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Meet the fellows

Through their work with Lead for North Carolina, our fellows make a difference for local governments and the people they serve. Every year, we welcome a new cohort of promising young leaders to work in communities across the state. On this page, meet our current fellows and program alumni.

Nico Aime
Cohort 8
City of Hendersonville
Jackie Brice
Cohort 8
Cape Fear COG
Abby Carpenter 
Cohort 8
Western Piedmont COG
Roman Creasy
Cohort 8
NC Department of State Treasurer
Prerna Dash
Cohort 8
NC Department of State Treasurer
Jackson Deville
Cohort 8
Lumber River COG
Anna Doane
Cohort 8
Land of Sky COG
Eli Elk
Town of Sawmills
Jayla Figgs
City of Laurinburg
Ben Finch
Chatham County
Cici Flynn-Nesbeth
Cohort 8
City of Goldsboro
Isa Gandy
Cohort 8
Town of Columbus
Bray Guest
Cohort 8
City of Morehead City
Juliette Gwanfogbe
Cohort 8
Town of Roseboro
Joan Hanson
Cohort 8
City of Mount Holly
Madison Harms 
Cohort 8
Buncombe County
Tiffany Jones
Cohort 8
Town of Bermuda Run
Mary Kjenstad
Cohort 8
Town of Morrisville
Ashton Locklear
Cohort 8
Lumbee Tribe
Hunter Messick
Cohort 8
High Country COG
Lucy Miller
Cohort 8
Town of Carrboro
Abby Nmashie
Cohort 8
Town of Sandyfield
Hazel Pasley
Cohort 8
Lee County
Brianna Patterson
Town of Liberty
Nadiyah Randolph
Cohort 8
Town of Robersonville
Kennedi Ratcliffe
Cohort 8
Rockingham County
Yadiel Reyes Cruz
Cohort 8
Town of Grifton
Chip Roth
Cohort 8
Town of Wallace
Sara Rusi
Cohort 8
Transylvania County
Dallas Russ
Cohort 8
Town of Murphy
Claire Scott Stevens
Cohort 8
Town of Maggie Valley
Caroline Strada
Cohort 8
Town of Mayodan
Luis Valdivia-Diego
Cohort 8
Pitt County
Shea Wargo
Cohort 8
Town of Kill Devil Hills
Alana York
Cohort 8
City of Asheville
Emily Yurasek 
Cohort 8
Town of Clayton
Anna Kate Baechtold
Cohort 7
Land of Sky COG
Sailin Barrientos
Cohort 7
City of High Point
Grace Berry
Cohort 7
Central Pines COG
Sedrick Brown
Cohort 7
Town of Warsaw
Abby Buxton
Cohort 7
Henderson County
Daysha Chaney
Cohort 7
Buncombe County
Maria Jose Cuenca
Cohort 7
Town of Murphy
Tinley Davis
Cohort 7
Rockingham County
Jia Emaus
Cohort 7
City of Greensboro
Sam Evans
Alleghany County
Sofia Fuentes
Cohort 7
Town of Grifton
Yuki Hellis
Cohort 7
Town of Sims
Maggie Kern
Cohort 7
Town of Topsail Beach
Lucy Lewis
Cohort 7
Town of Mayodan
Henry Logan
Cohort 7
Town of Hickory
Jackson Marcellus
Cohort 7
High Country COG
Michael Mesa
Cohort 7
Town of Morrisville
Zoe Montgomery
Cohort 7
McDowell County
Eli Norman
Cohort 7
Town of Forest City
Laurin Potter
Ciyt of Winston-Salem
Lillian Propst
City of Elizabeth City
Sebastian Provencio
Cohort 7
Town of Carrboro
Mallie Clara Purvis
Cohort 7
Town of Sandyfield
Olivia Rosen
Cohort 7
Land of Sky COG
Sophie Schaefer
Cohort 7
Foothills COG
Malaika Shroff
Cohort 7
City of Kinston
Sydney Simpson-Vos
Cohort 7
Town of Apex
Jason Smart
Cohort 7
Town of Liberty
Haley Stock
Cohort 7
Southwestern Commission
Laney Taylor
Cohort 7
Town of Clayton
Cameron Terry
Cohort 7
Lee County
Abby Valdez-Perez
Cohort 7
Town of Pleasant Garden
Joey Vela
Cohort 7
City of Marion
Avery Williams
Cohort 7
Cape Fear COG
Elena Williamson
Cohort 7
Hyde County
Shelby Zeilender
Cohort 7
Western Piedmont COG
Rachel Beth Acker
Cohort 6
Town of Tarboro
Brody Andrews
Cohort 6
Town of Topsail Beach
Emma Bach
Cohort 6
Lee County
Shay Baggett
Cohort 6
Town of Williamston
Reed Ballus
Cohort 6
City of Kings Mountain
Rhasha Barnes
Cohort 6
Rockingham County
Marco Barrientos
Cohort 6
Town of Magnolia
Alex Beddick
Cohort 6
Hyde County
Jake Brown
Cohort 6
Pamlico County
Alyvia Cooke
Cohort 6
Montgomery County
Hannah Dove
Cohort 6
City of Bessemer City
Ona Elkins
Cohort 6
Town of Murphy
Jackson Erfani
Cohort 6
Mecklenburg County
Paloma Garcia-Serrano
Cohort 6
Foothills Regional Commission
Ariella Gerrig
Cohort 6
Town of Morehead City
Abby Gillespie
Cohort 6
City of Marion
Moriah Griffin
Cohort 6
Town of Marshville
Elias Henderson
Cohort 6
Town of Forest City
Carla Huggins
Cohort 6
City of High Point
Madison Johns
Cohort 6
Town of Fairmont
Hannah Jones
Cohort 6
Warren County
Anna Lloyd
Cohort 6
Land of Sky
Anizet Lopez-Flores
Cohort 6
Town of Southport
Anu Mishra
Cohort 6
Town of Morrisville
Debra Mullis
Cohort 6
Town of Jamestown
Kristy Nguyen
Cohort 6
Town of Apex
Danny Nickel
Cohort 6
Cape Fear Council of Governments
Betsy Norwood
Cohort 6
Jackson County
Anna Rahilly
Cohort 6
Town of Roseboro
Paola Rivero
Cohort 6
Town of Zebulon
Jade Simpson
Cohort 6
Robeson County
Nora Sjue
Cohort 6
Henderson County
Mykalia Steele
Cohort 6
Town of Sims
Elijah Turner-Dobson
Cohort 6
Columbus County
John Waterman
Cohort 6
Washington County
Emarryah Wilson
Cohort 6
Town of Troy
Halley Zhang
Cohort 6
Mid-East Commission
Turner Zsambeky
Cohort 6
UNC SOG
Brittany Best
Cohort 5
Kinston
Payton Blaney
Cohort 5
Bladen County
Suzy Brito Lagunas
Cohort 5
Lee County
Ryan Bullard
Cohort 5
Topsail
Tonia Christou
Cohort 5
Ranlo
Alex Curry
Cohort 5
Southwestern Commission
Eva Davis
Cohort 5
Buncombe County
Talula Dechev
Cohort 5
Columbus County
Sarah Dhunjishaw
Cohort 5
Marion
Faith Gray
Cohort 5
Angier
Marshall Grayson
Cohort 5
Hillsborough
Ania Hairston
Cohort 5
NC League of Municipalities
Tyler Holden
Cohort 5
North Wilkesboro
Isaac Jones
Cohort 5
Enfield
Abby Kimmel
Cohort 5
Greenville / Pitt County
Ruby Klein
Cohort 5
NC League of Municipalities
Ryan Ledbetter
Cohort 5
Spencer
Emily Martin
Cohort 5
Raleigh
Divya Mehta
Cohort 5
Chatham County
Asia Melton
Cohort 5
Washington County
Seth Moore
Cohort 5
Hyde County
Ryan Oathout
Cohort 5
Wendell
Tyler Queen
Cohort 5
Central Pines Regional Council
Albaro Raul Reyes-Martinez
Cohort 5
Kannapolis
Quentin Riddell
Cohort 5
Jacksonville
Gracie Ruebel
Cohort 5
Chadbourn
Emily Saunders
Cohort 5
Apex
Aanyah Skyes
Cohort 5
Goldsboro
LaShonda Sousa
Cohort 5
UNC SOG
Adrienne Stacy
Cohort 5
Cary
Kirsten Tucker
Cohort 5
Rockingham County
Alyssa Wadham
Cohort 5
Hickory
Nick Warnement
Cohort 5
Catawba County
Emiyah Watkins
Cohort 5
Lowell
Brittany Wilborn
Cohort 5
Hometown Strong
Kennedy Young
Cohort 5
Land of Sky Regional Council
Dylan Andrews
Cohort 4
Vass
Cameron Birtcher
Cohort 4
Washington County
Nicholas Boyd
Cohort 4
Lenoir County
Layne Cole
Cohort 4
Hickory
Nick Cunningham
Cohort 4
Morehead City
Brice Dalke
Cohort 4
Liberty
Hannah Elkins
Cohort 4
Hyde County
Allyson Fouts
Cohort 4
Harnett County
Rebecca Hart
Cohort 4
Lexington
Bella Jarvis
Cohort 4
Mecklenburg County
Keshav Javvadi
Cohort 4
Person County
Olivia Leggett
Cohort 4
Rockingham County
Leslie Morales-Noyola
Cohort 4
Wilson
Izzy Norman
Cohort 4
Foothills Regional COG
Mylon Patton
Cohort 4
Buncombe County
Averi Rae Parker
Cohort 4
Nashville / Red Oak
Keegan Rapp
Cohort 4
Granville County
Andrew Resnick
Cohort 4
MidCarolina COG
Noor Shehata
Cohort 4
Lumber River COG
Robbie Shinn
Cohort 4
Landis
Yasharth Singh
Cohort 4
Upper Coastal COG
Katelyn Smith
Cohort 4
Foothills Regional COG
Greyson Sonntag
Cohort 4
Boiling Springs
Tyler Wise
Cohort 4
Roseboro
Skye Allan
Cohort 3
Spencer
Erin Anderson
Cohort 3
Rockingham County
Mikaela Benton
Cohort 3
Elizabeth City
Mary Elizabeth Campbell
Cohort 3
North Wilkesboro
Zane Carroll
Cohort 3
Norwood, UNC SOG
Taylor Colleton
Cohort 3
Kerr-Tarr Regional Council
Neal Duncan
Cohort 3
Troy
Jasmine Dyle
Cohort 3
Piedmont Triad COG
Mya Ellis
Cohort 3
Biscoe
Philomena Golden
Cohort 3
Statesville
Maëva Hassani
Cohort 3
McDowell County
Keegan Huynh
Cohort 3
Kinston
Lauren Koesy
Cohort 3
Wake County
Curtis Lee
Cohort 3
Triangle J COG
Richard Livingston
Cohort 3
Washington County
Jose Matute
Cohort 3
Pollocksville
Elizabeth Miller
Cohort 3
Hyde County
Nyreke Peters
Cohort 3
Edgecombe County
Noor Sandhu
Cohort 3
Apex
Paige Shepard
Cohort 3
Burlington
Metra Sheshbaradaran
Cohort 3
Goldsboro
Stephen Wright
Cohort 3
Ashe County
Nina Yao
Cohort 3
Ayden
J. David Simmons Jr.
Cohort 2
Wilkesboro
Shelby Holmes
Cohort 2
Shelby
Magnolia Long
Cohort 2
Rutherfordton
Carly Malcolm
Cohort 2
Guilford County
Valeria Mera
Cohort 2
Apex
Elizabeth Mitchell
Cohort 2
Martin County
Taylor Norton
Cohort 2
Mid-East Commission
Jena Phillips
Cohort 2
Ahoskie
Nate Polo
Cohort 2
Pollocksville
Louisa Sholar
Cohort 2
Burlington
Nina Worth
Cohort 2
Rockingham County
Zaynah Afada
Cohort 1
Greensboro
Sarah Arney
Cohort 1
Kinston
Liam Brailey
Cohort 1
Anson County
Berekia Divanga
Cohort 1
Washington
Shayla Douglas
Cohort 1
Pembroke
Ryan Fenton
Cohort 1
Fairmont
Drew Finley
Cohort 1
Hendersonville
Walker Harrison
Cohort 1
Spindale
Sylveonna Holmes
Cohort 1
Clinton
Danielle Key
Cohort 1
Elkin
Camryn Locklear
Cohort 1
Robeson County
India Mackinson
Cohort 1
North Topsail
Allison Marshall
Cohort 1
Shallotte
Dante Pittman
Cohort 1
Wilson
Saoirse Scott
Cohort 1
Edenton
Shom Tiwari
Cohort 1
Elizabeth City

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