Leadership

ASHEVILLE AREA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Michael H. Stoll, President
   Retired Vice President, AT&T and Lucent Technologies, with responsibilities in the areas of operations, sales, and mergers and acquisitions.

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Bill Jacobs, Vice-President & Treasurer

   Formerly the VP and General Counsel for EMS Technologies, Inc. Background with the firm of Trotter, Smith & Jacobs, a firm known for its public company, business finance and merger/acquisition practices, his specialty areas.

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Carol A. McCollum, Secretary
   Civic Leader. Former President, Asheville Symphony         Orchestra Society and Asheville Choral Society. Former       member of Asheville Citizen-Times Editorial Board, YWCA, Kids Voting, and Asheville Area Arts Council. Former buyer Lord & Taylor.

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David Cappiello
   Retired Orthopedic Surgeon with Blue Ridge Bone & Joint in Asheville. Former program chairman of Asheville Community Concert Association and current program chairman of Asheville Bravo Concerts.

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J.K. MacKendree (Mack) Day
   Vice President of Human Resources, Akzo Nobel Chemicals North America, retired. Formerly Attorney and   General Counsel, Akzo Nobel Chemicals North America; Attorney – Akzo Nobel America (Formerly Akzona, NA).

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John Rogers, FAIA
   Retired architect, Rogers/Chenevert Architects P.C., responsible for the design of a number of major projects in Western North Carolina.

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John J. Sherman, Jr.   Retired stockbroker active in Venezuela and Asheville.  Past president Asheville Symphony Orchestra and Asheville Civitan Club.  Past treasurer WCQS and Friends of the Buncombe County Library.  Long-time manager Asheville Antiques Fair.

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John Sterritt, Sr.
   Sr. VP of Investments for UBS. Has served on the boards of the United Way and Pack Square Park Conservancy and currently serves on the Grove Arcade and Country Club of Asheville boards.

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Joyce Dorr, Ph.D., Director Emeritus

James Baudoin, Project Manager
   James has supported the AACPA Board of Directors since 2004. He's owner of JB Projects LLC (a NC real estate firm) and a Principal of TCTB, a Nevada-based theatre development company.

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Bill Jacobs and Mike Stoll of the AACPA Board of Directors, shown in planning session with Alan McGuinn of ARCA Design.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

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Louis Bissette - McGuire Wood & Bissette

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Thomas C. Bolton - Thomas C. Bolton & Co.

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Laura Boosinger - Madison County Arts Council

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George Goosmann - Mayor, Biltmore Forest

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John Luckett - Grand Bohemian Hotel

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Rick Lutovsky - Civic Leader

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Tina McGuire - Pack Place 

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Steve McManus - Southeastern Development Corp.

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William G. McMinn - FAIA

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George W. Morosani - George W. Morosani & Assoc.

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Vinton Murray - Civic Leader

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Doug Orr - Former President Warren Wilson College

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Carole Roskind - Civic Leader

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Pat Smith - Civic Leader

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Chuck Tessier - Tessier Associates

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Herman Turk - Renaissance Asheville Hotel

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S. Miller Williams - President Willvest

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Charles R. Worley - Worley & Associates, PA

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