| BEN MAYO BODDIE |
| CHAIRMAN - BODDIE-NOELL ENTERPRISES, INC. |
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Mayo Boddie was born in Nash County, NC on December 6, 1929. He graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School, attended St. James Prep School, Hagerstown, MD and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. He was the owner of several service stations and laundromats within the Rocky Mount area prior to forming Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc. with his brother, Nick Boddie, and his uncle, the late W. Carleton Noell. The company was founded in 1961 to serve as a Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. licensee company. The first Boddie-Noell Hardee's restaurant opened in January, 1962 in Fayetteville, NC. Today, Boddie-Noell Enterprises operates over 300 Hardee's Restaurants in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky. Boddie-Noell is also the owner of 34 Texas Steakhouse restaurants in North Carolina and Virginia as well as 8 Moe's, 6 Café Carolinas, and 4 BBQ & Ribs Co. Through its BNE Land & Development division, the company developed The Currituck Club which is a golf and residential community in the Outer Banks that has received numerous merits for its exceptional Rees Jones golf course and living community. Other BNE Land & Development interests include The Crescent in Cary, NC, Marshes Light in Manteo, NC, Arlington Place, near New Bern, NC, and New Kent Vineyards in New Kent County, VA. Boddie-Noell has over 13,000 employees and is considered to be the largest single private franchisee company in the Hardee's restaurant chain. In 1979, Mayo purchased and restored Rose Hill Plantation which was in the Boddie family from 1762 until they lost the home during the Great Depression. Today Rose Hill consists of 840 acres of farm land and is a working farm that raises cattle and broiler chickens. The former plantation house and new banquet facility, Nathan Hall, hosts many business functions and wedding events. In 1987, he received the North Carolina Jaycees Outstanding Boss of the Year Award. In 1990 he, along with his brother, Nick, was honored with the Distinguished Citizen's Award presented by the East Carolina Council of Boys Scouts of America for his outstanding contributions to the council and the community. In 1991, he was named Master Entrepreneur of the Year for North Carolina by Inc. Magazine. In 2000, Mayo and his brother, Nick Boddie, were named NC Restaurant Association's Restaurateurs of the Year. In 2006, he, along with Nick and their uncle, Carleton Noell, were inducted into the Twin County Hall of Fame for founding Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc. Mayo Boddie serves as Chairman Emeritus, in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the company, of the Board for BNP Residential Properties, Inc. (REIT) which is publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange. He is an active member and elder of First Presbyterian Church of Rocky Mount. Mayo also continues to be very active in community groups and events. He is founder of the Northeastern Entrepreneurial Roundtable (NEER), which he formed in 1994 as a council of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce. He has served as past Director and Vice President of Finance for the East Carolina Council of Boy Scouts of America. Other Boy Scout honors include receiving the God and Country award in 2001. Wesleyan College awarded Mayo the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in October 2001. He was Chairman of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce during 1994. In 1992, he was named to the State Board of North Carolina Community Colleges. He was previously Chairman of the Board and one of the principle owners of the Mary Frances Center in Tarboro, NC which is a substance abuse facility for women. He is a past Director of United Federal Savings & Loan Association and First Union National Bank State Board in Charlotte, NC. He also has served on the Board of Trustees of NC Wesleyan College and now serves as Chairman Emeritus.
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