Our Officials
Local Officials
Asheville City Council
The Asheville City Council establishes the city’s policies. The City Council is made up of a mayor and six council members who are elected at-large for four-year, staggered terms. Asheville City Council meetings are televised live on the Asheville City Channel, typically at 5:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. www.ashevillenc.gov/government
Mayor Esther E. Manheimer
City of Asheville, Representative
Vice Mayor Sheneika Smith
City of Asheville, Representative
Councilor Sandra Kilgore
City of Asheville, Representative
Councilor Antanette Mosley
City of Asheville, Representative
Councilor Kim Roney
City of Asheville, Representative
Councilor Sage Turner
City of Asheville, Representative
Councilor Gwen Wisler
City of Asheville, Representative
Buncombe County Commissioners
The seven-member Board of County Commissioners is the governing body of Buncombe County. The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners serve staggered four-year terms through partisan elections. Commissioner Meetings take place on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
Chairman Brownie Newman
Buncombe County, Representative
brownie.newman@buncombecounty.org
(828) 243-0107
Commissioner Al Whitesides
Buncombe County, Representative
District 1
alfred.whitesides@buncombecounty.org
Commissioner Jasmine Beach-Ferrara
Buncombe County, Representative
Commissioner Amanda Edwards
Buncombe County, Representative
Commissioner Robert Pressley
Buncombe County, Representative
Commissioner Parker Sloan
Buncombe County, Representative
District 3
parker.sloan@buncombecounty.org
State Officials
NC House of Representatives
Representative Susan Fisher
Representative, State
Representative John Ager
Representative, State
Representative Brian Turner
Representative, State
NC Senate
Senator Chuck Edwards
Representative, State
Senator Terry Van Duyn
Representative, State
Federal Officials
US House of Representatives
Representative Madison Cawthorn
Federal, Representative
District 11
US Senate
Senator Thom Tillis
Federal, Representative
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
www.tillis.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
(202) 224-6342
Senator Richard Burr
Federal, Representative