Staff

Billy Ray Hall, president
(brhall@ncruralcenter.org)
Patricia Johnson, assistant to the president
(tjohnson@ncruralcenter.org)
Elaine Matthews, senior vice president
(ematthews@ncruralcenter.org)
Billy Guillet, director, Agricultural Advancement Consortium
(bguillet@ncruralcenter.org)


Division of Policy and Programs
Research & demonstration, policy development, capacity-building programs

Rural Research and Innovation
Brett Altman, policy associate, Economic Innovations Program
(baltman@ncruralcenter.org)
Art Jackson, director, Small Towns Initiative
(ajackson@ncruralcenter.org)
Misty Herget, coordinator, Small Towns Initiative
(mherget@ncruralcenter.org)
Yolanda Burwell, senior fellow
(yburwell@ncruralcenter.org)




Rural Development Programs
Patrick Woodie, vice president of rural development programs
(pwoodie@ncruralcenter.org)

Business Development Office
Richard Fuqua, senior director, business development
(rfuqua@ncruralcenter.org)
Ashley Crane, coordinator, Rural Venture Fund
(acrane@ncruralcenter.org)
Carolyn Perry, director, Microenterprise Loan Program
(cperry@ncruralcenter.org)
Leslie Scott, director, Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship
(lscott@ncruralcenter.org)
Barry Ryan, entrepreneurship associate, Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship
(barry@ncruralcenter.org)

Workforce Development Office
Anne Bacon, senior director
(abacon@ncruralcenter.org)


Civic Infrastructure Office
Helen McInnis, senior associate, CDC Grants Program
(hmcinnis@ncruralcenter.org)
Melody Adams, director, Building Reuse and Restoration Grants Program
(madams@ncruralcenter.org)


Physical Infrastructure Office
Julie Haigler Cubeta, senior director, Physical Infrastructure
(jhaiglercubeta@ncruralcenter.org)
George Collier, grants manager
(gcollier@ncruralcenter.org)
George Morse, grants manager
(gmorse@ncruralcenter.org)
Liz Isley, grants manager
(lisley@ncruralcenter.org)
Stacey Starkey, program coordinator, water and sewer programs & review
(sstarkey@ncruralcenter.org)
Sheila Swart, program coordinator, water and sewer grants management
(sswart@ncruralcenter.org)
Bobby Blowe, senior program engineer
(bblowe@ncruralcenter.org)
Keith Krzywicki, staff engineer
(kkrzywicki@ncruralcenter.org)
Hazel Edmond, program associate, water and sewer programs
(hsmith@ncruralcenter.org)


Division of Communications and Development
Print and electronic publishing, events management, outreach, fund development

Elaine Matthews, senior vp/vice president of communications and development
(ematthews@ncruralcenter.org)
Courtney Tieman, assistant director of communications
(ctieman@ncruralcenter.org)
Michelle Taylor, policy writer
(mtaylor@ncruralcenter.org)
Cynthia Spencer, production manager/web associate
(cspencer@ncruralcenter.org)


Division of Finance and Administration
Budget management, human resources, building and office management

Susan Dunn, vice president for finance and administration
(susandunn@ncruralcenter.org)
Cathy Bock, technology manager
(cbock@ncruralcenter.org)
Mary Kay Clifford, accounting manager/assistant controller
(mkclifford@ncruralcenter.org)
Parmelia "Pam" Cooke, accountant
(pcooke@ncruralcenter.org)
Patty Eller, office manager
(peller@ncruralcenter.org)
Barbara Tribou, fiscal analyst
(btribou@ncruralcenter.org)
Keysha Gibbs, grants compliance specialist
(kgibbs@ncruralcenter.org)
Chris Cannady, contracts administration and information reporting manager
(ccannady@ncruralcenter.org)
Kristen Rice, accounting assistant/contract manager
(krice@ncruralcenter.org)
Nora Mayo, receptionist
(nmayo@ncruralcenter.org)


e-NC Authority Office

Jane Patterson, executive director
(jane@ncruralcenter.org)
Angie Bailey, assistant director
(angie@ncruralcenter.org)
Carol Torian, project coordinator
(ctorian@ncruralcenter.org)
Charlie Pittman, senior program director, telecom & technologies convergence
(cpittman@ncruralcenter.org)
Deborah Watts, senior program director, research and development
(dwatts@ncruralcenter.org)
Joanna Wright, senior program director, intelligence, communications and outreach
(jwright@ncruralcenter.org)
Richard Kelly, telecommunications specialist
(rkelly@ncruralcenter.org)
Cary Edgar, communications director
(cedgar@ncruralcenter.org)