RUTHERFORD COUNTY ENDOWMENT - Key Persons


Alana Nottage

Job Titles:
  • Leadership Associate

Amber Harrelson-Williams

Job Titles:
  • Scholarship Officer

Angela Farnquist

Job Titles:
  • Donor Relations Officer

Becky Davis

Job Titles:
  • Senior Development Officer

Betty Doll

Job Titles:
  • Financial Advisor
Betty Doll with her financial advisor, Al Davis, Davis Financial Planning. "I know how important it is to think carefully about your life and legacy. I included The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina in my estate plan. I worked with them now so that after my lifetime, an endowed fund will support the causes I believe in. I'm at ease knowing that the Foundation will steward my legacy for the good of the community - forever." - Betty Doll . Photo by Michael Oppenheim.

Beverly Ayscue

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Advisory Board

BJ Kilgore

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee

Carla Barnard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Carter B. Webb

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee
  • Chairman, the Van Winkle Law Firm

Colton Groome

Job Titles:
  • Financial / DMJPS PLLC / First Citizens Bank

Constance M. Haire

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

David Eaker

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Advisory Board

Diane Crisp

Job Titles:
  • Senior Grants Manager

Eliana Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Donor Relations Associate

Elizabeth Brazas - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Administration

Ellen O. Carr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Evan Gilreath

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee

Francisco Castelblanco

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Secretary
  • Vice - Chair

Gould Killian

Job Titles:
  • Group, P.a. / Altamont Capital Management, L.L.C

Graham Keever - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Finance

Harris M. Livingstain

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee

Heather P. Norton - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer

Himanshu Karvir

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Ismael Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Program Associate

J. Chris Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

James W. Baley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee

Janet Sharp

Job Titles:
  • Senior Staff Accountant

Jean McLaughlin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Jim Ashton

Jim Ashton, Jill Austin, Gretchen Banks, Amber Westall Briggs, Olivier Calas, Dr. Monica Carpenter (Secretary), Melissa Flattery, Jim Gentry Jr. (Chair), Jayne Ellen Hunt, Mark Mitchell, Julia Silvers, and Gregory Stella (Vice Chair).

Joanne Badr - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Officers Team

Juanita Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Julie Klipp - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Kenneth Youngblood

Job Titles:
  • Attorney

L. Daniel Akers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee

Laura Herndon

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Development
  • Development

Lindsay Hearn - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Communications Director
  • Communications

Lynn M. Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Matthew L. Groome

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee

Matthew T. Lee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Meagan McNairy

Job Titles:
  • Office Administrator

Melissa Crouse

Job Titles:
  • Finance Associate

Melissa Edgington

Job Titles:
  • Development Associate
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Michael Fields

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Milton Butterworth

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Naomi Davis

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Human Resources Officer

Natalie N. Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Nick Bearden

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Philip Belcher

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Programs

R. Walton Davis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee

Rollin Groseclose

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee

Sally Weldon

Job Titles:
  • Director of Information Technology

Scott Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Sharon Fouts Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Shon Norris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee
  • Gould Killian CPA Group, P.a

Spencer Butler

Job Titles:
  • Senior Donor Relations Officer

Tara Scholtz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Officer

Vincent D. Childress

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Professional Advisory Committee

Virginia Dollar

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Officer

Yolanda Fair

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors