About Us

Board of Directors

Gene Adams, Chair
Webb Insurance

 

Sam Craig, Vice-Chair
Craig Law Firm, PLLC

 

Julie Heinitsh, Past-Chair
UNC-Asheville

 

Kate Henry, Secretary
Community Volunteer

 

Debbie Motz-Bryenton, Treasurer
Eastern Outdoor Reps. Association

 

Michelle Bettencourt
UNC-Asheville

 

Jill Franklin
Edward Jones

 

Jes Garner Williams
Find Great People

 

Greg Hammer
National Climatic Data Center

 

Eric "Big E" Howard
Asheville City Schools

 

Katherine Morosani
University of Phoenix

 

John Scroggs
TD Bank

 

The Book

By Fred Chappell

Poet Laureate Emeritus of North Carolina

 

It waits as patiently as a forest trail

To take you to a place you must have heard about,

Quiet and exciting, a glade to be alone in,

With those who came before.

At first the journey is one slow letter at a time,

But sooner than you thought, you clip along,

Your pace growing smarter with each step.

 

You never arrive at an end

Because you never want to,

And a thousand other trails lead off from this one path,

Mysterious, inviting, alive with shadowy light.

 

The book will go with you as far as you desire.

And if you like, I will come with you.