Dr. Frederick Buskey
Founder & CEO
Strategic Leadership Consulting
Angie Knight
Superintendent
Graham County Schools
Alex Knight
High School Student
Graham County Schools
Lori Bailey
Executive Director
Nantahala Health Foundation
Russ Harris
Executive Director
Southwestern Commission
Todd Goins
Director
Clay County Department of Social Services
Marianne Martinez
Executive Director
Vecinos, Inc.
Lisa Duff
Associate Director
Nantahala Health Foundation
Desta Trammell
High School Student
Graham County Schools
Joey Owle
Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Bernadette Peters
Main Street Economic Development Director
Town of Sylva
Jonah Lossiah
Reporter
Cherokee One Feather
Paul Heckert
CFO
Hights, Inc.
Beth Booth
Director
Graham County Health Department
Becca Scott
Director of Community and Economic Development
Southwestern Commission
Tim Radford
Mayor
Town of Murphy
Parker Chatham
Executive Director
Restoration House of WNC
E. Claire Leipold
Health Science Student
Western Carolina University
Savannah Vining
Education and Workforce Development Administrator
Hights, Inc
Deidre McMahon
Assistant Director
Southwestern Child Development Commission
Stacy Guffey
Franklin Town Council Member
WNC Program Manager for NCGrowth at UNC-Chapel Hill
Anna Rogers
Regional Ombudsman
Southwestern Commission
Beau Bishop
Housing and Weatherization Coordinator
Macon County Housing Department
Anita Welch Lossiah
Policy Analyst
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Jose Perez
Victim Advocate
30th Judicial District
Kevin King
Manager
Swain County
