"Five Questions" interview with Tom Ross

In the Center for a Better's South's new FIVE QUESTIONS interview, North Carolina leader Tom Ross takes a look at major challenges facing the South, including government funding, political participation, the region's explosive growth and more.

Ross, a former North Carolina superior court judge, is executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, a private philanthropic grant-making organization with assets exceeding $425 million. Ross also has served as director of the Tarheel State's Administrative Office of the Courts and has served as chief of staff to a United States congressman.

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