Board

Agency Board

Kevin Westmoreland, Chairperson

Owner, The Corner Kitchen

Education / Accomplishments:

  • BS, University of North Carolina Asheville

Service to Our Community:

  • Member, Asheville Independent Restaurant Association
  • Board of Directors, WNC Historical Association

Charles W. Smith, Vice Chairperson

Investment Executive/AVP Fifth Third Securities

Education:

  • BS, Business Administration Montreat College
  • UNC-Asheville

Service to Our Community:

  • Chairperson, Buncombe County Environmental Admisory Board
  • Co-Chair, 2007 American Red Cross Heroes Campaign
  • Volunteer United Way Funding Council Member, St. Lawrence Basilica

Latrella G. McElrath, Secretary

Business Relationship Banker

Education / Accomplishments:

  • AB-Tech

Service to Our Community:

  • Member, Land of the Sky Regional Council Brownfields Commitee
  • Member, Rotary
  • United Way Volunteer
  • Hands on Project Coordinator, Solace Center
  • Fundraiser, Boy Scouts
  • Gift Hero Fundraiser, American Red Cross
  • Project Coordinator, Dictionary Project
  • Past Chairperson, Minority Affairs Commission

Gary C. Roberts, Imm. Past Chairperson

Buncombe County Tax Manager

Education / Accomplishments:

  • BS, Mars Hill College

Service to Our Community:

  • Board Member, Consumer Credit Counseling Service
  • United Way of Asheville / Buncombe County
  • Volunteer Board Member, Aston Park Health Care Center
  • Member, Saint Eugene’s Catholic Church

Jean Bauer McGuire

Nursing Professional

Education / Accomplishments:

  • BSN, Duquesne University
  • MS Community Health, Boston University
  • Public Health Nurse Mentor Award from the NC Association of Public Health Nurse Administrators
  • Member, Sigma Theta Tau – National Nurses Honor Society

Service to Our Community:

  • Board Member, Leadership Asheville Forum
  • Youth Leadership Asheville Task Force
  • Board Member, Planned Parenthood
  • Volunteer Facilitator, Asheville-Buncombe Vision Dialogues
  • Volunteer Facilitator, Building Bridges
  • Program Coordinator, Chinese Public Health Delegation Visit to Asheville
  • Member, Central Methodist Church

Co-Wefa Lyda

Foster Care Advocate & Eliada Alumni, Retired Nurse, Home School Teacher

Education & Accomplishments:

  • LPN Asheville Buncombe Technical College
  • Paramedic Asheville Buncombe Technical College
  • Lyda Training Services: Owner

Service to Our Community:

  • Eliada Alumni: Chairman
  • Foster Parent, Adoptive Parent
  • Children’s Collaborative of Buncombe County: Co-Chair
  • Volunteer American Red Cross, CPR & First Aide Trainer
  • NC Foster Adoptive Parent Association, VP Region 1
  • Public Speaker on Children’s issues in foster and adopted Henderson County Home School Association, Member

Sally Pearlman

(Retired) Commercial Flooring/Interior Designer, Pearlmans Carpet One-Commercial Sales & Interiors

Education:

  • BA, Psychology, UNC Asheville
  • BS, Business Management, UNC Asheville

Service to Our Community:

  • Asheville Chapter American Red Cross
  • Asheville Symphony Board
  • Asheville Art Museum Auxiliary
  • Memorial Mission Hospital Foundation UNC Asheville Foundation

Kenneth Hunt

Attorney/Partner

Education / Accomplishments:

  • BA, Mary Washington College
  • J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law

Service to Our Community:

  • Pro Bono Attorney, Pisgah Legal Services
  • Co-director of Charity Golf Tournament for Pisgah Legal Services
  • Past Guardian ad Litem
  • Past Treasurer, Buncombe County Young Lawyer’s Division
  • Member, St. Eugene Parrish

James M. Lesko

Retired Executive, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Education / Accomplishments:

  • Iowa State – Industrial Engineering

Service to Our Community:

  • Pack Place, Board Member, past Chairman
  • Consumer Credit Counseling, Board Member
  • Family Services – Past Board Member
  • United Way, Volunteer

Karen K. Donatelli

Realtor

Education / Accomplishments:

  • Culinary Institute of America
  • Palm Beach Junior College

Service to Our Community:

  • Volunteer, T.C. Roberson
  • Volunteer, Valley Springs Middle School, PTA
  • Member, St. Lawrence Basilica

Jolene Brown Mechanic

Owner & Manager, Phil Mechanic Studios

Co-Founder & Director, Flood Gallery and Fine Art Center

Education/Accomplishments:

  • BA, Philosophy, UNC Asheville
  • BA, Literature, UNC Asheville

Service to Our Community:

  • Board Member, Black Mountain College Museum
  • Board Member – Chair,  Asheville GO (Green Opportunities)
  • Phi Sigma Tau Philosophical Honor Society Member

Jay Womack

Private Wealth Manager & President of AVL Financial

Education/Accomplishments:

  • BA, Samford University
  • ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary
  • AAMS, College for Financial Planning

Service to Our Community:

  • Volunteer, MANNA Food Bank
  • Former Vice President of Optimists Club
  • Member, Trinity Presbyterian Church

Ellen Carr

Fixed income portfolio manager, formerly Capital Group, now private investor

Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School

Education/Accomplishments:

  • BA, Harvard College
  • MBA, Kellogg Graduate School of Management
    CFA charterholder

Service to Our Community:

  • Treasurer, WNCA
  • BORG Advisory Board, Brevard College
  • Leadership Council and Finance Committee, Oxfam America
  • Treasurer, Carr Family Foundation
  • Former board member, KIPP Nashville
  • Former board member, The Fulfillment Fund

Kris WilsonKris Wilson

Founder, President, & Creative Director of the Littlest Golfer, Inc.

Education/Accomplishments:

  • University of Colorado at Denver

Service to Our Community:

  • Founding Sponsor of the FORE the Children Charity Golf Tournament

 

 

Jessica Martin-LaneDSC_2322

Partner at Martin-McGill, McGill Associates, P.A

Education/Accomplishments:

  • University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Service to Our community:

  • Junior League of Asheville

 

 

 

Foundation Board

Timothy A. Kelley, President

Retired, Dixon Hughes Goodman, PLLC

Education/Accomplishments:

  • BS in Accounting, Mars Hill College, magna cum laude

Service to Our Community:

  • North Buncombe Youth League Coach
  • Member, First Baptist Church of Asheville

Hugh McCollum, Vice President

Private Investment Manager

Education/Accomplishments:

  • BS and MS degrees, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Service to Our Community:

  • Secretary/Treasurer, MemoryCare
  • Former Treasurer, Mountain Area Child and Family Center
  • Former Board & Executive Committee Member, Community Foundation of Western North Carolina

Martin Lewis, Secretary/Treasurer

Commercial Property Realtor

Education / Accomplishments:

  • BS, University of Tennessee
  • Certified Commercial Investment member (CCIM)

Service to Our Community:

  • Commissioner, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
  • Member, Buncombe County Board of Adjustment
  • Member, Asheville Commercial Investment Realty Association
  • AB-Tech Small Business Council
  • Executive Committee- Eliada Homes, Inc.

Gary C. Roberts

See description above

Kevin Westmoreland

See description above

Charles W. Smith

See description above

Latrella G. McElrath

See description above

Bill Smith

See description above