Our Board Of Directors

President

Tom Harris

Tom is a retired attorney. His family has strong ties with Japan. He has been active in conducting the CROP walks for many years.

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Vice President

Chris Boyer

Chris retired from a career with Durham City administration.  She has led the Toyama City Committee in developing international exchanges.

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At Large Director

Mark Goodwillie

Mark had a career in education and video production.  He developed our ties with Zhuzhou, China as a Sister City with Durham.

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Celaya Chair

Elsa Maria Jimenez-Salgado

Elsa is the chair of the Celaya, Mexico Sister City and was born and raised in Guanajuato Mexico. She came on 2008 to work for the Mexican Foreign Service as a Contractor. 

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At Large Director

Gwenn Bookman

Gwenn serves as Co-Chair of the Arusha Committee and an Associate Professor of Political Science at Bennett College and has a focus on Global Studies.

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At Large Director

Patricia Sheppard

Patricia is an at large director at Sister Cities of Durham and Membership Committee Chair.

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At Large Director

Susanna Ochola-Love

Susanna is an at-large director at Sister Cities of Durham and Executive Staff, Event Planning and Community Engagement at Self Help.

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Treasurer

Min Shi

Min Shin is  a member of the Sister Cities of Durham Executive Committee and Sister Cities of Durham Board Treasurer.

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Secretary

Nancy Cox

Nancy is a member of the Sister Cities of Durham Executive Committee and Board Secretary.  Nancy is the Executive Director for Bike Durham.

ZhuZhou Co-Chair

Lusia is the Co-Chair of the ZhuZhou Sister City and a Sr. Program Manager at Duke University.

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Durham Co-Chair

Eve is the Co-Chair of the Durham, England Sister City and a Project Leader for Duke Clinical Research Institute.

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Toyama Co-Chair

Yuki is the Co-Chair of the Toyama Sister City.

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Kavala Chair

Randy Griffin

Randy is the chair of the Sister Cities of Durham and had an earlier career in Durham's tobacco industry, which took him to Turkey and Greece.

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Tilaran Chair

Melisssa is the chair of the Tilaran, Costa Rica Sister City and World Language  Coordinator for Durham Tech Community College.

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Sibiu Chair

Mitch is the chair of the Sibiu, Romania Sister City and co-owner of OGT LLC - Optimal Global Technologies.

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Arusha, Co- Chair

Ronda Pierce

Sister Cities International (SCI), Board of Director and SCI Country Representation to Tanzania.

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Life Time Director - Non-Voting

Dot Borden

Dot is the founder of Sister Cities of Durham.

Office Manager - Non-Voting

Brady Surles

Brady is the Office Manager for Sister Cities of Durham, past President and former Executive Director.