Director
Erica Palmer Smith
Chair
Peg O’Connell
Fuquay Solutions | Senior Advisor, Government and Legislative Affairs
Vice Chair
Christine Weason
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network | NC Government Relations Director
Secretary
Emily Roland
NC Healthcare Association | Senior Director, Community Health
Treasurer
John Coggin
NC Rural Center | Director of Advocacy
Sue Ann Forrest
NC Medical Society | Assistant Director, Legislative Relations
Sarah Jacobson
American Heart Association | NC Government Relations Director
Davin Madden
Wayne County | Public Health Director
Jeff R. Matkins
Insight Human Services, Inc. & Freedom House Recovery Center, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer
Elizabeth Outten King
Novant Health | Director, Government Relations
Susan Fitzgibbon Shumaker, RN, MHA, FACHE
Cone Health Foundation | President
Adam Sotak, MSW
NC Child | Public Engagement Director
Leslie Wolcott
NC Community Health Center Association | Communications & Emergency Preparedness Coordinator