Officers

PRESIDENT Kara Gleason Weishaar Smith Anderson	PRESIDENT- ELECT Isabel Villa-Garcia Focus Public Affairs
TREASURER/SECRETARY Sarah Sonnenberg Williams Mullen	IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Sarah Bales Brubaker & Associates

Board of Directors

Sarah Bales Brubaker & Associates Term Expires 9/30/2027	Susanne Barham HSB Advantage Term Expires 9/30/2029
Kari Barsness Barsness Policy Solutions Term Expires 9/30/2028	Whitney Christensen Ward & Smith, PA Term Expires 9/30/2027
Justin Clayton UnitedHealth Group Term Expires 9/30/2027	Alicia Davis The Southern Group Term Expires 9/30/2029
Robert Doreauk AT&T Term Expires 9/30/2029	David Ferrell Nexsen Pruet Term Expires 9/30/2027
Maeve Gardner Jazz Pharmaceuticals Term Expires 9/30/2027	John Hardin The Raleigh Group Term Expires 9/30/2027
Amber Harris NCACC Term Expires 9/30/2027	Lori Ann Harris L. A. Harris & Associates, Inc. Term Expires 9/30/29
Cameron Henley Navigator LLC Term Expires 9/30/2027	Phillip Isley Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley Term Expires 9/30/2027
Tracy Kimbrell Tracy Kimbrell Government Affairs, LLC Term Expires 9/30/2029	Amy McConkey Consumer Brands Association Term Expires 9/30/2029
Alex Miller Alex Miller Government Affairs Term Expires 9/30/2027	Andy Munn EQV Strategic Term Expires 9/30/2027
Hannah Tedder Nye Vista Strategies & Solutions Group, LLC Term Expires 9/30/2029	Chris Pittman Navigator LLC Term Expires 9/30/2027
Rhian Ray ElectriCities of NC Term Expires 9/30/2029	Elizabeth Robinson North Carolina Retail Merchants Association Term Expires 9/30/2029
Sarah Sonnenberg Williams Mullen Term Expires 9/30/2029	Sue Ann Swift The Raleigh Group Term Expires 9/30/2027
Susan Vick Fetzer Strategic Partners Term Expires 9/30/2027	Isabel Villa-Garcia Focus Public Affairs Term Expires 9/30/2029
Kara Weishaar Smith Anderson Term Expires 9/30/2027	Cassidy Whitley Alex Miller Government Affairs Term Expires 9/30/2027

NCPLA Staff

Chantel Isenhart

Executive Director

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Past Presidents

2025-2026 – Sarah Bales

2024-2025 – Alex Miller

2023-2024 – Whitney Christensen

2022-2023 – John Hardin

2021-2022 – Maeve Gardner

2020-2021 – David McGowan

2018-2020 – Kim Crouch

2016-2018 – Elizabeth Robinson

2014-2016 – Doug Heron

2012-2014 – Estherine Davis

2010-2012 – Amy Fullbright

2008-2010 – John Policastro

2006-2008 – Susan Valauri

2004-2006 – Christie Barbee

2002-2004 – Bill Scoggin

1998-2002 – Tom Morrow