Staff
Telephone: 828.478.2135 Fax: 828.478.4419 WATS Line: 800.662.7401
Carlton Metts II – NCLF Executive Director Ext. 223
Bryan Hoover – NCLF State Director, Vision Screening Programs Ext. 241
Kendra Huntsman – NCLF Accountant Ext. 224
Jessica Laney – NCLF Administrative Assistant Ext. 221
Leland Jones – Camp Dogwood Director Ext. 229
Wendy White – Camp Dogwood Admin Assistant Ext. 230
Kelly Harris – Camp Dogwood Event/Retreat Admin Assistant Ext. 250
Caitlin Hatcher – Kitchen Manager Ext. 231
Officers
President – Lorraine Dixon
First Vice-President – Tim Williams
Second Vice-President – Susan Fernandez
Secretary – Laraine Dupree
Treasurer – Curtis Erickson
Council Chairperson – Kathy Poirier
Immediate Past President – Allen Swaim
State Chairs
State Committee Chairs serving the NC Lions Foundation, Incorporated
Brighter Visions: Steve Cline
Budget & Finance: Betty Shingleton
Camp Dogwood: Gene Goetz
Clinical Eye Research: Paulette Gasperson
Constitution & By-Laws: Terry Cauble
Fellowship & Partners: Sherry Johnson
NCLF Leadership & Development – Juanita Brown
NCLF Long Range Planning – C. Neal Alexander, Jr.
Properties: George Suggs
Public Information: Paul Bledsoe
Seeing the 21st Century Vision Screening Programs: Dwayne Turner
Sight & Hearing: Glenda Grant
Volunteers: Nathan Medlin, Jr.
Investments: Curtis Erickson
State Chairs serving the Council of Governors
Boys & Girls Home: Garry Elliott
Campus Clubs/Leo Clubs: Lashonda White
Celebrate Liberty: Jim Tobolski
Constitution & By-Laws: Terry Cauble
Diabetes Awareness: Sharon Axelberg
GET MD-31 Coordinator: Gary Greene
GLT MD-31 Coordinator: Harvey Whitley
GLT MD-31 Coordinator: Barbara Thompson
GMT MD-31 Coordinator: Jim Maitland
GST MD-31: Irwin Sieglewax
Hall Of FAME: Carlton Metts
History: Michael Edwards
Information & Technology: John Lynde
LCIF MD-31 Coordinator: Michael Schwartz
Leader-Guide Dog: Peter Crumley
Lions Alert: DeAngelo Jackson
Marketing: Paul Bledsoe
Nominations: Jeffrey Price
Peace Poster: Marilyn Jackson
Promotions: Elizabeth Steele
Protocol: Elizabeth Steele
Research & Long Range Planning: Michael Schwartz
State Convention: Laraine Dupree, Barbara Thompson, Susan Dailey
Technology for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Sharon Weddington
Board of Directors
District 31-L
Richard Wilcox – Wayne Houser – Jason Foster
District 31-I
Sandy Fraser-Thomas – Chris Beck – Eddie Garmon
District 31-O
Robert Gwyn – Keith Gallagher – Steve Hair
District 31-N
Eddie Chase – J. Earl House, Jr. – Kevin Toman
District 31-S
Jody Proctor – Kayla Swaim – William “Bill” Whitley
Directors At-Large
Allen Reinhardt – C. Neal Alexander – Larry Gasperson – Steve McLaurin – Joe Poirier