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 11/17/25)

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





Alicyn Wiedrich, Board Vice President. Gaston County Museum of Art & History, Pineville Alicyn Wiedrich
Immediate Past President
Gaston County Museum of Art & History, Dallas






Standing Committee Chairs 

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Christian Edwards 

Annual Meeting Chair

Wilson Special Collections, Chapel Hill







 Kayla Leonard

 Archives Chair

 State Archives of North Carolina, New Bern





Leslie Leonard

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




 Camille Hunt
 Membership Chair

 North Carolina Museum of History, 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

 Lauren May

 Mountains Section Chair

 Vance Birthplace State Historic Site, Weaverville






                                 Northeastern Section Chair








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





 Devin Kelly
 Southeastern Section Chair

 Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington





Ex-Officio Members/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







Ex-Officio Members - Other


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Liaison with North Carolina African American Heritage Commission

North Carolina African American Heritage Commission, Raleigh








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








Person IconJoseph Knight
Liaison with NC Science Museums

Hands On! Children Museum, Hendersonville








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Liaison with Southeastern Museums Conference








 Amelia Zytka

 Techmeister

 The President James K. Polk State Historic Site, Pineville





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