Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of The Pines at Davidson, Inc. is composed of twenty-four persons made up of community leaders, business executives, church officials and qualified professionals with experience in various fields. Directors serve staggered terms of three years or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. In addition, the President of Davidson College and the Pastor of Davidson College Presbyterian Church serve as Ex-officio Directors with no definite term.

Harrison L. Marshall, Jr
Chair and Director
Mr. Marshall practices corporate law, including representing large corporations, emerging growth companies and private equity funds in merger and acquisition transactions. He also represents several colleges, universities and non-profit entities with regard to corporate governance and other legal matters. Mr. Marshall has served on the Board of Partners for McGuireWoods and as the Chair of the firm’s Finance Committee. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Marshall served as captain of the JAG Corps in the U.S. Army. He was an Elliott Cheatham Scholar at Vanderbilt University Law School and a Samuel Bell Scholar at Davidson College. He attends Providence Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC.

Joseph L. Trask, M.D.
Vice Chair and Director
After practicing cardiology in Myrtle Beach for 24 years, Dr. Trask moved to Davidson in 2012 and began practicing in this area. He was affiliated with Novant Health and is now retired from active practice of medicine. Dr. Trask graduated from Davidson College (1979). He obtained his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina (1983). Dr. Trask completed his residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1986) and his fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina (1988). He has board certifications in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He is married to Sally Trask and they have two adult children, Rebecca (Davidson Class of 2008), who is a CPA in Charlotte, and Lake (Davidson Class of 2011), who has completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at N.C. State University and works with Kittleson and Associations in Wilmington, NC.

J. W. David Atchison, M.D.
Resident Director
Dr. Atchison came to The Pines at Davidson from Monroe, LA., where he retired as a Radiologist in 2013. Dr. Atchison graduated from Davidson College in 1960, attended UNC-Chapel Hill for medical school and served his residency at Duke University Medical Center. He spent three years in the USAF as a medical officer in Lakenheath, England. He has three children, including a son and grandson here in the Charlotte area, one in England and another in Jacksonville, FL. Dr. Atchison supports the Episcopal Church, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, public radio and public TV. He is a member of St. Ablans Episcopal Church.

John Barkley, MD, FCCP
Director
Dr. Barkley has served in the role of Chief Medical Officer for Atrium Health Continuing Care Services for 12 years. Dr. Barkley’s responsibilities include oversight of five Atrium skilled nursing facilities, 2 hospice agencies and Atrium Health at Home. Atrium Health at Home provides physical, speech and occupational therapies to The Pines and he works closely with Atrium Health Senior Care which provides on-site physician assistant services to The Pines. During COVID-19, Dr. Barkley interceded on behalf of The Pines to obtain COVID-19 testing of Pines residents and staff before such testing was readily available, and he provided advice throughout 2020 on different aspects of dealing with COVID-19. His mother lived at The Pines for a number of years. Dr. Barkley received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of North Carolina prior to completing an internship and residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. In 2002 he left private practice in Pulmonary & Critical Care to become the first paid Medical Director at what was then Hospice at Charlotte (now Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region). There he started the first Palliative Care services in the Charlotte region and was the Chief Medical Officer of HPCCR until assuming his current role with Atrium Health in April 20210. Dr. Barkley’s current clinical work is in the hospice inpatient unit setting.