Caesars Entertainment Casinos as a Level 3 Systems Engineer.
Email: mark.webster@nc.rr.com
Jimmy Brooms
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Email: jamesbrooms@msn.com
Anthony Dowling
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Anthony was born in St. Petersburg, FL. He was initiated in 1982, and graduated from WCU in 1985. Anthony has been captivated by the entertainment industry since his early teens. In 1999, Anthony started his television and film career with Lance Britt and Gus Langdale when they founded Eno River Media. Mr. Dowling was appointed as Executive Director in the Fall of 2010.
Email: 7320dowling@gmail.com
James Yelton
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James Yelton is from Forest City, NC. James joined Pi Lambda Phi the Fall of 1992, and graduated in Spring 1995 with a BSBA degree – majoring in Computer Information Systems and minoring in Industrial Engineering. James moved to Charlotte, NC in 1996 to work as an IT professional in the corporate business and technology industry. James has worked 15+ years with Compass Group North America Division, and is currently the IT manager for the Hardware Team.
Email: jryelton@juno.com
Nathan Kelly
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Nate graduated from WCU in 2013 with a major in Computer Information Systems. Nate crossed in spring of 2010 with the Beta Epsilon pledge class. His pledge class was the largest to cross in the reestablished colony. His journey started when a group of guys invited him to UVA for Conclave and he had a great experience. After his experience, he had to convince his parents to let him join a fraternity. They required the Rex at the time (Sean Webster) to call them and talk to them before they would let him join. Nate supposes he said the right things because the rest is history. He became Rex in 2010 and held the position for 2 years until 2012. During his time as Rex the chapter was consistently in good financial standing, and also became a Nationally Recognized and Chartered Chapter in 2013. They always had brothers attending conclaves and had at least 2 brothers going to the National convention each year (fully paid). Nate then joined Greek Council at WCU for a term, and supported all Greek chapters as they set growth and expectation goals.
Nate is currently the Senior Manager of Financial Systems at Direct Chassis Link, where his job is to manage and implement Oracle Fusion Cloud financial suite, and streamline business financial processes. Nate and his wife met at WCU in 2011, and she played a huge role in the success of the chapter (behind the scenes). They were married in August of 2014, and now have two boys, Grayson and Graham.
Email: ntkelly1@gmail.com
Larry Dove
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Larry Dove grew up in Cornelius, North Carolina and attended WCU from Fall 1987 through graduation Spring 1992. Larry pledged Pi Lam the Spring of 1988 and served as Rex in 1990. Following graduation in 1992 Larry’s career carried him throughout the southeast, even a short stint in New York, before settling in Atlanta, Georgia in 1997. Larry went on to complete his Masters of Building Construction at Georgia Institute of Technology graduating in 2002. Following graduation, Larry moved into the Corporate Real Estate field working with several large nationally based clients. Currently living in Sandy Springs Georgia, Larry married his amazing wife, Leslie Adams, in 2002 and they are the parents of Mason and Lauren. Mason is a college freshman and Lauren is a high school junior.
Email: larry.dove@outlook.com
Joe Partain
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Originally from Palacios, Texas. Moved to Charlotte, NC in 1973. Graduated from South Mecklenburg High School in 1977. Attended Western Carolina University from Fall 1977 through Spring 1978. Joe was one of the Founders when the North Carolina Omega Zeta Chapter of Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity was established in January 1978. He served as the Scribe until May 1978. Joe transferred to Old Dominion University in 1978 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1982. He worked for the Naval Air Systems Command for 37 years. Duties included managing aircraft acquisitions for the Navy Reserve and procuring Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment for helicopter operations for various ship classes for the Navy, Coast Guard, and Military Sealift Command. Joe retired in April 2017. He was married for 31 years and has one son, Cory (30). He currently reside in Gainesville, VA since April 2022.
Email: joe.partain@verizon.net
Joey Curtis
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