Our Leadership
Executive Leadership

ZACH FINLEY
President
president@ydnc.org

CHRISTOPHER PETTY
Executive Vice President
evp@ydnc.org
ELECTED Leadership

Jesse Ross
Western Region VP
western@ydnc.org

Autumn Solomon
Piedmont Region VP
piedmont@ydnc.org

Daniel Franch
Triangle Region VP
triangle@ydnc.org

Mario Benavente
Eastern Region VP
eastern@ydnc.org

Liz Purvis
Secretary
secretary@ydnc.org
APPOINTED Leadership

Siaria Divel
Treasurer
treasurer@ydnc.org

Garrett Readling
Communications Director
comms@ydnc.org

Vacant
Membership Director
membership@ydnc.org

Joey Melone
Finance Director
finance@ydnc.org
YDA & Partner Leadership

Kristen Robinson
YDA Representative
kristen@ydnc.org

Elijah Mears
YDA Representative
elijah@ydnc.org

Nathan Linville
College Democrats of NC President

Krish Korrapati
NC Association of Teen Democrats President
Caucus Chairs
Black Caucus | Whitney Taylor |
Disability Issues Caucus | Damien Gu |
Labor Caucus | Sebastian Feculak |
LGBTQ+ Caucus | Mac Schauman |
Rural Caucus | Daniel Franch |
Women's Caucus | Hannah Preston |
District Reps
1 Liz Purvis
2 Amanda Furtenburg
3 Vacant
4 Cora Martin
5 Nathan Lattimore
6 Avi Dintenfrass
7 Vacant
8 Vacant
9 Vacant
10 Caleb Pembele
11 Soren Pederson
12 Vacant
13 Nicholas Imarah
14 Chase Howard
Board of Trustees
Hon. Brian Turner (term expires in 2024) | Montica Talmadge, Chair (term expires in 2025) | Mayor Ronnie Thompson (term expires in 2026) |
Dr. Tilden Hagan (term expires in 2024) | Rep. Zack Hawkins (term expires in 2025) | Vinod Thomas (term expires in 2026) |
Hon. Terry van Duyn (term expires in 2024) | Christy Agner (term expires in 2025) | Lainey Edmisten (term expires in 2026) |