DAR - Key Persons


Adele E. Lancaster

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Elected

Amanda Weeks

Job Titles:
  • Bookkeeping Assistant

April Pendergrass

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Staff Member
  • Office Manager

Athelia W. Gibbs

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee
  • AL, Secretary

Beth Cagle

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Staff Member
  • Development Director

Cheryl K. Baxter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Elected

Cheryl P. Harrison - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee
  • AL, Chairman

Debby Coe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Elected

Denise D. VanBuren

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee
  • President General, NSDAR

Gail W. Moore

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee
  • AL, Treasurer

Heather Green

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Staff Member
  • Executive Director
Heather Watson Green joined the Kate Duncan Smith DAR School administrative staff as executive director in September of 2008. Heather, a 1992 KDS alumnus, is the daughter of Rick and Donna Keller Watson of Grant, both of whom are KDS graduates. Heather received a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations from Auburn University in 1996. After graduating from Auburn, she returned to Marshall County and took a position with the Lake Guntersville Chamber of Commerce. Heather then moved to Huntsville where she gained more than 14 years' experience in marketing, communications, public relations and fundraising and worked for organizations such as United Cerebral Palsy, the Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association, the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the North Alabama Science Center. For her work in the fields of public relations and marketing, Heather has received two Medallion Awards from the Public Relations Council of Alabama, one for best promotional brochure and the other for best total public relations program. She also earned the designation of Certified Travel Marketing Professional from the Southeast Tourism Society. Heather currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Marshall County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Heather has been married to Eric, an electrical engineer she met while they both were attending Auburn, for more than 20 years. They have one son, Aiden, a 16-year-old 11 th grade student at KDS DAR High School. She is a member of the Gunter Mountain Chapter, NSDAR.

Jean W. Vaughan

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Member

Judy C. Ostler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee
  • TX, Advisor to the President General

Kay S. Alston

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Elected

Marcy L. Carter-Lovick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Elected

Melvina P. Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee
  • AL Vice - Chairman

Mildred R. Byars

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Member

Mindy T. Kammeyer-Price

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Elected

O. B. McCorkle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Elected

Patrice F. Birner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Elected

Patrice R. Donnelly

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee

Peggy S. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee
  • AL, Honorary Chairman for Life

Rita P. Horton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee
  • AL, Honorary Chairman for Life

Sara C. Craft

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Member

Scottie Randles

Job Titles:
  • Maintenance Supervisor

Shelby D. Ward

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee

Tammy B. Clemons

Job Titles:
  • Member of the KDS Executive Committee
  • AL, Vice President General

Teresa Choat

Job Titles:
  • Office Assistant
  • Receptionist

Yvonne S. Boone

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Member