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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Buncie Hay Lanners, Executive Director
 
Abigail Morgan Coggin, Operations Officer

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Jodi Walden Atkins, Marketing Director

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Ivy Bohn, Director of Development & Community Relations
 

Chris Crowe, Registrar & Information Technology Director

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Anna Jackson, Financial Manager

 

Megan Guest, Project Manager &

Donor Services Coordinator

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Brandon Rose, Technical Director

 

Kayla Dobbs, Program Director​

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ARTISTIC STAFF

Covington Regional Ballet  

Creative Director & Resident Choreographer: Jillian Mitchell

School Administrator: Megan Guest 

Front Desk Manager: Kathleen Irwin 

 
Newton County Community Band 

Director: Alan Fowler

Administrator: Vicki Stafford
 
Newton County Youth Strings

Director/Cello Instructor: Karen Bergmann

Violin/Viola Instructor: Paulo Batschauer
 
Oxford Singers 

Artistic Director: Johnny Edwards

Assistant Director: Alyx Longino

Oxford Little Singers Director: Sara Lunsford

Administrator: Bethany Wells

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Theatre Covington & Oxford Acting Company  

Artistic Director: Jay Tryall

Music Director: Alyx Longino

Choreographer: Kira Buckner

Acting Class Instructors: Kennedy Lynn & Nala McCamy

Administrator: Shelby Sharpe

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James Johnson, President

Vice President - Wealth Advisor

Truist Investments

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Chris Morrison, President-Elect

Human Resources Director

General Mills

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Hillary Edgar, Past-President

Attorney

Edgar Law Firm

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Cathy Laseter, Secretary
Wealth Advisor

United Bank

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Andrea Lane, Treasurer
Director of Community Relations

Piedmont Healthcare

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Janice Braswell

Site Administrative Assistant

Michelin

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Laura Gafnea
Community Relations Director

Oxford College​

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Rachel Needham Cope

Beaver Manufacturing Representative

Beaver Manufacturing​

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Ross Potts

Special Projects Manager

Department of Driver Services

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Laura Sullivan

Downtown Director

City of Covington

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Shelia Thomas

Chief Officer of Strategy & Community Outreach

Newton County School System

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Tami Thomas

Magistrate Court Judge

Newton County

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Loy Turner

Community Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator

Longleaf Hospice

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