Board of Directors
2021
Chair, JéWana Grier-McEachin
Executive Director, Asheville-Buncombe Institute for Parity Achievement (ABIPA) | Buncombe County
Vice-Chair, Moriah Heaney
Community Investments Manager, Mountain BizWorks | Polk County
Treasurer, Grady Nance
Retired, Business & Engineering | Henderson County
Secretary, Tanya-Marie Pender
President, Pathways to Parks | Henderson County
At-Large Executive Committee Member, Mary Jo Deck
Staurolite Resource Group | Clay 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
Marco Fonseca
Assistant Director of Intercultural Student Affairs, Appalachian State University | Watauga County
Kimberly Hunter
Entrepreneur, Cooperative Developer and Realtor at EXIT Realty Vistas | Buncombe County
Jesse Miller
Insurance Agent, First Security Insurance | Watauga County
Maria Rusafova
Architect, Rusafova Markulis Architects | Buncombe County
Zoe Schumaker
Artist/ President, Asheville Gallery of Art
Katherine Taafe
Owner, All Creatures Short and Tall | Union County
