Board Members
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Peggy Kirby Paradise
President
Peggy Kirby Paradise
LWS Vice President, Peggy Kirby-Paradise, considers herself an extreme left-brain thinker, having spent her career as a professor and researcher. Studying ways to challenge her creative side before retiring, she dabbled briefly in pastel, but moved to watercolor because she found a true teacher in Laura Mitchell, LWS. “Laura is a retired educator and avowed life-long learner,” Peggy says. “Just because a person can paint, it doesn’t mean they can teach. Laura knows how to teach.”
Eight years after first picking up a brush, Peggy says she’s still challenging herself to use that creative side, hoping to master a “looser” style. For that inspiration, she follows Michael Solovyev, Blanca Alvarez, Hazel Soan, and Diane St. Germain, LWS. Her paintings typically feature places she’s traveled with friends and her husband, Lou Paradise. As a relatively new artist, she cherishes the ribbons she’s won from LWS member exhibits which provide collegial low-key competition for artists at all levels.
Peggy’s advice to beginners – find a true teacher whose style you like and join LWS. The camaraderie, helpful tips, workshop opportunities, and friendly competitions are this retiree’s developing right brain.

Tracy Hebert
1st Vice President
Tracy Hebert

Melanie Long
2nd Vice President
Melanie Long

Claudia LeJeune
Treasurer
Claudia LeJeune

Emily Efferson
Recording Secretary
Emily Efferson

Joleen Schiller
Corresponding Secretary

Tracy Hebert
Immediate Past President
Tracy Hebert
Directors At Large
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Suzanne Shumate
Membership
Suzanne Shumate

Harriet Mayeux
Co-Director of Fundraising

Ellen Jenkins
Co-Director of Fundraising
Committee Chairs
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Carol Creel
Workshops
Carol Creel

Kathy Miller Stone
Installations
Kathy Miller Stone

Kim Voisin
Programs & Publicity

Chryl Casso Corizzo
Publications
Chryl Casso Corizzo

Monnisa Lewis
Technology