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We are grateful for our these people, our 2023-2024 Board of Directors

We’re happy to introduce our 2023-2024 Board of Directors, seen here with BBBSWNC CEO Lelia Duncan and Dorian Palmer, BBBSWNC VP of Philanthropy.
Board members, some of whom are pictured, are:

Our 2023-2024 Board of Directors, with Lelia Duncan and Dorian Palmer.

Debbie Charlton, Board Chair, Kappa Source Consulting
Allen Helms, 1st Vice Chair, Home Trust Bank
Joey Popp, 2nd Vice Chair, Producer, Writer, Talent
Heather Brown, Secretary, Keller Williams
Josh Mellon, Treasurer, Blue Ridge Research & Consulting
Thamar Antonie, TD Bank
Dana Ayers, Ed.D., Jackson County Schools
Preston Blakely, Mayor, Town of Fletcher
Margaret Carton, Community Activist
Barrie Christman, Community Activist
Veronica Colvard, Goosmann Rose Colvard & Cramer, P.A.
Jeana Conley, Community Activist
Leslie Council, Mountain Area Health Education Center
Jennifer Kirkpatrick, Gaia Herbs
Mark Kurdys, Kurdys Law
Kevin McCormick, Movement Mortgage
Michael McNamee, Ph.D., UNC Asheville
Lane Perry, Ph.D., Western Carolina University
Deborah Posner, Ed.D., Lenoir-Rhyne University
Brandon Priester, Land of Sky Regional Council/AB Tech
Robin Ramsey, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis
Bill Smith, Community Activist
Bruce Waller, Black Wall Street/Grind AVL
Lindsay Wells, Luella’s Bar-B-Que
Shelley White, Ed.D., Haywood Community College

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