APA-NC Executive Committee
The 2021-2022 APA-NC Chapter Executive Committee took office on January 1, 2021. The 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
Chapter President
Hanna Cockburn, AICP
johanna.cockburn@greensboro-nc.gov
Past Chapter President
Ben Howell, AICP
Vice President for Chapter Development
Tiffany White
Vice President for Professional Development
Katherine Godwin, AICP
Chapter Treasurer
Roger Bardsley, AICP
Chapter Secretary
Tiffany Faro, CZO
COMMITTEES & INITIATIVES
Affordable Housing Task Force
Jessica Hill, AICP, PMP
Leigh Anne King
Awards Committee
Bynum Walter
Elizabeth Jernigan, AICP
elizabeth.jernigan@greensboro-nc.gov
Carolina Planning Journal
Will Curran-Groome
carolinaplanningjournal@gmail.com
Communications Committee
Paul Black, AICP, Co-Chair
Jennifer Ganser, AICP, Co-Chair
Diversity & Equity Committee
Brendie Vega, AICP, 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
Plan for Health Initiative
John Morck, AICP
Planning Assistance Team (PAT)
Lauren Blackburn, AICP
Dick Hails, AICP
Resiliency Task Force
Lyuba Zuyeva, AICP, Co-Chair
mailto:lzuyeva@vhb.com
Sealy Chipley Stanley, Co-Chair
School of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jim Joyce
Adam Lovelady
Sections Committee
Joe Heard, AICP, Chair
Student Representative
Rene Marker-Katz
renemk@email.unc.edu
Young Planners Group
Desmond Corley, AICP
Kari Grace, AICP
UNIVERSITY CONTACTS
Appalachian State
Elizabeth Shay, PhD, AICP
University of North Carolina
Noreen McDonald
SUPPORT STAFF
APA-NC Administrator & Conference Event Manager
Kara Louise