Board Members
Executive Committee
William Rowe, Chair
Chuck Ged, Chair Elect / VC Finance
Karen Estella Smith, Secretary
Ann Harwood-Nuss, M.D., VC Animal Care & Conservation
Carl Cannon, VC Capital Campaign
Janna McNicholas, VC Governance
John Hayt, Honorary Advisor*
John McIlvaine, VC Marketing & Development
Jordan Elsbury, Mayoral Appointee*
Kelly Coker-Daniel, VC Education
Kerri Stewart, VC Special Projects & Properties
Lucia Lindsey, VC Gardens & Art
Tony Vecchio, Executive Director
General Board
Paul Blackstone
Scott Chamberlayne
Asher Chanan-Khan, M.D.
*LeAnna Cumber
Anne Marie Cushmac
Kenyonn Demps
Jessica Fowler
Margaret Hicks
Rene Kurzius
Barney Lane
George Mikes
John Naugle
*Ju’Coby Pittman
Paul Sandler
Joel Swanson
Salmaan Wahidi
Darryl Willie
Scott Witt
Honorary Board
Ivan Clare
Dano Davis
Lenore McCullagh
Elizabeth Petway
Herbert Peyton
Clifford Schultz
Frank Surface
Janet Vaksdal Weaver
Honorary Past Chairs Council
Martha Baker
J.F. Bryan
Howard Coker
Charles Commander
Jed Davis
Matt Fairbairn
Joseph Hixon
J. Michael Hughes
Lewis Lee
David Loeb
Richard Martin
Frank Miller
John A. Mitchell
Thomas Schmidt
Carl "Hap" Stewart
James Stockton
Penny Thompson
Courtenay Wilson