Vice President
Laura Hepp Bradshaw (start of term 6/2007)
Laura Hepp Bradshaw grew up in Canada outside of Toronto and currently resides in Durham with her husband Michael and their two beagles, Hattie and Gus. After working for several non-profit organizations in the area and a local law firm, she is continuing her studies in Environmental History at North Carolina State University, combining her passion for studying environmental issues with her love of American History.

Secretary
Mesa Somer (start of term 8/2007)
I am a writer and teacher and mother. I have written and had published a children's book, a non fiction book, and was the editor-in-chief for Kidsville News for about eight years. I am currently working on a book that is a combination game/guide book for Belize. I have taught literally all ages, from adults to preschoolers, and have found ways to have fun with every age. This year I will be teaching writing at Durham Tech while I get my book printed and distributed. I also have done puppetry, storytelling, stained glass, and enjoy photography, hiking, anything and everything outdoors, birdwatching, gardening, and traveling. I've lived in about ten different states, but have settled with my husband and two daughters in a sweet bungalow on Lakewood Avenue in Durham for the last 12 years, where we happily play with our three doggers and spend hours making our backyard flowerful.

Treasurer
Rebecca Currie (start of term 10/2006)
Rebecca Currie first came to Durham in the mid-1980s as a Duke undergraduate, and after graduation, spent the next 9 years plotting her return to her favorite city. She became involved with The Scrap Exchange in 2003 and since that time has filled many roles, including outreach staff worker, outreach events coordinator, newsletter editor, workshop instructor, tech support person, and resident floor cleaner. (She believes she is the only consultant in the country who both fixes computers and scrubs floors.) She lives in Old North Durham and makes her living as an itinerant database developer specializing in Filemaker Pro.

Members

Carrie Painter (start of term 6/2007)
Carrie is currently a Managing Director at Duke Corporate Education where she designs and delivers educational programs to meet clients' strategic business challenges. Prior to her work at Duke CE, she worked at the Fuqua School of Business managing an executive MBA program. She received her MBA from Duke University. She lives in Durham with her husband, Rusty.

David Solow (start of term 8/2006)
Born in New York City, David came to North Carolina to attend Duke in 1979. He quickly fell in love with Durham (one of the longest and best relationships of his life). After studying English at Duke, physics at Columbia, and ballet at the North Carolina School of the Arts, he turned on, tuned in and dropped out (lots of education, no degree). He worked as a busboy, bike messenger and flower arranger in NYC, a farm worker in Greece and a bamboo craftsman in France. Returning to his true love, Durham, he worked as a farm worker and carpenter and then attended UNC-Chapel Hill, completing the creative writing program in poetry and receiving a BFA in painting and sculpture. After college, he become an art instructor at the state psychiatric hospital in Butner. He is now an artist, who combines reusing materials with crafted objects, sound, smell, even temperature and humidity in installations. He also loves to dance, cook, eat and spend time with friends, especially in combination.

Kimberley Pierce Cartwright (start of term 1/2008)

Megan Risley (start of term 3/2008)
Megan relocated to the Triangle 11 years ago from the Berkshires in Massachusetts. She currently resides in Durham with her husband and their four cats in a wonderful neighborhood in North Durham. Megan has a master's degree in social work and has spent the past 10 years working for local nonprofit agencies. She is currently working for a local agency called Hoop Dreams as an outreach coordinator. She also has strong interests in gardening, crafting, and sewing, and launched her business line, Batteries Not Required, three years ago to sell her interactive play quilts for children based on the classic game Memory. She also participates in area craft shows and sells her quilts and other fabric accessories on Etsy.com.