Bio

Dayatra “Day” Matthews joined LGFCU in 2012 as Senior Vice President of Legal and Compliance and was named Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel in 2021. Prior to joining LGFCU, Matthews was a partner in the Raleigh law firm of Bailey & Dixon LLP.

As Chief Legal Officer at Civic and LGFCU, she oversees all legal, compliance and risk functions and provides guidance to Executive Management and the Board of Directors on matters related to corporate governance.

Matthews graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and obtained her Juris Doctorate from Duke University School of Law.

Currently, Matthews serves as a Credit Union National Association Board of Director Class C – Nationwide and as executive leadership for the North Carolina Sister Society of Global Women’s Leadership Network. In 2022, Matthews was named one of North Carolina’s Legal Elite by Business North Carolina magazine.

Matthews is Immediate Past President of the 10th Judicial District Bar and a past President of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys and its Political Action Committee. She is a former Board member of EarthShare North Carolina; former Board member and Grievance Committee Chair of the Wake County Bar Association; past President of the Capital City Lawyers’ Association; and former Board member of Movement of Youth, a Durham-based nonprofit with the mission to prepare diverse youth to lead and succeed in the 21st century.

Matthews lives in Wake Forest with her husband and son. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, working out, and watching her beloved Tar Heels play basketball.