Norma R. Young is currently the Vice-President of FDY, Inc and acts as an advisor to the President regarding matters of strategic planning, client satisfaction, employee relations, policies and procedures, financial accountability, and company stability. Since the founding of FDY in 1982, her mission has been to strengthen the organization by creating a warm and inviting workplace environment, built upon a framework of respect for each employee, responsible business practices, and customer service as a priority.

Mrs. Young has over 30 years of experience in financial accounting. Prior to the founding of FDY, she worked with North Carolina National Bank (NCNB) now through global growth Bank of America (BOA). After leaving NCNB, Norma joined the executive management staff at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. During her employment at Friendship, she became a founding board member of the church’s Credit Union, presently known as Legacy Federal Credit Union. 

Mrs. Young has held numerous memberships and has made major contributions to several different associations including, The Friends of the Arts, Inc., The Afro-American Cultural Center, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Johnson C. Smith University Capital Campaigns and Scholarship Funds, North Carolina Central University Foundation,  and the Thurgood Marshall Foundation. Currently, she is remains actively involved in The Girlfriends, Inc.  She and her husband have also served as guardians/ in loco parentis for a number of students at Johnson C. Smith University.

Mrs. Young completed her studies in Business Administration at Central State College in Wilberforce, Ohio, Indiana University in Indianapolis, and Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC.