2012 Board of Directors

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Ann Busick (Fuquay Varina)
is a graduate of Denison University and a retired high school teacher.  Ann, along with husband, Monty, is an enthusiastic collector and promoter of North Carolina pottery and a long-term supporter of the North Carolina Pottery Center, having volunteered on numerous occasions with the annual auction and other premier events.  She supports the potters of the state and appreciates the heritage of this craft and tradition.

Linda Carnes-McNaughton (Pittsboro)
is Program Manager /Curator of the Cultural Resources Management Program, Fort Bragg. Linda is author of many professional papers and articles and a dissertation dealing with NC Pottery, and The Mountain Potters of Buncombe County, North Carolina. Recent publications about NC redwares appear in the Ceramics In America series. She is a ceramics scholar, teacher and researcher.  Currently serving as board president.

Steve Compton   (Raleigh)  is an avid collector of historic North Carolina Pottery. The author of numerous articles related to NC potters and potteries, Steve is also the author of North Carolina Pottery:  Earthenware, Stoneware and Fancyware published by Collector Books. Formerly the President of the NCPC BOD, Steve is also a founding member of the North Carolina Collectors Guild. His current work includes research on North Carolina's early eighteenth century earthenware potters.

Brad Crone  (Raleigh) 
Brad is President of Campaign Connections a Raleigh-based political consulting firm which specializes in governmental affairs and public relations services. He is a regular panelist for NC Spin, a statewide public affairs television program. A graduate of NCSU, Brad has also worked as a newspaper publisher, is active in numerous civic, community, and political organizations, and is a longtime lover of North Carolina pottery.

David Fernandez  (Seagrove)  owns and operates Seagrove Stoneware Inn and Pottery with his wife, Aleza Moderno.  He graduated from Williams College, WA, in Art & Mathematics. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Craft Fellowship, and was the Western States Coordinator for the Visual Arts Education Program of the NEA. He was also the Director of the Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT, and has been a potter since 1980, moving to Seagrove in 2007.

Margaret Herman  (Cary)  
is a graduate of Davidson College and Duke University. She currently serves on the Davidson Board of Visitors, is a founding member of TAG, a women's philanthropy cooperative, and volunteers with the Wake Literacy Council.  She and her husband, John, live in Cary and are arts supporters and pottery enthusiasts.

Ed Henneke  (Seagrove) obtained his undergraduate and graduate engineering degrees from Johns Hopkins University,  Baltimore, MD.   He began his career as an Asst. Professor at Florida State University and moved to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA, where he served as professor, researcher, and administrator for 36 years.  From 1989 -- 2002, he was Dept. Head of Engineering Mechanics, and from 2002 – 2007, he was Assoc. Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering.  He retired from Virginia Tech in  2007.  Ed is currently serving as board treasurer, and on the Exhibition Committee    .

Mark Hewitt (Pittsboro)
was born near Stoke-on-Trent, England, and began an apprenticeship in 1976, moving to NC with his wife Carol in 1983.  Mark is the author of numerous articles about potters and pottery.  In 2005 he co-curated “The Potter’s Eye” with Nancy Sweezy at the North Carolina Museum of Art.  Mark is currently serving as vice president and fundraising chair.

Michael Kline (Bakersville)
born in 1961 Michael has been a studio potter since 1993. He studied pottery, painting, and printmaking at the University of Tennessee and holds a BFA. He also studied under Michael Simon at the Penland School of Crafts in 1989, and  was awarded a Resident Artist position at Penland that same year,  where he developed a body of work in translucent porcelain and large-scale stoneware pottery inspired by the traditional stoneware of the Catawba Valley and Seagrove areas of NC.  Michael lives in Bakersville, NC with his wife/goldsmith, Stacey Lane, and their two daughters, Evelyn and Lillian.

Carolyn McDermott  (Star)  is a retired business software consultant. She grew up in Delaware but moved from Massachusetts to Spies in Moore County with her husband, Fred Shuker, in 2001. She has been a volunteer for the NCPC, the NC Zoo, and the Northern Moore Family Resource Center, where she was Board chair. She also participates yearly in the Spring and Christmas bird counts. She serves on the Moore County Board of Elections and the Board of Social Services. Carolyn and Fred love North Carolina pottery and glass.

Caroleen Sanders (Concord, NC and Rock Hill, SC) 
a traditional Catawba Indian potter growing up watching Catawba potters at work, particularly her mother, Verdie Harris Sanders. More recently, she has studied under contemporary masters such as Nola Campbell and Earl Robbins. She is now a frequently requested teacher and demonstrator, and was featured at the 1996 annual Day of the Catawba Festival. Caroleen donated pieces of her pottery to the Center before it opened and is a powerful advocate for the Catawba tradition.

Wayne Shiver  (Asheboro)  raised in Eastern NC, Wayne received a B.S. in Geology from UNCF, then joined the US Navy and had a career spanning the fields of oceanography, meteorology, mapping, charting and geodesy. He later worked as an Earth Sciences Research Manager in Boulder, Colorado working on climate modeling/climate change and the study of earthquakes and volcanoes. Upon retirement in 2006, he moved to SE Randolph Co. to be near family. He has a keen interest in NC pottery, has volunteered at NCPC in various capacities, and also has an extensive collection of Asian ceramics.

Elsya Stockin   (Charlotte)  graduate of Stephens College and  UNC Chapel Hill. She is a retired medical illustrator from Emory University School of Dentistry and Georgetown University Medical School. She has been actively involved in NC ceramics and crafts for 40 years as a collector and a 28 year member of The Mint Museum of Art's Delhom Service League's ceramic study and research affiliate where she has served as the DSL President, program chairman, and for the past 7 years as Potters Committee Chairman for the Potters Market Invitational, a show founded by the DSL to promote the ongoing ceramic tradition in North Carolina.

Mike Walker  (Seagrove) 
owner of Walker Stone and Seagrove  Creations. He spent 20 years as the Mayor of Seagrove and 10 years serving on the City Council . He has  also served on many Randolph County Boards including the Economic Development Council, Crime Stoppers and the Strategic Planning Commission. In addition, he has been Chairman of the Seagrove-Ulah Water Department since 1990.

Lane Wharton (Raleigh)
a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.  Lane has been a lawyer in private practice in Raleigh for the past 37 years, specializing in representing the State in connection with the problems of financially-troubled insurers.  Lane has also served as on the Boards of Directors of several non-profits including the Food Bank and Planned Parenthood affiliates in the Triangle.