BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laura Bayzle, MBA, Board Chairwoman
Managing Partner, the Link Group – Raleigh
Daniel Palchinsky, Vice Chairman
Senior Project Manager, JLL – Raleigh
Carol Holland, Secretary
Vice President, Private Banking Officer TowneBank – Raleigh
Jacqueline Dowdy, Treasurer
President, Vision in Action Business Solutions –
Durham
Emily Cliver
Community Advocate - Raleigh
Melody Diaz
Executive Administrator, Scott Madden – Raleigh
Tracey Kumar
Assistant Professor
North Carolina Central University – Durham
Mary LeGere
Artistic Director Emeritus, Raleigh Dance Theatre
Former Director of Raleigh School of Ballet –
Raleigh
Cristina Stam
Counsel, Parker Poe – Raleigh
Marlon Torres MBA PMP CAE, Ex Officio
Executive Director, NC AIA
Suzi Landis, Ex Officio
Artistic Director, NC AIA
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS
Jacques d’Amboise
Mary Duke Biddle
Trent Semans
Doug Zinn
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS
Jeffrey LaRiche, Past Chair
Susan Garrity, Past Chair
Shawna Lemon
Eileen Cowell
Meredythe Holmes
Brandon Ives
Tracy Mancini
Tracy Strong
Vera Tayeh
Lars Von Kantzow
A.J. Yarborough
IN MEMORIAM
Jacques d’Amboise
Founder of National Dance Institute
Susan Garrity
Board Chair Emerita