Leadership

Our full list of executive officers, elected and appointed.

President and Vice President

Dorian Palmer
Anna Rios

Executive Vice President

evp@ydnc.org

Executive Leadership

Jesse Ross

Western Regional Vice President

western@ydnc.org

Alia Wofford

Piedmont Regional Vice President

piedmont@ydnc.org

Sydney Meeks

Triangle Regional Vice President

triangle@ydnc.org

Siara Divel

Eastern Regional Vice President

eastern@ydnc.org

Siara Divel

Josie Reed

Garrett Readling

Communications Director

communications@ydnc.org

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Joey Melone

Finance Director

finance@ydnc.org

YDA and Partner Leadership

Katherine Jeanes

YDA Representative

katherine@ydnc.org

Zach Finley

YDA Representative

zach@ydnc.org

Kema Leonard
Daniel Patterson

Caucus Chairs

Black

Vacant

Disability Issues

Vacant

LatinX

Albaro Reyes-Martinez

Labor

Jesse Ross

LGBTQ+

Elijah Mears

Rural

Daniel Franch

Women

Josie Reed

District Chairs

1 Sydney Meeks

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)

Dr. Tilden Hagan (term expires in 2024)

Hon. Terry van Duyn (term expires in 2024)

Christy Agner (term expires in 2025)

Rep. Zack Hawkins (term expires in 2025)

Montica Talmadge (term expires in 2025)

Mayor Ronnie Thompson (term expires in 2026)

Vinod Thomas (term expires in 2026)

Lainey Edmisten (term expires in 2026)