Our Board

BOARD LEADERSHIP

 
Ben-Gilman
 
Ben Gilman
Board Chair
 
Head of Business Continuity, Programs & Process Engineering,
Bank of America
 
Amanda Nitto
Vice Chair
 
Shareholder, Robinson Bradshaw
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Joanette Freeman 
Past Chair
 
Deputy Director, Mecklenburg County
 
Liz Buckingham
Board Treasurer
 
Community Leader
Tamar
 
Tamar Goldblatt
Secretary
 
Vice President, Novant Health

BOARD MEMBERSHIP

 
 
Dr. Shivani Mehta, MD, MPH, FAAP
 
Assistant Professor Atrium Health Levine Children's Medical Group
Kim Henderson
 
Kim Henderson
 
Director of Social Services, DSS & CFAS, Mecklenburg County
 
Dr. Tamikia Greene
 
Assistant Health Director Mecklenburg County Health Department
 
Elaine Liberato Jenkins
 
Associate Graduate Faculty, UNC Charlotte, Department of Special Education and Child Development
 
Laura Meier
 
Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, District 5 Representative
 
Braxton Winston
 
City Council Member, Mayor Pro Tem
 
Latoya Scott
 
Vice President, Smart Kids' CDC
 
Krutesh "Kru" Trivedi
 
Senior VP/ Relationship Manager, FNB Corporation
 
Emily Nanney
 
Associate Director, Programs, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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Heba Abdelbaky
 
Senior Program Manager, Vanguard
Jake-House
 
Jake House
 
Managing Partner,
The Westwood Group
Jared Keaton
 
Jared Keaton
 
Chief Executive Officer, Alliance Center for Education
Kelly King
 
Kelly King
 
Director of External Reporting, Park National Bank
Maddie Myers 2
 
Maddie Myers
 
Vice President Director, Client and Community Relations, PNC 
Teressa Beam
 
Teressa Beam
 
Child Advocate
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Reneé Perkins Johnson
 
City Council Member