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Staff & Board

BBBS of WNC

Staff

Lelia Duncan, President and Chief Executive Officer, leliad@bbbswnc.org

Jamye Davis, Executive Vice President of Programming, jamyed@bbbswnc.org

Amanda Wrublewski, Vice President of Programming, amandaw@bbbswnc.org

Dorian Palmer, Vice President of Philanthropy, dorianp@bbbswnc.org

Morgan Harris, Grants and Events Manager, morganh@bbbswnc.org

Nancy Christy, Donor Relations Coordinator, nancyc@bbbswnc.org

Paul Clark, Communications Coordinator, paulc@bbbswnc.org

Board

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

 

Simone Adams, Color My Outdoors

Preston Blakely, Mayor, Town of Fletcher

Margaret Carton, Community Activist

Susy Chandler, Lenoir-Rhyne University

Barrie Christman, Retired

Veronica Colvard, Goosmann Rose Colvard & Cramer, P.A.

Bernadette Joy Cruz, Community Activist

Jennifer Kirkpatrick, Gaia Herbs

Mark Kurdys, Kurdys Law

Kevin McCormick, Movement Mortgage

Kevin Pasarilla, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management

Lane Perry, Western Carolina University

Tim Radford, Mayor, Town of Murphy

Bruce Waller, Black Wall Street/Grind AVL

Shelley White, Haywood Community College

Laurin Yoder, Brumit Restaurant Group


BBBS of Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties

Staff

Melissa Blevins Dale, Program Coordinator, AMY@bbbswnc.org

Advisory Council

Lisa Pittman, Chairperson

 

Howard Larson

Dori Settles

Shawn Block


BBBS of Buncombe County

Staff

Ally Sloss, School and Group Mentoring Program Coordinator, allys@bbbswnc.org

Gurdeep Singh, Program Coordinator, gurdeeps@bbbswnc.org

Kate Shelton, Program Coordinator, kates@bbbswnc.org

Jennifer Griffin, Enrollment and Matching Specialist, jenniferg@bbbswnc.org


BBBS of Burke and McDowell Counties

Staff

Emilie Jacumin-Simmons, Program Coordinator, emilie@bbbswnc.org

 

 

 

Advisory Council

Elizabeth Campbell-Wright, Chairperson

Terri Martino, Chairperson emeritus

Cathy Williams

Wendi Craven

 

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Harmony Palmer

Haven Worley

Nina Ervin

Jenny Merrill


BBBS of Cashiers and Highlands

Staff

Danielle Hernandez-Juarez, Senior Program Coordinator, cashiers@bbbswnc.org

Advisory Council

Nancy Albers, Chairperson

Carroll Summerour

Marsha Moxley

TJ Smith

Aryn Williams-Ruebel

Faviola Olvera

Margaret Carton

Ellen Tucker

Ana Crespo

Kelly Brown

Michael Geisler

Amanda Nicholson


BBBS of Cherokee County

Staff

Gloria Dockery, Senior Program Coordinator, cherokee@bbbswnc.org

Debra England, Program Coordinator, debrae@bbbswnc.org

Sharon Flushing, Program Coordinator, sharonf@bbbswnc.org

Advisory Council

Erika Twiggs, Chairperson

Tiffany Clapsaddle

Keisha Dockery

Arthur Hays

 

Misty Ledford

Lisa Pursel

Tom Spencer

Paul Worley


BBBS of Clay County

Staff

Brittany Hopple-Cranny, Program Coordinator, clay@bbbswnc.org


BBBS of Graham County

Staff

Amy Green, Program Coordinator, graham@bbbswnc.org

Advisory Council

Angie Knight

Katrina Nelms

Gabriell Pringle

Amber Davis

Dale Walsh

Rick Davis

Bethany Leonard

Jason Holloway

 


BBBS of Haywood and Madison Counties

Staff

Martha Barksdale, Program Coordinator, haywood@bbbswnc.org

Advisory Council

Calab Tate, Chairperson

Greg Caples

Lois Beery Fulmer

David Gildersleeve

Toni Hamiel

George Marshall

Marcella Thompson

Karen Doyle


BBBS of Henderson County

Staff

Erin Erickson, Program Coordinator, erine@bbbswnc.org

Hannah Huskey, Program Coordinator, hannahh@bbbswnc.org

Advisory Council

Heather Staton, Chairperson

Hannah Marshall

Bailey Dalton

Chad Sizemore

Candace McLaughlin

Katie Dirrig

Ashlynn Landreth

Kim Pheffer

 


BBBS of North Jackson County

Staff

Stephen Hunter, Program Coordinator, jackson@bbbswnc.org


BBBS of Polk and Rutherford Counties

Staff

Jessica Toney, Program Coordinator, polk@bbbswnc.org

Advisory Council

Bill Smith, Chairperson

Veronica Hassig

Suzie Kocher

Steve Martinez

 

 

Bruce Ollis

Jane Ollis

Lynn Parsons

Jessica Silva

Cindy Wicklund


BBBS of Qualla Boundary and Swain County

Staff

Shelby Hyatt, Program Coordinator, shelbyh@bbbswnc.org

Swain County Advisory Council

Sandra Perrigo

Shelby Hyatt

Pamela Tubbs

Amy Green


BBBS of Transylvania County

Staff

Hannah Huskey, Program Coordinator, hannahh@bbbswnc.org

Jessie Tucker

Alisha Crowder

Beth Summers

Jennifer Wall


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Serving

  • Avery Co.
  • Buncombe Co.
  • Burke Co.
  • Cashiers Highlands
  • Cherokee Co.
  • Clay Co.
  • Graham Co.
  • Haywood Co.
  • Henderson Co.
  • Jackson Co.
  • Madison Co.
  • McDowell Co.
  • Mitchell Co.
  • Polk Co.
  • Qualla Boundary
  • Rutherford Co.
  • Swain Co.
  • Transylvania Co.
  • Yancey Co.
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