Local Staff

Susan Ketron
Regional Vice President
susan.ketron@kidney.org

Ashby Andrews
Executive Director
(704) 519-0020 ext 135
ashby.andrews@kidney.org

Katey Cipriani
Community Outreach Director
704.519.0020 ext 625

NC Advisory Board Members

Amy Gray Cunningham
Board Chair, Patient Advocate

Lori Finch
Strive Health

Strait Gaston
Fresenius Kidney Care

Brett and Heather Goode
Gray Construction

Laura Hanby
JLL Properties

Cathryn Lashley
Atrium Health

John Lashley
BrightView Landscapes

Dawn Lawson
Fresenius

Natalie Polk
Duke Energy

Phelicia Price
Patient Advocate

Dr. Clarissa Diamantidis
Chair, Duke

Dr. Emily Chang
UNC

Alexandra Cruz
IPRO/ESRD Network of the South Atlantic

Dr. Tejas Desai
Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. John Duronville
Duke

Dr. Alcia Edwards
Wake Forest Baptist Health

Aries Ford
WFBH Outpatient Dialysis

Dr. Barbara Gillespie
Covance

Dr. Jim Godwin
NC Nephrology

Dr. Surya Manivannan
Nephrology Fellow, UNC

Kristel McLawhorn
Eastern Nephrology Associates

Dori Muench
WFBH Abdominal Organ Transplant Program

Dr. Anjali Singla
Metrolina Nephrology Associates

Leah Smith
Metrolina Nephrology Associates

Dr. Matt Sparks
Duke

Tonya Stokes
Davita

Dr. Anna Strasma
Nephrology Fellow, Duke