The North Carolina Arboretum Board of Directors*
Chair: Ms. Cheryl McMurry Kaynard
Vice Chair: Mr. Lee Thomason
Secretary: Dr. Undi Hoffler
Executive Committee:
- Ms. Karen Tessier
- Dr. Kimberly van Noort
- Ms. Sadie Walters
Executive Director (ex officio, Executive Committee):
- Mr. George Briggs, Executive Director
Honorary Life Board Members:
- Mr. Leslie (Bud) Baker, Jr.
- Mr. William (Bill) C. Sword
Chair Emeritus:
- Mr. Michael D. Tanner
Members At-Large:
- Dr. Kelli Brown
- Mr. Guy Clerici
- Mr. Larry B. Harris
- Ms. Janet Leath
- Ms. Karen LeVert
- Ms. Leah McGrath
- Mr. Harold Owen
- Dr. William Sederburg
- Mr. Thomas Southard
- Mr. Dana L. Stonestreet
- Mr. Rodney Swink
- Dr. Darin J. Waters
Board of Directors Meetings 2019
- October 14, 2021
- April 14, 2022
- July 14, 2022
- October 13, 2022
All meetings are held in the Education Center Library at 10:30 a.m.
(*Effective July 1, 2021)
The North Carolina Arboretum Society Board of Directors
Ex officio: George Briggs, President
Ex officio: Clara Curtis, Senior Director for Mission Delivery
Ex officio: Drake Fowler, Chief Business Officer / Chief Operations Officer
Ex officio: Cheryl McMurry Kaynard, Chair, The North Carolina Arboretum Board of Directors
Chair: Guy Clerici
Vice Chair: Tom Southard
Treasurer: Scott Peterson
Secretary: Linda Martinson
- Rick Daley
- Faith Doyle
- Richard Hall
- Nancy Humphries
- Allan Little
- Lynn Raker
- Diane Whitehead
- Dr. Rebecca Ayers