Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is composed of Western North Carolina Alliance members as follows:

Chair             

Linda Tatsapaugh                    

Buncombe County At-Large

First Vice-Chair

Pete Krull

Buncombe County At-Large

Second Vice-Chair

Matt Raker

Buncombe County Chapter

Secretary

Randall Boggs

Henderson County At-Large

Treasurer

Ellen Carr

Buncombe County At-Large

Bill Crawford

Macon Chapter

Greg Kidd

Public Parks Task Force

Julie Lehman

Buncombe County At-Large

Lee Ann Mangone

Buncombe County At-Large

Edward Pritchett

Buncombe County At-Large

Don Schjeldahl

Henderson County At-Large

Stan Schnitzer

Buncombe County At-Large

Cynthia Strain

Ken Brown

Tuckaseegee Community Alliance

Wendy Patoprsty

Watauga River Conservation Partners

Aurelia Stone 

Tusquittee Chapter

 WNCA BYLAWS

The WNCA Steering Committee voted on April 12, 2012 to amend the organization’s bylaws in response to changes in WNCA’s program work. As required by our bylaws, we are posting this change for our members’ consideration and feedback. If you have comments or questions, please email Julie Mayfield at julie@wnca.org.

The primary program change is the addition of Josh Kelly, the field biologist we added in 2011. Prior to coming to WNCA, Josh worked on national forest issues in the Cherokee National Forest, which is just over the border in Tennessee. The Cherokee National Forest is ecologically connected to the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests in North Carolina, and Josh and our forest partner organizations believe that work in Tennessee is important in maintaining the ecological integrity of the entire forest system. So, as with our French Broad Riverkeeper program whose jurisdiction includes the French Broad basin in Tennessee, we think it makes sense for the Alliance to continue to use Josh’s expertise to work on the entire natural system, uninterrupted by the state boundary.

The other proposed change reflects work we might have done on I-3 and might still do on Corridor K, both large, inter-state transportation projects. In these instances, effective work on the North Carolina segments requires advocacy around the entire project, including those segments in other states. This simply reflects the political, structural, and funding realities of inter-state transportation projects.

Click here to see the proposed change.