2023 Board of Directors
2023 Executive Board
Immediate Past Chair: Lori Alala, Broome Insurance, a Legacy Insurance Partner
Chair: Zackary Cranford, Cranford Hospitality
Vice Chair: Pat Carver, First Citizens Bank
Treasurer: JP Jones, Davidson, Holland, Whitesell & Co., PLLC, CPAs
Nat Auten, YMCA of Catawba Valley
Hank Eimer, Coldwell Banker Boyd & Hassell, Inc.
Molly Gross, Patrick, Harper & Dixon, LLP
Jeri Hartshorn, Whitfield’s Flowers & More
Brandon Hucks, Rock House Farm of Family Brands-Century Furniture
Cameron Mauney, David E. Looper & Company, Inc.
Ex-Officio: Kim Dahlsten, The Chamber of Catawba County,
Secretary/Ex-Officio: Lindsay Keisler, The Chamber of Catawba County,
2023 Board of Directors
Erica Reyna Bartlett, Graystone Eye
Zach Bumgarner, Bumgarner Oil Company, Inc.
Dr. Philip Greene, Frye Regional Medical Center
Dana Killian, Carolina Caring
Andy Lawhon, Mike Johnson’s Hickory Toyota
Brandon Lee, Player’s Ridge Golf Club
Craig Moody, Poppelmann Plastics USA, LLC
Kristy Osborne, Smallcakes Hickory
Joanna Shere, Steele Rubber Products
June Starnes, Westrock-Conover (HQ)
Regina Stiltner, Splentique
Dorran Swearngan, K. Dorran Swearngan CPA, PA
Kimberly Wallace, Wallace Printing, Inc.
Margaret Ward, Peoples Bank-Corporate Office
Ex-Officio
Ben Dotson, Hickory Young Professionals
Mandy Pitts Hildebrand, Hickory Metro Convention Center & Visitors Bureau
Matthew Dockham, Appalachian State University
Scott Millar, Catawba County Economic Development Corporation
Gary Muller, Catawba Valley Community College
Jeremy Shreve, Lenoir-Rhyne University
