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Board Member Profiles
Chair (President):  Marlene Frisbee
Vice Chair (Vice President):  Dr David Arpin
Treasurer:  Brian Henderson
Secretary: Michael Dimenna

Past President:  Becky Herdt

Board terms are three years, with a possible extension by majority vote of up to two years.  
Executive Officer terms are one year in length.  Elections are held at the annual meeting and terms are one year in length, from July 1 - June 30.
Board membership can consist of up to 12 members, both from the community at large and ACS parent population (with neither group having more than 8 representatives).

Contact any board member via email (using the first letter of their first name, their last name at artspacecharter.org).  Example:  mfrisbee_at_artspacecharter.org.   There is also a voice mail box set up at the school for board members - please just call the main line and ask to leave us a message.  We also have a snail mailbox in the front office at the school.  We will also be having Chat with the Board sessions throughout the school year and invite you to drop in to talk to us at that time.  Please see the calendar or contact any board member for more details.

By order of senority (Executive Committee Members first; then in order by election date):



Marlene Frisbe
Vice Chair, Community Member, Chair Community Partnership Team
Elected to Board March 21, 2006; term expires September 21, 2009.
                                                                                                        
Marlene is the Housing Code Manager for the City of Asheville. She also is an Adjunct Faculty member at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College where she teaches business classes.



David Arpin, DC
Community Member, Policy Team
Elected to Board December 18, 2007; term expires December 18, 2010.  
Dr. Arpin has been in private chiropractic practice for 21 years in the Arden area and has served the community on many boards over that time. He has also been involved in the Buncombe County School system for 18 years.




Brian D. Henderson, CPA

Treasurer, Community Member, Co-chair Operations Group; Chair Finance Team
Elected to Board September 19, 2006; term expires September 19, 2009.
                                                                                                        
Brian has been practicing in Public Accounting since 1989.  He is currently running his own practice in South Asheville.


        
Michael Dimenna
Secretary, Parent, Co-chair Operations Group
Elected to Board September 19, 2006; term expires September 19, 2009


Michael is a Pharmacist at Cane Creek Pharmacy.   


Becky Herdt
Past President, Community Member
Elected to Board November 9, 2004; term expires November 9, 2008; Past President term expires June 30, 2009

Becky is the Program Manager for  
Braiform, a multi-national plastics company that is an industry pioneer in garment hanger reuse programs designed for retailers.  




Jack Leachman
Parent, Co-chair Board Development Team; Policy Team
Elected to Board August 8, 2004; term expires August 8, 2008.

Jack is the owner for over 15 years of Mortgage Trading Group, specializing in personal real estate financing.  
        



Robin Allred
Parent, Arts Advisory Team
Elected to Board September 18, 2007; term expires September 18, 2010.  

Robin is a Teaching Assistant at Claxton Elementary School.



Michael Kimmell
Parent, Finance Team
Elected to Board January 29, 2008; term expires January 29, 2011.  


Michael is a financial advisor for Wachovia Bank.





                                                



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