Tryon Fine Arts Center recently announced that Dr. Warren Carson, Sue Z. Truitt, Michael Gron and Joyce Moffatt have recently joined the board of directors.

Dr. Carson is a native of Tryon and an English professor and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at USC Upstate in Spartanburg. He has a long history of community service as an elected local government official, president of Roseland Community Center, Polk County Library Board of Trustees, and Isothermal Community College Board of Trustees. After 40 years of experience as a choir director, he now enjoys reading, youth programs and community development and will chair TFAC’s Arts in Education Committee.

Sue Z. Truitt is a professional horse trainer who lives in Landrum with her husband Dave. She served as past president of the TFAC Auxiliary “Friends of TFAC,” and has experience in fundraising and development in the areas of education and healthcare from her years in Sarasota, Fla. She has served on the Advisory Committee of the local therapeutic riding program (TROT) as well as Instride Therapeutic Riding Center in Florida. Her interests, in addition to horses, music and theater, include golf and travel.

Mike Gron comes to TFAC with a wide variety of experience in insurance, publishing, exhibit management, marketing/sales and home renovations. He has lived in New York City and Charlotte and now makes his home in the Tryon area with partner Shelley Dayton. Both of them enjoy photography projects and contributing time and talents to local nonprofits.

Joyce Moffatt has had a long and distinguished career in theater management as a production manager, general manager, director of operations and executive director with such companies as American Ballet Theatre, Radio City Music Hall, San Francisco Ballet and San Antonio Symphony/Opera. Her last major project involved overseeing all aspects of the initial development, construction and day-to-day operations of the Music and Dance Theater in Chicago. She has served on numerous arts boards throughout the country, and now lives in Landrum, enjoying life with her two dogs and many friends.

For more information on TFAC programs, visit tryonarts.org.