Board of directors
The Asheville City Schools Foundation is governed by an intergenerational volunteer Board of Directors dedicated to public education.
Executive Team
Julie Koenke
Education Consultant for ConnectED: National Center for College and Career
Amieris Lavender
Chief Program Officer, YWCA
Amanda Pattanayak
Nurse Practitioner, Asheville Pulmonary & Critical Care and ACS Parent
Robert Lamb
Attorney, Hatch Rockers Immigration and ACS Parent
Directors
Marcus Ronell Kirkman, Sr.
Equity & Inclusion Training Consultant, City of Asheville
Melissa Kledis
Financial Adviser, Peridot Financial and ACS Parent
Kimberly Nava Eggett
Director of the Center for Diversity Education, UNC Asheville
D. Tyrell McGirt
Parks & Recreation Director, City of Asheville
Sara Metzger
CEO, Vista Coaching and Parent of ACS Alumni
Velene Fagan
Customer service & small business owner and Parent of ACS alumni
Irene Jenny Pickens
Artist, Noir Collective AVL
Jen Rhode Ward
Biology Professor, UNC Asheville and ACS Parent
Landon Ward
Environmental Studies Lecturer,
UNC Asheville and ACS Parent
Lyndi Hewitt
Professor, UNC Asheville and Parent of ACS alumni
Roland (Tre) Brodas Williams III
Racial Justice Coalition of Asheville and ACS Alumnus
Deborah Bailey
Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
ACS Representatives
Dr. Maggie Fehrman
Superintendent, ACS
James Carter
ACS Board Member
Ruafika Cobb
Principal, Ira B. Jones Elementary
Ximena Zulay Del Corral
ESL Teacher at Lucy Herrings Elementary
Tracey Barrett
Social Studies Teacher, AHS
ACS Student Leaders
Paiden Castelblanco
AHS Senior
Sophia (Bella) Glover
AHS Junior
Aidan O’Donnell
AHS Sophomore
Interested in joining our Board of Directors? Contact both:
Copland Arnold Rudolph
Executive Director
copland@acsf.org
(828) 350-6174
James Carter
Director of Development and Alumni Relations
james.carter@acsgmail.net
(828) 348 - 6566