Board of Trustees
2023-2024
President
Ralph Simpson
President, Ralph Simpson & Associates, PR, retired
Vice President
Catherine Brod
Non-profit consultant; EVP, SUNY Purchase, retired
Secretary
Michael McLaughlin
National Endowment for the Arts administrator, retired
Treasurer
Dirk Wilmoth
A-B Tech, CFO/vice president of business and finance
Immediate Past President
Allan Tarleton
Attorney, Van Winkle Law Firm, retired
James Bradley
Secretary of Education, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Kirk Brown
Chaplain, Christ School, retired
Jim Buchanan
Editor, The Sylva Herald
Geoff Cantrell
Director, Public Relations and Communications, Givens Communities
Catherine Frank
Executive Director, OLLI, UNC-A
Martha Fullington
Preservation Specialist and Architectural Historian for the State Historic Preservation Office/NC Archives and History, retired
Dee James
Professor Emeritus, UNC-A
Steven Lee Johnson
Landscape Architect, Partner, Sitework Studios
Kieta Osteen-Cochrane
Executive Director, Brevard Community College (FL), retired
Staff
TREVOR FREEMAN
PUBLIC PROGRAMS DIRECTOR
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