Who We Are

2012-13 Board of Directors

Executive Committee
Chair: Chip Gould, Cason Companies
Past Chair: Kelly Leonard, Forest Commercial Bank
Chair Elect: Nathan Kennedy, First Citizens Bank
Treasurer: Dave Modaff, Friday Staffing Services
President & CEO: Andrew Tate, HCPED

Elected Directors
Mike Armstrong, GE Lighting Solutions
Will Buie, William G. Lapsley & Associates
Tom Cooper, Cooper Construction Company
Jim Hall, Investors Realty Group
Don Hallingse, PSNC Energy
Bill Harris, IMOCO
Mike Mayer, Mountain 1st Bank & Trust
Adam Shealy, The Van Winkle Law Firm
LaVoy Spooner, AT&T
Pete Szelwach, Clement Pappas
Craig DeBrew, Duke Energy

Appointed Directors
Kathy Hoyle, Hoyle Office Solutions, Inc.
Jim Rasmussen, Morrow Insurance Agency, Inc.

Ex-Officio Directors
Chairman Ervin Bazzle, Henderson County Board of Education
Councilman Hugh Clark, Town of Fletcher
Chairman Charlie Messer, Henderson County Board of Commissioners
Mayor Carey O'Cain, Town of Laurel Park
Mayor Barbara Volk, City of Hendersonville
Dr. Molly Parkhill, Blue Ridge Community College
Mayor Bob Staton, Village of Flat Rock
Mayor Roger Snyder, Town of Mills River