Board & Staff

Courtney Wheeler
Executive Director
2022 – Present
Rodney Sutton
Executive Director
2016 – 2021
Karen James
Co-Executive Director
2014 – 2016
David Fink
Co-Executive Director
2014 – 2016
Joe Shannon (1950 – 2014)
Founder & Executive Director 1994 – 2014

Board of Directors

Mark Freed
President
Town of Boone
Anna Oakes
Appalachian State University
JP Greene
Treasurer
Retired Forester
Mollie Shanly
High Country Host
Sarah Borders
Secretary
Retired Teacher
Julie Shepherd-Powell
Appalachian State University
Bob Goddard
Retired ASU Professor
Tommy Smith
Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Jack James
Retired Electrical Engineer
Charlene Trestain
Retired Teacher
Rebecca Keeter
Appalachian State University

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Photographer
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Sound Engineer