Our Leadership

Executive Leadership

ZACHARY FINLEY

President
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CHRISTOPHER PETTY

Executive Vice President
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ELECTED Leadership

Jesse Ross

Western Regional VP
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Autumn Solomon

Piedmont Regional VP
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Daniel Franch

Triangle Regional VP
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Mario Benavente

Eastern Regional VP
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Liz Purvis

Secretary
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APPOINTED Leadership

Siaria Divel

Treasurer
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Garrett Readling

Communications Director
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Brenden Hipps

Deputy Communications Director

Joey Melone

Finance Director
finance@ydnc.org

YDA & Partner Leadership

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Kristen Robinson

YDA Representative
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VACANT

YDA Representative
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Nathan Linville

College Democrats of NC President

Daniel Patterson

NC Association of Teen Democrats President

Caucus Chairs

Black Caucus

Vacant

Disability Issues Caucus

Vacant

LatinX Caucus

Albaro Reyes-Martinez

Labor Caucus

Jesse B. Ross

LGBTQ+ Caucus

Elijah J. Mears

Rural Caucus

Daniel Franch

Women's Caucus

Josie Reed

District Reps

1 Vacant

2 Peyton Glendinning

3 Samuel Johnson

4 Anna Rios

5 Nathan Linville

6 Albaro Reyes-Martinez

7 Shakeyla Ingram

8 Vacant

9 Vacant

10 Vacant

11 Brenden Hipps

12 Kiara Lawson

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)