Jerome Vick is a man who knows the value of hard work. After leaving his full-time job as a fertilizer dealer in 1975, he began farming the twenty-five acres of land on which he was raised. Jerome has served on several boards that support work throughout North Carolina, including the Healthcare Foundation of Wilson's Board as the Program Committee Chairman and the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Finance Committee. He is also invested in the future of North Carolina, serving on the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Board of the University of Mount Olive.