SCCC Board of Directors
The SCCC Board of Directors is made up of a group of volunteers and is governed by Bylaws, follows a Strategic Plan, and works in collaboration with our Community Partners.
Kelsey Brown
Kelsey has lived in Spring Creek for a decade. Her husband, Raphe, is a Spring Creek native and they live in the house he grew up in. They have two small children, one in 2nd grade, and the other was born in 2023. She started volunteering at the community center after her first child was born. As a new mother she wanted to connect with other parents and she has met many wonderful people just by volunteering. Kelsey joined the board because she felt she could contribute more to help create kid-friendly programs and spaces.
President
Lizz Frossard
Lizz Frossard and her husband moved from Winston-Salem to Spring Creek in 2020 after falling in love with the area. She first became involved with the Community Center through Forever Fit and the annual yard sale, eventually joining the Board of Directors and becoming Vice President.
Lizz serves on the Grant and Arts Committees and the Emergency Preparedness Team. She is especially proud of helping the yard sale raise more than $3,000 over the previous year. She is passionate about expanding the arts at SCCC and creating opportunities to showcase the many talented painters, photographers, sculptors, textile artists, and other creative people in the community.
Outside of SCCC, Lizz enjoys gardening and spending time with her two dogs and two cats. She hopes the SCCC will continue bringing people together through the arts, exercise, learning, friendship, and shared experiences.
Vice President
Lori Panetta
Lori Panetta is proud to serve as Treasurer of the Spring Creek Community Center. Lori is a retired CPA with over 35 years’ experience as finance director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the healthcare industry. Lori and her family have been spending summers in Spring Creek for over 40 years. She and her husband Joe built a home in SpringCreek 10 years ago and are now permanent residents in the community. Lori believes that clear financial oversight enables the community center to keep education, business and support services accessible to everyone in the community. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, quilting and spending time with her grandchildren.
Treasurer
Ali Tisdall
Ali joined the board in 2025 after first volunteering for the SCCC’s Communications Committee, where she continues to use her background in social media marketing to showcase the Center’s work and build community connection. Before moving to Spring Creek, Ali spent seven years practicing real estate law; but after becoming a mother and relocating to the mountains, she shifted her focus to digital storytelling. She now lives on a small farm with her husband, twin daughters, and a growing group of rescue dogs (and goats). Ali is passionate about animals, rural life, and using social media to uplift the voices and stories that matter most in small communities.
Secretary
Adam Bennett
Adam Bennett has been living in Spring Creek since 2018 and joined the SCCC Board in June 2026. Adam believes in the “community” building power of the Spring Creek Community Center and it’s why he wanted to be on the board. When Adam first moved here, he didn’t know anyone in the area. Then he started going to Exercise Class (put on by Forever Fit in the SCCC Gym) twice a week. Pretty soon, he knew more people than he didn’t and has been going to SCCC events ever since. Serving on the board is his way of trying to thank the volunteers that have come before him.
Adam is a local small business owner and runs Spring Creek Mobile Vet out of his Microclinic inside the SCCC Business Center. Outside of veterinary medicine and the SCCC, Adam likes spending time with his family and friends, taking photographs, playing board/card games, and volunteering for various animal rescues.
Board MemberSCCC Bylaws
Our Bylaws guide how our organization is managed, outline leadership roles within the Board of Directors, and establish rules for meetings, voting, and decision-making.
Click here to view our current Bylaws.
Strategic Plan
The Board of Directors strives to listen to the community and serve their needs, and so we periodically perform surveys. We currently have strategic plan to guide us forward that was created in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission in the summer of 2025.
We have also done surveys of the community, in 2020 and in 2023. You can review those here:
We encourage the community to attend Board Meetings!
If you would like to join the board or know someone who might be a great addition, let us know! SCCC Board Meetings are currently held on the Second Monday of the Month at 10a.
Past board members (in alphabetical order) since 1999
This list was gathered from past meeting minutes and asking several historical board members. If we are missing anyone, let us know.
Clara Askew
Mary Jo Bennett
Terry Campbell
John Clemens
Gweneeth Conklin
Linda Cruzan
Jack Dalton
Dr. Layten Davis
Veda Davis
Carl Evans
Nancy Fink
Mary Ruth Fowler (Founder)
Christine Grasty
Judith Hansen
Ryan Holm
Nancy Hirth
Dean Justice
Wilson Kent
Martha Kirkpatrick
Carlton Lillie
Connie Lillie
Lisa McLean
Alice White McVey
Ray Moran
Breanne Nelson
Jim Northey
Coty Norton
Loraine Pinson
Pamela Price
Joyce Reese
Betty Reeves
Robin Reeves
Anna Robas
Shawn Roberson
Charles Sams
Sherie Sanzenbacher
Suria Stavish
Dave Thomas
Jeremy Trantham
JD Waldroupe