The RiverLink team is excited to welcome four new members to its Board of Directors at their annual meeting on July 11.
John
Curry graduated from Davidson College and the UNC School of
Law and is a distinguished and well known environmental
attorney whose client list included among others NRDC, The National Committee
for the New River, The Audubon Society and the Nature Conservancy. He has
served as President of the Conservation Council from and as a
member of the National Board of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) from
1987 to 1992 and still serves of the NC board of EDF.
Ken
Grossman, started Sierra Nevada
Brewing in 1997 with $50,000 in loans from friends and family and has built it
into the second largest craft brewery in the USA. Sierra Nevada was named
"Green Business of the Year" by the Environmental Protection
Agency in 2010. The company is the largest buyer of organic hops in the
USA and its Chico location is powered by solar energy. Sierra Nevada is
in the process of opening its east coast distribution center in Mills River
this fall with plans to grow hops locally and expand the company's
impressive environmental record throughout the French Broad River watershed.
Jason
Walls, is the
new district manger for Duke Energy for WNC. Walls joined Duke in 2002 as
an associate scientist for the companies hydroelectric relicensing efforts
along the Tuckaseegee, Natahala and Catawba-Watereree river systems.
David
Whilden, is the Senior Trust
Officer for Boys, Arnold Trust Company. Prior to joining Boys, Arnold he
was the Regional Trust Officer for RBC Bank. He has served as chair of a
variety of area non -profits including Deerfield Retirement Community,
MemoryCare and UNC-A Foundation. He has also served on the
Foundation Board for Appalachian State University and Campbell University.
These new members join existing
members which include:
Daniel
Hitchcock, Chair, partner at Adams, Hendon, Carson Crow and Saenger.
Esther
Cartwright, Vice-Chair, and controller at AvL Technoligies.
Peter
Sprague, Secretary, and Ingles Markets
Dick Hall,
Treasurer, and retired aerospace scientist
Hope
Ballew, manager TD Bank
Paul
Dismukes, Retired Medical field
Barb
LaGuardia Korb, retired AT&T
Brian
Moore, Mission Hospital Director of Planning and Public Policy
Denise
Snodgrass, retired UNCA College for Seniors & Leadership Asheville
Seniors
Michael
Sule, Asheville on Bikes
James
Volk, Pediatrician, Henderson County
Debi
Whitmire, retired owner Headwaters Outfitters, Transylvania County
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