EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
President:
David S. Albert
dalbert@wcpss.net
919-870-4297 (W)
Past President:
Jerry Cribbs
jcribbs@ec.rr.com
910-392-6783 (H)
President-Elect:
Sonja Williams
sonja.williams@
onslow.k12.nc.us
910-346-1804 (H)
Recording Secretary:
Susan Trivette
susanTsbt@aol.com
704-279-5831 (H)
Member-at-Large:
Ann Huff
ahuff@wcpss.net
919-493-4877 (H)
Member-at-Large:
Dr. Donna Wiggins
wigginsd@wssu.edu
336-725-6107 (H)
DISTRICT PRESIDENTS
District 1:
Mary Beth Shumate
mshumate@tcsnc.org
828-884-4103 x 802 (W)
District 2:
Anne Goss
mgoss@carolina.rr.com
704-487-5612 (H)
District 3:
Joshua Lee Howard
howardjl@alleghany.k12.nc.us
District 4:
Adam L. Joiner
aljoiner@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
District 5:
Margie Harrison
mharrison@davidson.k12.nc.us
336-476-4816 (W)
District 6:
Jane Orrell
j.orrell@cms.k12.nc.us
704-779-5678 (C)
District 7:
Carl Cruthis
cruthic@gcsnc.com
336-316-5833 (W)
District 8:
Marie H. Riedesel
mriedesel@mcs.k12.nc.us
910-295-6969 (W)
District 9:
Danny Yancey
danny.yancey@dpsnc.net
District 10:
Eugene Cotton, Jr.
guittarman@earthlink.net
910-425-6895 (H)
District 11:
Ted Willis
twillis@wcpss.net
919-601-4658 (C)
District 12:
Cathy Eatmon
ceatmon@myglnc.com
252-243-2269
District 13:

Jeremy Mathews
jeremy.mathews@nhcs.net
910-798-3311 (W)
District 14:
Skip Morris
skipmorris@wcps.org
919-751-7110 x 2472 (W)
District 15:
Lori Parker
lmparker@hertford.k12.nc.us
252-396-1883 (C)
SECTION CHAIRS
Band:
Richard Holmes
holmesri@hickoryschools.net
828-328-2289 (W)
Elementary:
Jami Bumgarner
jbumgarner@clevelandcountyschools.org
704-487-7748 (H)
High School Choral:
Patti M. Fulk
pattifulk@hotmail.com
336-970-3146 (C)
Higher Education:
William C. Smiley
smileyw@ncat.edu
336-889-2578 (H)
Jazz Education:
J. Michael Capps
michael.capps@orange.k12.nc.us
919-644-3200 x 31802 (W)
Middle School Choral:
Tammy Shook
tamera_shook@catawba.k12.nc.us
828-256-6856 (H)
Orchestra:
Tom LaJoie
thomas.lajoie@cms.k12.nc.us
980-343-5800 x 310 (W)
CMENC:
Taylor Vancil
ftvancil@wingate.edu
336-549-0832 (C)

NCMEA Non-Voting Board Members

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Coalition:
Jill Boliek
jill.boliek@dpscn.net
919-560-3965 (W)
Constitution:
Maribeth Yoder-White
myoderwhite@bellsouth.net
828-260-0314 (C)
Finance:
Jerry Cribbs
jcribbs@ec.rr.com
910-392-6783 (H)
Membership:
Sonja Williams
sonja.williams@
onslow.k12.nc.us
910-346-1804 (H)
Publications:
Carla Copeland-Burns
carlacopelandburns@hotmail.com and cecopelan@radford.edu
ncmea.net
AWARD, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRS
Awards:
Fran Page
pagef@meredith.edu
Honor Administrator
Music Education Advocate
NCMEA Hall of Fame Award

Grants
NCMEA Mini Grant:
Jerry Cribbs
jcribbs@ec.rr.com
910-392-6783 (H)
NCMEA Summer Professional Development Grant:
Christie M. Lynch Ebert
clynch@dpi.state.nc.us
919-807-3856 (W)
Scholarships:
Sonja Williams
sonja.williams@onslow.k12.nc.us
910-346-1804 (H)

Bill McCloud Scholarship
NCMEA Barbara Bair Scholarship
Ruth Jewell Scholarship
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Collegiate MENC Chair:
Jane McKinney
mckinneyj@greensborocollege.edu
336-272-7102 x 281 (W)
Editor:
Carla Copeland-Burns
carlacopelandburns@hotmail.com and cecopelan@radford.edu
336-327-5019 (C)
Executive Director:
Reta R. Phifer
rphifer@ncmea.net
704-537-6237
Historian:
Constance McKoy
clmckoy@uncg.edu
336-334-5478 (W)
Music Industry Representative:
Jim White
jwhite@jupitermusic.com
919-605-9707 (C)
Parliamentarian:
David S. Albert
dalbert@wcpss.net
Representative from the State Department of Public Instruction:
Christie M. Lynch Ebert
clynch@dpi.state.nc.us
919-807-3856 (W)
COMMISSION AND
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Arts Coordinators:

Exceptional Children:

General Music:
Rue Lee-Holmes
ruelh@sampson.k12.nc.us
910-594-1420 (W)
Government Relations:
Christie M. Lynch Ebert
clynch@dpi.state.nc.us
919-807-3856 (W)
Information Services:
Libby Brown
libbster@triad.rr.com
336-816-3704 (C)
In-Service Conference:
Barbara Geer
geer4music@aol.com
336-996-5293 (H)
Multi-Cultural Awareness:

Music In Our Schools Month:
Lisa Qualls
lqualls@triad.rr.com
336-629-7807 (H)
Research: Jennifer Bugos
bugosj@ecu.edu 252-328-5721 (W)
Retired Membership:
Hazel Chapman
chaph123@embarqmail.com
336-667-3070 (H)
Teacher Education:
Kenney Potter
potter@wingate.edu
704-233-8305 (W)
Technology:
Phillip Riggs
riggs@ncssm.edu
919-416-2710 (W)
Tri-M:
Greg Taylor
gataylor@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
336-712-4400 (W)
Young Professionals:
Lisa Qualls
lqualls@triad.rr.com
336-629-7807 (H)
To get a PDF file of the NCMEA Board of Directors Organizational Chart, click on the download link below (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader):
Board_of_Directors_Organizational_Chart