The North Carolina Downtown Development Association membership recently elected 11 new members to the Board of Directors. “We are excited to welcome the new board members that will support our organization’s mission to improve our state’s downtowns,” said Jeff Murison, President of NCDDA.  Murison continued, “We would like to highlight that we’ve added an Urban Districts Director position on our board, reflecting a new membership category aimed to include emerging business districts in a non-traditional downtown setting like University City Partners in Charlotte and the organization I represent in Raleigh that serves as NC State’s business district (Hillsborough Street Community Services Corporation).” The newly elected Board members will serve a two-year term beginning in July 2026.

Board Members recently elected for the 2026 – 2028 term include:

• Secretary, Christina Haley, President & CEO, Downtown Wilmington, Inc.
• Vice President/Education, Kelli Laudate, Executive Director, Downtown Sanford, Inc.
• Piedmont-Triad Director, Addie Corder, Downtown Development Manager, Downtown Asheboro, Inc.
• North Central Director, Anna Branly, COO, Downtown Durham, Inc.
• Northeast Director, Ashley Thomas, Main Street Development Director, City of Roanoke Rapids
• Large Cities Director, Hayden Plemmons, Executive Director, Asheville Downtown Association
• Urban Districts Director, Keith Stanley, President & CEO, University City Partners (Charlotte)
• Associate Director – Community Member, Eddie Belk, AIA, Belk Architecture
• Associate Director – Corporate Member, Sam Hardwick, MOSCA Design
• Associate Director – Professional Member, David Maurer, AIA, Maurer Architecture
• Associate Director – Associate Member, Jennings Gray, Electricities

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