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
Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler
Councilor Sandra Kilgore
Councilor Antanette Mosley
Councilor Kim Roney
Councilor Sheneika Smith
Councilor Sage Turner
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
brownie.newman@buncombecounty.org
(828) 243-0107
Commissioner Terri Wells
District 1
terri.wells@buncombecounty.org
Commissioner Al Whitesides
District 1
alfred.whitesides@buncombecounty.org
Commissioner Jasmine Beach-Ferrara
Commissioner Amanda Edwards
Commissioner Robert Pressley
Commissioner Parker Sloan
District 3
parker.sloan@buncombecounty.org
State Officials
NC House of Representatives
Representative Susan Fisher
Representative John Ager
Representative Brian Turner
NC Senate
Senator Chuck Edwards
Senator Terry Van Duyn
Senator Julie Mayfield
In coming...
District 49
julie.mayfield@ncleg.net
Federal Officials
US House of Representatives
Representative Madison Cawthorn
In coming...
District 11
US Senate
Senator Thom Tillis
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
www.tillis.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me
(202) 224-6342
