Mavis Gragg is a self described “death and dirt” attorney and conservation professional, empowering families to use real estate as a source for intergenerational resiliency and wealth.

Mavis is the CEO of HeirShares, which is building groundbreaking technology to facilitate affordable solutions for family real estate ownership. She is also the outgoing director of the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention program at the American Forest Foundation.

Mavis chairs the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund Authority and previously chaired the board of Triangle Land Conservancy. Also an art enthusiast, she is the cofounder of Pop Box Gallery, a zero-commission art gallery, and serves on the boards of the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation and the Nasher Museum.

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