About Us

Board of Directors

Julie Heinitsh, Chair
UNC-Asheville

 

Gene Adams, Vice-Chair
Webb Insurance

 

James Carter, Secretary
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce

 

Jill Franklin, Treasurer
Wells Fargo Advisors

Michelle Bettencourt
UNC-Asheville

 

Keith Costello
Retired Superintendent

 

Sam Craig
Craig Law Firm, PLLC

 

Greg Dillingham
UNC-Asheville

 

Kate Henry
Community Volunteer

 

Linda Kane
Retired Attorney and Teacher

 

Larry Liggett
Retired Educator

 

Katherine Morosani
University of Phoenix

 

John Scroggs
RBC 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.