Local Staff
Susan Ketron
Regional Vice President
susan.ketron@kidney.org
Ashby Andrews
Executive Director
(704) 519-0020 ext 135
ashby.andrews@kidney.org
Melissa Rubio
Program Coordinator
704.519.0020 ext 626
melissa.rubio@kidney.org
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
NKF NC Medical Advisory Board
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