Don Flow

Chairman & CEO, Flow Companies, Inc.

Don grew up in Winston-Salem, NC, and in 1977 graduated from the University of Virginia where he received a BS in Commerce. In 1978, Don attended Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia and earned a Diploma in Christian Studies. In 1983, he received his MBA from Wake Forest University. Under Don’s leadership, Flow Companies, Inc. now operates over 40 automobile franchises in North Carolina and Virginia. Don is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and is former Chair of the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest University as well as former Chair of the Business School of Wake Forest University. He is also a member of the Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture and the McIntire School of Business at the University of Virginia. He serves as the Chair of the Winston-Salem Alliance and is on the Board of the Piedmont Triad Partnership. He is past Chair of Winston-Salem Business, Inc., and was a previous member of the Board of Trustees of the UNC School of the Arts. He currently serves as a member of the North Carolina Governor’s Economic Council and the Governor’s Commission on Public Schools.