Board

Dr. Brent Jeffries, Chair Brent has practiced medicine in Asheville since 1991 as a partner with Asheville Gastroenterology Associates. He is service line leader for the Gastroenterology section at Mission Hospitals and serves on the board of the Buncombe County Medical Society Foundation. He is an elder at Grace and Peace Presbyterian Church. Brent is married to Coral Jeffries and they have four children.

Rev. John Grant, Vice-Chair Dr. Grant has been the pastor of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Asheville since 1989. He is the Founding Chairman, President and CEO of both the Eagle-Market Streets Development Corporation and the Mount Zion Community Development Corporation, both of Asheville. He has been married to Belinda Kennedy Grant since 1980. His wife Belinda serves as Executive Director of Mount Zion Community Development, Inc. John and Belinda are the parents of two children: Kontia J Grant and John H. Grant, Jr. More biographical information is available at www.mtzionasheville.org.

David Key, Treasurer David is a CPA with his own accounting firm. He is married to Adrienne Key and they have three grown sons.

Cathy Heck, Secretary Cathy has a master's degree in parent/child nursing. Before moving to Asheville she developed and taught an abstinence-based puberty education program still being widely used in Cincinnati City Schools. Cathy is married to Dr. Jeff Heck, who is a family physician here in Asheville. They have five children. She is a facilitator for the Building Bridges program.

Rev. John Brewster Rev. Brewster is the pastor of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church. He is married to Brenda and they have four children. He is affectionantly known as "Red Rooster" by our younger students who have trouble saying Reverend Brewster.

Sharon West Sharon joined our board in 2009. She is a registerd nurse and has an extensive background in public health.

Coral Jeffries, Executive Director Coral is the founder of the school. She has a master's degree in public health. She has served on a task force for the Literacy Council of Buncombe County. She is married to Brent and is home-schooling the last of their four children.

We would like to thank Dianne McGlen for her faithful service to New City Christian School as our first Chair and for believing in the mission of New City from the beginning. She has recently moved to Greensboro, NC.