The APA-NC Chapter Executive Committee includes members of our organization that were voted in through a state-wide election. 

APA-NC also appoints Committee Chairs and other members to serve volunteer roles that oversee numerous committees and initiatives.


ELECTED OFFICERS

President Elect

Bynum Walter


Chapter President

Hanna Cockburn, AICP


Vice President for Chapter Development

Tim Jones

Vice President for Professional Development

Ben Howell, AICP


Chapter Treasurer

Roger Bardsley, AICP


Chapter Secretary

Tiffany Faro, CZO


COMMITTEES & INITIATIVES

Affordable Housing Task Force

Wayne Nicholas

Leigh Anne King


Awards Committee

Elizabeth Jernigan, AICP


Carolina Planning Journal

Lance Gloss, Editor-in-Chief

Emma Vinella-Bruasher (Angles)


Communications Committee

Paul Black, AICP, Co-Chair

Jennifer Ganser, AICP, Co-Chair


Diversity & Equity Committee

Jalisa Harris, Co-Chair

Eliza Monroe, Co-Chair


Education and Outreach Committee

Dana Stoogenke, AICP, Co-Chair

Janet Holland, AICP, Co-Chair


GIS NC Local Government Committee/APA-NC Rep.

Alice Wilson


Legislative Committee

Chad Meadows, AICP, Chair

Michael Zehner, AICP, Vice-Chair


Planning Assistance Team (PAT)

Lauren Blackburn, AICP

Dick Hails, AICP


Resiliency Task Force 

Lyuba Zuyeva, AICP, Co-Chair

Sealy Chipley Stanley, Co-Chair


School of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill

Jim Joyce

Adam Lovelady

Student Representative

Izzy Thoma-Bain Norman


Young Planners Group

Kari Grace, AICP

Jordan Powell

UNIVERSITY CONTACTS

Appalachian State

Elizabeth Shay, PhD, AICP 

University of North Carolina

Noreen McDonald

Sandra Lazo de la Vega

SUPPORT STAFF

APA-NC Administrator & Conference Event Manager

Candace Cansler