Staff Directory
Noah Ameris
Philanthropy Officer
she/her
Armando Bellmas
Interim President + CEO/ VP Operations
he/him
Makeia Carrier
Marketing Director
she/her
Beck Douglass
Youth Programs Director
he/they
Paul Hanegraaff
Visitor Experience Coordinator
he/him
Marco Heeter
Facilities Assistant
he/him
Doris Kapner
Programs Director
she/her
James Minton
Operations Director
he/him
Bethany Salisbury
Programs Coordinator
she/her
Suzanne Fetscher
President Emerita
Leadership
Board of Directors
Ingrid Amols
Artist
Hannah Blanton
Selah Art Advisory
Vicki Block
Board Chair
Atrium Health
Lauren Bolshakov
Philanthropy Chair
Artist
Jennifer Coss
Civic Leader + Attorney
Keith Cradle
Healthy Blue NC/BCBS
MyLoan Dinh
Artist
Jami Farris
Chair-Elect, Secretary, Governance Chair
Farris Group
Jeanne Johnson
Principal, KPMG’s U.S. Advisory Practice
Sarah Kaminski
Bank of America HR
Cheryl Kaufman
Fundafi
DeAndre Lipscomb
DEI Consultant + Realtor
Kait Marley
Managing Director at Arcadia Art Consultancy
Ulrike Miles
Principal, Mercury Impact Consulting
Tannisha Reid
Fair Count
John Roberts
Chief Creative Officer, Wray Ward
Casey Smith
Bank of America Private Bank
Laura Smith
Immediate Past Chair
Foundation For The Carolinas
Liz Thomas-Hollier
Mecklenburg County GIS
Derrick Thompson
Operations Chair
Wells Fargo
Rosalia Torres-Weiner
Artist + Alumna AIR
Kevin Wright
Treasurer, Finance Chair
Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking
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