Board of Directors

Macie Higgins, is a small batch potter in Elkins, with a BFA degree, creating unique ceramic works from her home studio using both wheel throwing and hand building techniques. She has a particular interest in the use of color and texture in her work. Macie’s work is always evolving due to her interest in learning new techniques and her joy in experimentation. She has been instructing pottery classes at the Arts Center since the summer of 2014, and she truly enjoys being able to share her passion and expertise with the people in her community. Macie actively serves on the Volunteer and Exhibitions Committee with The Arts Center for a year prior to being on the board.

Erin Brown, Marketing and Business Development Manager at Connected Electrical, is a transplant to Elkins, but immediately felt at home. She is actively involved in various sectors of the community. She loves to be outside, read, cook and bake! She is inspired by the creativity of the Arts Center, and encourages and supports the mission of our organization. Her roles and responsibilities are to come to meetings ready to engage in the happenings of the Arts Center. She is passionate about spreading awareness of the services provided by the Arts Center to friends within the community and coming to support events. She believes that art in our communities is a staple to create a more well-rounded population which will then help the entire community thrive.

Steve Jory is a self-described museum rat and supporter of the arts, having developed his interest in college art history classes and through visits to scores of art museums from the Americas to Europe and New Zealand. He retired from a 47-year career in the legal profession in Elkins, during which he served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, and for many years in private practice. Steve is an active Rotarian (past President), and a former board member of the Elkins YMCA (past President), the Davis Health System Foundation, and the Randolph County Development Authority. He is married to Jean who taught English at Elkins High School for more than 30 years.

Dr. Dilip Chandran, The Chandran family is originally from India and they moved to Elkins, WV, in February 1974. Dilip was almost 7 years old. He had the privilege of being raised in Elkins, and attending the public-school system, where he graduated from Elkins High School in 1984. He attended college from 1984-1988 at the State University of New York in Binghamton, NY. He subsequently went to the West Virginia University School of Medicine from 1988 through 1992 and completed a combined residency in Family Medicine & Psychiatry in 1998. Since completing his professional training, he has worked in a variety of settings including primary care, private practice, community Psychiatry and now in academic Psychiatry at the WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry. He presently enjoys combining clinical medicine with teaching medical students/trainees and various scholarship pursuits. Dilip has many passions including traveling, listening/playing music, tasting international foods, meeting diverse people and helping others with a variety of goals/tasks. He has played in bands regionally and he is very proud of the teamwork in creating multiple musical recordings since 1996, as well as networking with many musicians and artists in the area for the last 30 years. 

Margot Gilmore Evick.  Margot is the Executive Director of Randolph-Tucker Children's Advocacy Center with experience working with children and families of WV since 2001. Originally from New Jersey, her family moved to Elkins circa 1990. Margot graduated from Elkins High School (1995) and Davis & Elkins College (1998). She has chosen to grow her roots and raise her family here in West Virginia. Margot graduated from Leadership Randolph class of 2024, she is an active member of the Elkins Kiwanis and board member of the Family Resource Network. She previously served as board secretary on the WV Child Advocacy Network BOD.  Music and Art have been a requirement in her world, and has collaborated with various local musicians through the years

Emeritus: June Myles, Margo Blevin Denton, and Victor Thacker