Staff Directory
Noah Ameris
Philanthropy Officer
she/her
Armando Bellmas
VP, Operations
he/him
Makeia Carrier
Marketing Director
she/her
Meredith Connelly
Senior Director of External Affairs
she/her
Paul Hanegraaff
Operations + Events Coordinator
he/him
Marco Heeter
Facilities Assistant
he/him
Asa Jackson
President + CEO
he/him
Doris Kapner
Senior Creative Director
she/her
James Minton
Operations Director
he/him
Bethany Salisbury
Residency Director
she/her
Suzanne Fetscher
President Emerita
Leadership
Board of Directors
Ingrid Amols
Vice-Chair
Artist
Hannah Blanton
Selah Art Advisory
Vicki Block
Immediate Past Chair
Atrium Health
Jennifer Brown
Art Program Curator, Bank of America
Jennifer Coss
Philanthropy Committee Chair
Civic Leader + Attorney
Michelle Cottrell
Independent Philanthropy Consultant
Keith Cradle
Healthy Blue NC/BCBS
MyLoan Dinh
Artist
Jami Farris
Gastonia Ad-Hoc Committee Chair
Farris Group
Carla Hanzal
Curator
Jonathan Ingram
Wells Fargo
DeAndre Lipscomb
DEI Consultant + Realtor
Kait McElwee
Collecting Committee Chair
Managing Director at Arcadia Art Consultancy
Fritz Porter
Westend Advisors
Tannisha Reid
Fair Count
Casey Smith
Bank of America Private Bank
Matthew Susong
TIAA
Liz Thomas-Hollier
Secretary, Governance, Welcoming Committee Chair
Mecklenburg County GIS
Derrick Thompson
Board Chair
Wells Fargo
Anja Workman
Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health
Kevin Wright
Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair
Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking
Rebecca Young
General Counsel, Husky Rack & Wire
Advisory Council
Hugh L. McColl, Jr.
Founding Chair
Falfurrias Capital Partners
Francisco Alvarado
Marand Builders
Jennifer Appleby
Wray Ward
Joni Davis
Chair
Duke Energy (Retired)
Clay Grubb
Grubb Properties
James Jackson
Bank of America (Retired)
Nina Jackson
Civic Leader