Professional Advisory Committee

Recognizing that the advice and assistance of lawyers, accountants, financial and insurance planners, brokers, money managers and other estate planners are critical to the future of philanthropy in Western North Carolina, the Foundation consults with a Professional Advisory Council that currently includes:

Chair John Kelso, Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes & Davis, P.A.
Joel Adams, Raymond James Financial Services
Andrew D. Atherton, Patla, Straus, Robinson & Moore, P.A.
Mike Begley, Begley Law Firm, P.A.
Larry Casper, Edward Jones
Cindy D. Causby, CTFA, AEP®, SunTrust Private Wealth Management
Vincent D. Childress, Jr., Attorney, Roberts & Stevens P.A.
R. Walton Davis, Stone & Christy, P.A.
Bob Deutsch, Robert J. Deutsch, P.A.
Kerry Friedman, Patla, Straus, Robinson & Moore, P.A.
Jacqui Friedrich, Altavista Wealth Management, Inc.
Larry B. Harris, CPA, CFP Burlingham & Harris, P.A.
Melanie Johnson, Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP
Brad Linn, US Trust
Harris Livingstain, McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A.
Shon Norris, Gould Killian CPA Group, P.A.
Kale Olson, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
James Plaster, BB&T Wealth Management
Susan Taylor Rash, Adams Hendon Carson Crow & Saenger, P.A.