NCMC Board of Directors

Are you interested in becoming a Board member for NCMC? Please visit our Join the Board page or fill out this form to get in touch with us! You need not have a specific Board position in mind, just a willingness to serve on the Board and act in the best interests of NCMC and North Carolina’s museum community. Participation on the Board is a great learning and networking experience!

All business mailings should be sent to:

North Carolina Museums Council
PO Box 2603
Raleigh, NC 27602-2603

Below is a list of current board members (updated 06/18/2026)

Officers

Alex Olivares, Art Section Chair. Mint Museum, Charlotte

Alexandra Olivares

President

The Mint Museum, Charlotte





Felicia Knise 

Vice President

NC Museum of Art, Raleigh






Trista Reis Porter

Secretary

Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville





Lauren Pacheco

Treasurer
Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro





Standing Committee Chairs 

Paisley McDonald

Annual Meeting Chair

Relative Scale







 Kayla Leonard

 Archives Chair

 State Archives of North Carolina, New Bern





Leslie Cruickshank

Awards Chair

Research Historian, NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources, Raleigh





 Kayla Kramb-Guy

 Communications  Chair

 Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville






Ashley Sedlak-Propst, Development Chair. Historic Cabarrus Association, ConcordAshley Sedlak-Propst
Development Chair
Private Consultant, North Carolina





 Tanesha Anthony

 Directory Chair

 Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, Sedalia




 Malia Lyles
 Membership Chair

 North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh





 Catie Atkinson
 Nominating Chair

 Orange County Historical Museum, Hillsborough





Sarah Maske, Assistant Professional Development Chair. Greensboro Historical MuseumSarah Anne Maske
Professional Development

Greensboro History Museum





 Dr. Andrea Burns
 Student Affairs 

 Appalachian State University, Boone





Regional Section Chairs

 Mandy Gibson

 Mountains Section Chair

 Historic Johnson Farm, Hendersonville






Beth Nevarez

Northeastern Section Chair

Historical Consultant







Scott Warren
Piedmont Section Chair
The President James K. Polk State Historic Site, Pineville





 Devin Kelly
 Southeastern Section Chair

 Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington





Committee Vice-Chairs 

Tanya Day

Annual Meeting Vice-Chair

North Carolina Children's Museum, Chapel Hill








 Susie Whalen

 Communications Vice-Chair

 President James K. Polk State Historic Site, Pineville








 Maggie Mauldin

 Professional Development Vice-Chair

 The Mint Museum, Charlotte






Linda Jacobson

Membership Vice-Chair

North Carolina Collection Gallery, UNC Chapel Hill






Dr. Anne Parsons

Student Affairs Vice-Chair

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro 






Ex-Officio Members 


Caitlin Patton Stanley. Liaison with NC Humanities NC Humanities, Charlotte

Caitlin Patton Stanley
Liaison with NC Humanities
NC Humanities, Charlotte








Joseph Knight
Liaison with NC Science Museums

Imagination Station Science & History Museum, Wilson









Kif Rivera

Techmeister

Old Salem Museums & Gardens, Winston-Salem









Open
Liaison with Southeastern Museums Conference

Open

Liaison with North Carolina African American Heritage Commission

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