Board of Trustees

James Latimore, Chair

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Elected 2003; Reelected 2005, 2007. Korean Veteran, USAF. Vice President of Local “Veterans for Peace”. Retired university sociology professor. Buncombe County Democratic Party executive committee member. Author of “Children of Light”, widower, remarried (Kasha Baxter), four children & five grandchildren. Elected on a platform of halting logging plans for the District’s watershed.

 

Marjorie Meares, Vice Chair

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Elected 2007.

Keith Snyder, Secretary

Appointed by the Buncombe County Commission, 2008.
Semi-retired attorney with prior legal experience as a private practicioner, State District Judge, United States Attorney, and Buncombe County Attorney, presently working part time (16 hours per week) in the Buncombe County Legal Department.
Married to Frances C. Snyder, and they reside at 12 Allesarn Drive, Asheville.

In Memoriam - Henry Chandler, Chair, Vice Chair 1936-2008

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Elected 2003; Reelected 2005, 2007. Retired electrical contractor. Deacon & trustee of Jonestown Free Will Baptist Church for forty-two years. Member of Vance Masonic Lodge #293. Married (Patricia), four children, eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Elected on a platform of conservation and halting logging plans for the District’s watershed. He will be dearly missed.