Meet Our Staff
People Who Love Our Culture and The Youth
Our Staff
Jessalyn Smith
Singing
Kyle Dean Smith
Mandolin, Guitar, & String band
Emily Spencer
Banjo, Dulcimer, & String band
Martha Spencer
Dance
Erika Testerman
Fiddle
Kaylie Wagoner
Guitar
Board Members
Dr. Jack Cahn
Retired physician and old-time fiddle and banjo player. A full-time volunteer for AJAM.
David Baynes
Retired middle school woodworking teacher. He plays mandolin and he enjoys traditional music.
Leigh Ann Dixon
Principal of Piney Creek School, Alleghany County, NC. lifelong resident of Grayson County, VA. Appalachian studies enthusiast!
Trish Gardner
Retired Clinical Research Professional. Ballad singer and fiddler, flower farmer, and baker extraordinaire! Vice-Chair of AJAM.
Xavier Iglesias
local business owner, parent of AJAM student, and committed resident of alleghany county, nc. Treasurer of AJAM.
Kate Irwin
Chair of Alleghany JAM board. Parent of original AJAM students, graphic designer, local business owner.
Amy Pardue Lucas
Amy is County Extension Director at the NC State Extension and Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development at 4-H. Secretary of AJAM.
Dr. Charlie Mangano
Retired Cardiologist with an interest in old time music, plays guitars, writes songs, enjoys Appalachian Music.
Sarah Osborne
involved in the traditional music scene one way or another for most of her life. She is the mother of one current and one former AJAM student and is an active community volunteer.
Emily Spencer
banjo, dulcimer, & String band teacher
multi-instrumentalist, matriarch of the whitetop mountain family band
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