Our Board
North Carolina Humanities’ operations are managed by the executive director and overseen by a volunteer board of trustees. Trustees serve a renewable three-year term, and five trustees are appointed by the Governor of North Carolina. NC Humanities’ board is composed of trustees who are committed to enhancing the cultural life of North Carolinians and whose background, expertise, and leadership provide NC Humanities with the tools to be effective and successful.
Ms. Lorna Ricotta, Board Chair
Advancement, Fundraising, and Event Planning Expert
Dr. Mike Wakeford, Vice Chair
Associate Professor, Division of Liberal Arts at UNC School of the Arts
Dr. Nancy A. Gutierrez, Immediate Past Chair
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UNC Charlotte
Ms. Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams
Lecturer, Department of English at UNC Wilmington
Dr. Margaret D. Bauer
Professor of English at East Carolina University
Ms. Elizabeth A. Carlson
Founder and Curriculum Director at Carolina Music Ways
Dr. Christina Chia
Associate Director of John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University
Mr. Rodney Dawson
Curator of Education at Greensboro History Museum
Ms. Nancy Fields
Museum Director and Curator of The Museum of the Southeast American Indian at UNC Pembroke
Ms. Jessica Hardin
Attorney at Robinson Bradshaw
Mr. Douglas Jackson
Associate Professor of Music at Elizabeth City State University
Mr. Brian Kahn
Partner at McGuire Woods, LLP
Mr. Chris Lam
Office Managing Partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
Ms. Tasse A. Little
Volunteer
Ms. Rebecca Reyes
Retired Minister and Social Worker
Ms. Diane Robertson
Self-Employed Consultant and Documentary Film Producer
Mr. C. Thomas Steele, Jr.
Manager at Pittman & Steele, PLLC
Mr. Rick Thames
Visiting Journalism Professor and Knight-Crane Executive in Residence at Queens University of Charlotte
Ms. Cecelia Thompson
Executive Director of Action Greensboro
Dr. Liliana Wendorff
Professor of Spanish at Queens University of Charlotte
Ms. Kathy White
Curriculum and Instruction Consultant
Mr. Todd Wright
Director of Jazz Studies at Appalachian State University
