Board of Directors

Kevin Chignell has a long history in Wake County. He was born in Washington, D.C. but his family moved to Cary in the 1970’s. After graduating from Apex High School, UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC School of Law, Kevin joined the firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein in Raleigh where he has practiced law for over 20 years. He has focused his work on product liability matters, industrial accidents, and commercial motor vehicle litigation. Kevin also served as the firm’s Raleigh Office Managing Partner from 2012 until 2017 and led the design and construction efforts when the Raleigh office relocated to the PNC Plaza in 2014.

He currently serves on the Board of Advisors for Camp Sea Gull & Camp Seafarer and the Board of Directors of the Trucking Industry Defense Association. Kevin previously served on TAC’s Aquatics Advisory Board from 2015-2016.

Kevin’s wife, Jeannine, is originally from New York, but decided to stay in the South after graduating from Wake Forest University and earning a Master’s degree at Clemson University. She works in Human Resources for Blue Cross NC, and they have two swimmers competing for the TAC Titans.

Kevin is a USA Swimming official who regularly volunteers at swim meets as a deck referee, starter, and stroke & turn judge. Away from the pool deck, Kevin enjoys mountain biking and running, and he completed the Beach2Battleship half-iron distance triathlon in 2011 and 2012. Recently, he started working towards earning his private pilot’s license.