In addition, the Associates organization provides travel and lecture opportunities to its members, keeps our award-winning Museum Shop stocked and staffed, and brings curators and curiosities to membership gatherings across the state.
Governed by a board of private citizens from across the state, the Associates employs a staff to oversee day-to-day operations, including fundraising, museum store operations, membership services, and event planning.
The NC Museum of History Foundation is a non-profit corporation organized to solicit, manage, and disburse fiscal resources for the NC Museum of History and regional museums in the Division of State History Museums, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
Staff
- Walker Mabe
Executive Director
919-807-7855
wmabe@ncmuseumassoc.com - Billy Wilson
Associate Director
919-807-7849
bwilson@ncmuseumassoc.com - Marion Blount Dees
Memberships and Young Associates
919-807-7853
mdees@ncmuseumassoc.com - Pam Critoria
Controller
919-807-7851
pcritoria@ncmuseumassoc.com - Lynn Brower
Director of Retail Operations, The Museum Shop
919-807-7835
lbrowerncmhs@aol.com
Board of Directors
- Mary Brent Wright, Chairman, Raleigh
- Frances Roberson, Secretary, Rocky Mount
- Robert Rehm, Treasurer, Raleigh
- Rann Paynter, Assistant Treasurer, Raleigh
- Audrey Black, Human Resources, Raleigh
- Mary Jane Bryant, Audit, Raleigh
- Nan Kester, Public Relations, High Point
- Annette Anderson, Membership, Raleigh
- Mary Charles Boyette, Membership, Raleigh
- Jean Olive Stubbs, 1st Vice Chair, Winston-Salem
- George Lennon, 2nd Vice Chair, Raleigh
- Chancy Kapp, Financial Development, Raleigh
- Jennie Hayman, Board Development, Raleigh
- Marion Church, At Large, Raleigh
- Rose Finley, At Large, Raleigh
- Courtenay Anne Griffin, At Large, Wilson
- Paul Baker, Raleigh
- Warren Bingham, Raleigh
- Lynda Blount, Bethel
- Mary Boney, Raleigh
- Martin Borden, Raleigh
- Louise Broyhill, Winston-Salem
- Ruthie Turner Camp, Raleigh
- Cathy Carlisle, Pinehurst
- Janet Chesson, Raleigh
- Pam Coffman, Greenville
- Barbara Coughlin, High Point
- Anne Daniel, Greensboro
- Julia Daniels, Ketchum, ID
- Bob Doherty, Raleigh
- Sissy Grantham, Lumberton
- Holmes Harden, Raleigh
- Chris Hamlin, Raleigh
- Douglas Hammer, Raleigh
- Ann Heintz, Lumberton
- Philip Isley, Raleigh
- Lyn Maness, Raleigh
- David Maret, Raleigh
- Allison McCall, Winston-Salem
- Emily Meymandi, Raleigh
- Lou Miller, Bethel
- Betsy Mac Moore, Jacksonville
- E.A. Neelon, Lumberton
- Ruthlee Orr, Winston-Salem
- Bill Procter, Raleigh
- Lynn Poisson, Lilesville
- Nickie Ray, Wilmington
- Francine Roberson, Raleigh
- Joanna Roberts, Charlotte
- Beth Steed, Rocky Mount
- Priscilla Taylor, Chapel Hill
- Lori Taylor, Cary
- Beth Thomas, High Point
- Melissa Tillman, Raleigh
- Michael Waldrop, Raleigh
- Jane Watson, Raleigh
- Ellen Wells, Wilmington
- Martha Williams, Greenville
- Beth Williamson, Raleigh
- Sarah Woodard, Durham
- David Woronoff, Southern Pines
- Mary Brent Wright, Raleigh
- Rosemary Wyche, Enfield
Foundation Board
- Dr. William C. Friday, Chairman Emeritus, Chapel hill
- Lyl MacLean Clinard, Chairman, High Point
- Julia Daniels, Vice Chairman, Raleigh
- Bob Doherty, Secretary, Raleigh
- John T. Church, Treasurer, Raleigh
- Senator Jim Broyhill, Winston Salem
- Lawrence Davenport, Greenville
- Sharon Allred Decker, Rutherfordton
- Wilson Hayman, Raleigh
- Doug Hornberger, Raleigh
- Bill Leuchtenburg, Chapel Hill
- Betty Ray McCain, Wilson
- Ken O’Herron, Raleigh
- Carole Roebuck, Elizabeth City
- Richard Vaughn, Mount Airy
- Lee Webster, High Point
- Mary Powell White, Winston-Salem
- Grant Yarber, Raleigh
- Ken Howard, ex officio, Raleigh
- Walker Mabe, ex officio, Raleigh
