Dwight Jacobs

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About Dwight Jacobs

Dwight is an enterprise leader with financial and operating expertise, human capital management, and risk oversight. Throughout his career, he has worked to improve operating efficiencies, eliminate redundancies, and deliver extensive financial and resource savings as well as led comprehensive transformation initiatives. He presents to Duke Energy's board and committees, advising on various matters including complex accounting issues. He’s also a long-standing member of the Duke Energy investment committee managing over $25 billion of assets. Dwight joined the Board of Directors of HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. of Asheville, North Carolina [nasdaq: HTBI] in 2024, after serving as a board advisor in 2023. He is a member of the asset and liability committee and is adding the audit committee to his responsibilities. HTBI has assets of almost $5 billion with over 30 locations in the southeast US. Forbes named it one of the best banks in the US. As a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Dwight is passionate about fostering environments that embrace collaboration, thought leadership, and emerging ideas. He is Incoming Chair of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Alumni Committe for Racial Equity and Diversity and past Vice-Chair for two years. Dwight is an active member of Weddington Methodist Church. Dwight is well known for his effective communication style conveying complex financial issues in understandable terms, strategic vision, caring leadership and adding measurable commercial value to companies’ bottom lines. He has taught in the business school at Queens University. Dwight is a member of the McColl Business school advisory board at Queens University. He is a current board member and committee chair and former President of Communities in Schools - Charlotte as well as a current member and leader at Weddington Church. He is a former board of visitor for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC Children’s Hospital. Dwight was awarded the 2023 UNC Distinguished Service Medal.