Leadership Departmental Leadership Pamela Brewington Cashwell Secretary Maggie Thompson Chief Deputy Secretary Jeff Michael Deputy Secretary, Natural Resources Dr. Darin Waters Deputy Secretary, Office of Archives & History Deans Eatman Deputy Secretary Jess Sutton General Counsel Joshua Davis Chief Financial Officer Anne Evangelista Director, Legislative Affairs Schorr Johnson Director, Communications Claire M. Mufalo Director, Internal Audit Christie Norris Director, Education Bailey Recktenwald Director, Policy Amanda Richardson Chief Information Officer Catherine Swain Director, Marketing Beth Travis Director, Human Resources Division Directors Ramona Bartos Director, Historical Resources Jeff Bell Executive Director, N.C. Arts Council Kerry Bird Director, N.C. American Indian Heritage Commission Hap Fatzinger Director, N.C. Aquariums Division Valerie Hillings Director, North Carolina Museum of Art Michelle Lanier Director, N.C. Division of State Historic Sites Sandi Macdonald President & Chief Executive Officer, North Carolina Symphony Sara Ward Director, Atlantic Conservation Coalition Dr. Jay Martin Executive Director, Battleship North Carolina Adrienne Nirdé Director, N.C. African American Heritage Commission Chrystal Regan Executive Director, Tryon Palace Brian Strong Director, North Carolina State Parks Will Summer Director, Division of Land and Water Stewardship Michelle Underhill State Librarian C. J. Roberts Director, Division of State History Museums Dr. Denise Young Director, N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Kelly Policelli State Archivist of North Carolina