Our Leadership

Executive Leadership

ZACH FINLEY

President
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CHRISTOPHER PETTY

Executive Vice President
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ELECTED Leadership

Jesse Ross

Western Region VP
western@ydnc.org

Autumn Solomon

Piedmont Region VP
piedmont@ydnc.org

Daniel Franch

Triangle Region VP
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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
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Vacant

Membership Director
membership@ydnc.org

Joey Melone

Finance Director
finance@ydnc.org

YDA & Partner Leadership

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Kristen Robinson

YDA Representative
kristen@ydnc.org

Elijah Mears

YDA Representative
elijah@ydnc.org
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Nathan Linville

College Democrats of NC President
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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)