Given the ongoing Covid-19 surge and restrictions, we will be holding our Annual Membership Meeting virtually this year. During the meeting, we will announce new board members and staff will give a presentation on the State of the River, including our 2021 priorities. If you are planning to attend, please email info@yadkinriverkeeper.org to register.
**You must be a member to attend the virtual meeting and to vote on our incoming board members.
We have already sent the voting link out to all current members. Voting will close at noon on Tuesday, January 26. If you did not get that email, please check your spam folder, as it is coming directly from the voting site. If you are unsure of your membership status or have any questions related to voting or the virtual meeting, please email us at info@yadkinriverkeeper.org.
Below you will find a list of this year's board nominees.
2021 YRK BOARD NOMINEES
Steve Ilderton
Born and raised in High Point, NC. Graduated HP college with a B.S. in Furniture Marketing after experiences in farming and home construction. Furniture sales representative from 1981-89 covering the southeast U.S. Started with Ilderton Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, Ilderton Conversion Co. in 1989 in Service and Parts. Current partner in that business with my brother. Personal: Married with 4 grown children, 4 grown stepchildren, and 15 grandchildren combined. Active member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church as parish council member. I have been involved with the Piedmont Environmental Center in High Point for 20 years and am a past board Chair prior to them being taken in by the city of HP. Past board chair of the HP Arts Council, past president of the HP Rotary Club. Former ACA level 3 Coastal kayak instructor and paddler for 40 years.
Dr. Kyana Young
Dr. Kyana Young is an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University in the Department of Engineering. She earned her doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Young is the co-chair of the Water and Health Committee with the American Public Health Association, founder of the Environmental Sustainability Innovation Internship Program (WI), and previously served as an executive editor for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization – Michigan State University Global Water Pathogen Project. Her research focuses on drinking water treatment and water quality, with multiple drinking water treatment projects (United States, India, Haiti, and China).
Kelly Irwin
Kelly Irwin has spent his entire 35 year career in banking, the last 25 years with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He has served in multiple capacities from managing the corporate real estate office in Baltimore and Washington DC to most recently as a managing director in the real estate corporate banking group based in Charlotte, NC. Responsibilities included leading teams in managing corporate relationships with public real estate companies throughout the United States and building relationships with CFO’s and CEO’s to advise on debt capital raising, bond placements, syndicated loans and other traditional banking products. Also coordinated with the investment banking team on equity issuance, M&A activity and other investment banking products. Kelly was a past member of the board of the District of Columbia Building Industry Association and the Old North State Community Association. He has past affiliations with various national real estate groups including NAIOP, ICSC and NAREIT. Kelly has been retired for 7 years and he and his wife Denise live in New London, NC.
Kerry Caslow
Kerry Caslow is the Outdoor Water Monitoring Specialist for YSI/Xylem. In her role, she is responsible for customer product training and technical support for water quality and water level instrumentation. Kerry earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from Georgia Institute of Technology, where she also earned her passion for water resources. Her experiences prior to YSI included nearly a decade of river monitoring and data computation with the USGS, using water quality monitors, discrete and automatic water quality samplers, as well as stream discharge equipment in an urban hydrology setting.