Justin Dionne is now in his second year as Executive Director of Cain Center for the Arts. Originally from Salisbury, NC, Justin attended Catawba College for Undergraduate studies and Florida State University for Graduate School. He has spent over 10 years in the arts industry with 8 of them in the nonprofit sector. While in Salisbury he helped to build the Norvell Theater and then went on to spearhead efforts to renovate a 1920’s warehouse into a performing arts center which became Lee Street Theater. Along with serving communities, Justin is a passionate about his family, bourbon, travel, the Carolina Panthers, and the Florida State Seminoles. Justin and his family reside in Cornelius.

Allison Elrod is Development Associate for Cain Center for the Arts. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her expertise includes brand management, copywriting, event planning and promotion, public relations, and fundraising. A poet and essayist, her work has appeared in journals and anthologies that include Cave Wall, Kakalak, Anglican Theological Review, and Pembroke Magazine. Allison lives with her husband in Davidson.

Anita Overcash joined Cain Center for the Arts in 2017 as Administrative & Marketing Assistant. Originally from Cornelius, NC, she is thrilled that a new arts center is coming to the Lake Norman region. Anita is a graduate of University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and worked for almost a decade at alt weekly Creative Loafing Charlotte where she primarily covered arts & entertainment. In her free time, she loves to write, travel, go to concerts, theater, and gallery shows, and spend time with her family. Anita and her husband live in Huntersville.