Board of Directors
Board Members
The Tryon Palace Foundation is a 501(c)(3)-membership organization that was formed in 1992 to develop audience and financial support for Tryon Palace. The Foundation is administered by a Board of Directors.
- Mr. Craig Allen
- Ms. Judy Avery
- Ms. Sallie Baxter
- Mr. Albert R. Bell, Jr.
- Mr. James Copland IV
- Dr. David C. Dennard
- Mr. Mark Gatlin
- Mr. Stephen A. Graves
- Ms. Susan King Hackney
- Mr. Ross Hardeman
- Mr. Lee Hodge
- Mr. Randal Hunter (Vice President)
- Ms. Carole Kemp
- Ms. Catherine Little
- Ms. Carol Mattocks
- Mr. Judson McAden
- Ms. Rozanne B. McCotter
- Ms. Judith McCrudden
- Mr. Thomas Monte
- Mr. Paresh Pankhavala
- Ms. Beverly Perdue
- Mr. Jim Robinson
- Ms. Anne Schout
- Ms. Cece May Scott
- Mr. Thomas E. Stroud
- Ms. Jeannie Tyson (President)
- Ms. Elizabeth R. Ward
- Ms. Dianne Weaver
Ex Officio
Ms. Katherine Haroldson, Commission Chairman
Dr. Darin Waters, Deputy Secretary for Archives & History
Mr. Bill McCrea, Executive Director, Secretary/Treasurer
Commissioners
- Mr. James V. Bender (Assistant Financial Officer & Treasurer)
- Mr. John C. Bircher, III
- Ms. Maria Cho
- Dr. J. Kenneth Chance
- Mr. Darren B. Clark
- Dr. James B. Congleton, III (Financial Officer & Treasurer)
- Ms. Fern D. Cotton
- Mr. Howie DeVane
- Mr. Derrick S. Donald
- Dr. Catherine J. Everett
- Ms. Susan G. Fetzer
- Mr. Bernard George
- Ms. Mary M. Gornto
- Mr. Steve Graves (Secretary)
- Ms. Christine J. Greene
- Ms. Katherine C. Haroldson (Chair)
- Mr. Nelson McDaniel
- Mr. Pender McElroy
- Mr. James Norment
- Mr. Jon Segal
- Ms. Ellen M. Sheridan
- Ms. Linda Simmons Henry
- Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood
- Mr. John A. J. Ward
- Ms. Kelly Whitley
- Mr. Stephen Zaytoun
Ex Officio
Secretary D. Reid Wilson, NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources
Ms. Suzanne Bizzell, Designee for Attorney General Stein
Dr. Allison Danell, Dean, Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Commissioner Jason Jones, Chairman of the Craven County Board
Mayor Dana E. Outlaw
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