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Leadership Asheville Forum programs cover a wide range of topics. Each one addresses an issue of critical concern to our members and the Western North Carolina region.

A selection of recent topics:

Climate Change and What We Can Co About it
Housing Cost, Supply, Zoning, Redlining, and Affordability
Asheville Mayoral Candidates Forum
Protecting the French Broad River
The Economic Future of Western North Carolina
Building Bridges During Polarized Times
Investigative Reporting on the HCA Acquisition of Mission Hospital
The State of our City and County

Leadership Ashville Forum Board of Directors

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Not pictured: Board members Jack Anderson, Ed Hay, Darrell Strong, and Sophia Ungert

President
Nancy Waldrop

Secretary
Ellen Feingold LAS 29

Vice President
Ed Hay LA 3

Treasurer
Jack Anderson LAS 11

David Bennert
Drew West
John Ellis
Heidi Campbell-Robinson, LA 26
Jan Lowe
Joe McGuire, LA 6
Kelly Gray

Laurel Jernigan
Nancy Williams, LA 13
Rick Devereaux
Shelia Elingburg
Sophia Ungert
Tim Collins, LAS 33
Wilhelmina Bratton, LA 1

Leadership Asheville Forum is a non-partisan community engagement organization.

Our mission is to

1) focus on critical issues of importance in Asheville and Buncombe County – to educate, to listen and learn, and to bring light to the challenges we face and

2) to provide opportunities for members to network with other leaders.

The Forum seeks to fulfill its mission by encouraging members to become active in the network of community leaders, by offering neutral and focused discussion of important local issues, and by promoting camaraderie and networking among members.

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