Board of Directors
2020
Chair, David Matz
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones; Buncombe County
Vice-Chair, Kimberly Hunter
Entrepreneur, Cooperative Developer and Realtor at EXIT Realty Vistas | Buncombe County
Treasurer, Grady Nance
Energy Expert | Henderson County
Secretary, Kimberly Price
Assistant Professor, Lenoir-Rhyne University | Buncombe County
At-Large Executive Committee Member | Je’Wana Grier-McEachin
Executive Director, Asheville-Buncombe Institute for Parity Achievement (ABIPA) | Buncombe County
Deke Arndt
Chief of the Monitoring Branch of the National Centers for Environmental Information | Buncombe County
George Austin
Accountant, Austin CPA, PC | Buncombe County
Ameena Batada
Associate Professor of Health and Wellness, UNCA | Buncombe County
David Brooks
Managing Partner, Value Partners, LLC | Avery County
Tanya-Marie Cummings
Executive Director, Pathways to Parks | Henderson County
Mary Jo Deck
Staurolite Resource Group | Clay County
Greer Gunby
Graphic Artist and Photographer | Transylvania County
Moriah Heaney
Marketing & Development Associate, Mountain BizWorks | Polk County
Jesse Miller
Insurance Agent, First Security Insurance | Watauga County
Maria Rusafova
Architect, Rusafova Markulis Architects | Buncombe County
Zoe Schumaker
Retired IT/Artist | Towns County
Katherine Taafe
Owner, All Creatures Short and Tall | Union County
