Meet The Foundation Staff Robert T. Skelton, CFRE Executive Director Robert T. Skelton, CFRE, is the chief development officer and executive administrator of the Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation. He has served as the Foundation’s Executive Director since May 17, 1999. Currently, Mr. Skelton’s primary focus is the Foundation’s Partners in Progress Capital Campaign. The Campaign’s goal is to raise $25,000,000 in support of the new Patient Tower and Emergency Department . He also develops and edits the Foundation’s quarterly newsletter, brochures and marketing materials. Mr. Skelton organizes the Foundation’s Annual President’s Awards Dinner. His community activities include serving as a Board Director of the Community Care Clinic and as a member of the Salisbury Rotary Club and the Salisbury Sales and Marketing Executives Association. He completed the Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Rowan program as a member of the Class of 2003-2004. He served as the first Community Relations Committee Chairman of the Rowan Partnership for Children while on the Partnership’s Board of Directors in 2000-2001. Also, Bob is a former Board Director of the Charlotte Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Mr. Skelton has a master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science degree in English Education from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife Sonja reside in Salisbury in Corbin Hills. In support of Rowan Regional Medical Center, Sonja serves on the Foundation’s 2005 Patrons Ball Steering Committee and helps with the annual Campbell Memorial Golf Classic. For the Auxiliary, she volunteers as a Visitors Guide on alternate Thursdays at the Medical Center. Currently, Sonja is President of Rowan County Master Gardener Volunteer Association where she also assists the Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club. She is the Immediate Past President of the Salisbury Chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and a former member of the Rowan Rose Society.   Monica W. Cameron Special Events and Projects Coordinator Monica W. Cameron is the Special Events and Projects Coordinator for Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation. She has served in that capacity since October 11, 2005. Ms. Wray handles the logistical arrangements and conducts the fundraising for the annual Patrons Ball and John Campbell Memorial Golf Classic. Previously Ms. Wray served as Corporate Relations Director for the American Heart Association in Greensboro where she organized black tie “Heart Ball” galas in Winston-Salem and Statesville. Her fundraising accomplishments were nationally recognized by the American Heart Association (AHA). In Salisbury, her experience with non-profit organizations includes serving the Rowan Arts Council as Executive Director, Downtown Salisbury, Inc. as Marketing Director, Rowan County Youth Services as Program Director and Habitat for Humanity as Volunteer Coordinator. Raised in Rowan County, she is a graduate of Elon University where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in History and Political Science. Ms. Wray is a graduate of Leadership Rowan, Class of 2000. She is a former Vice President of the Noon Optimist Club and a member of Civitan. Ms. Wray is married to William W. Cameron III, an attorney in Salisbury. Diane Dillon Hooper Grants Manager Diane Dillon Hooper serves as Grants Manager and Chief Writer for Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation. She joined the Foundation on October 11, 2004. Her responsibilities include researching and developing relationships with local, regional and national funding sources and working closely with the Board of Directors to ensure Rowan Regional is strategically placed to take advantage of these funding opportunities. Also, she is working closely with the Capital Campaign Committee on implementing plans to achieve the $25 million goal. In addition to fundraising responsibilities, she will also write and edit the Foundation’s quarterly newsletter, Relationships, and other marketing publications. Mrs. Hooper formerly was Executive Director of Historic Salisbury Foundation, a position she held for 6 years. She has also served as Director of Development and Communications of Girl Scouts – Hornets’ Nest Council in Charlotte, Executive Director of the United Arts Council of Rowan, and Assistant Vice President at Security Bank and Trust Company. A Catawba College graduate, she has completed the Arts Management Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill, Grantsmanship I and II at UNC-Charlotte, and the Association of Fundraising Professional’s First Course in Fund Raising. She also holds a North Carolina real estate sales license. Active in community affairs, she is currently serving on the Confederate Prison Task Force, and on the Executive Committee of the Rowan Jobs Initiative. She is a member of the Charlotte Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, where she served on the Board of Directors and as treasurer. She served on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Associations and Special Events, the Carolina’s Cultural Council, and The Mural Preservation. Prior to joining the staff of Historic Salisbury Foundation, Diane served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1988 until 1996, including terms as Treasurer, as a member of Executive, Preservation Education, Preservation Action, and Property Management Committees, newsletter editor, publicity chair for OctoberTour and the Christmas Tour. Diane is married to Steve Hooper and they reside in Fulton Heights. Steve is a retired manufacturing engineer for IBM. While at IBM, he was on the development team for the first floppy disk. Currently, he is a competitive shooter, a certified NRA instructor, a range safety officer for the Rowan County Wildlife Association, and a member of the Rowan County Master Gardeners where he manages the spring greenhouse and developed the Rowan County Tomato Study. He is a member of the American Legion, IBM’s Quarter Century Club, was a founding member and secretary of the Charlotte Woodworkers Club and served as secretary of the IBM Trap and Skeet Club. Executive Director, Rowan Health Services James M. Freeman, CHE, is the Executive Director of Rowan Health Services Corporation, the parent company of Rowan Regional Medical Center and its affiliate companies. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rowan Regional Medical Center from 1990 to 2002. On March 4, 2002, Rowan Regional Medical Center officials implemented the management succession plan by announcing the next Chief Executive Officer. The leadership succession process for Rowan Regional will be implemented over several years. Mr. Freeman works closely with new CEO Charles W. Elliott, Jr. and serves as the Assistant Secretary of the Board of Directors of Rowan Regional Medical Center and the Board of Directors of Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation. Another priority is his leadership of the Partners in Progress Capital Campaign to raise $25 million in support of the new Emergency Department and Patient Tower. He has been associated with Rowan Regional Medical Center for 33 years. Mr. Freeman is a graduate of Appalachian State University and the Hospital Management Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.