2025-26 Board

BOARD LEADERSHIP

 
Kelly King
 
Kelly King
Chair 
 
Director of External Reporting
Park National Bank
 
Liz Buckingham
Treasurer
Assistant VP, Financial Planning & Analysis
LPL Financial
Maddie Myers 2
 
Maddie Myers
Vice Chair 
Senior VP, Client and Community Relations Director
PNC Bank 
 
Amanda Nitto
Past Chair
Partner
Robinson Bradshaw
Amanda Joyner
 
Amanda Joyner
Secretary
Senior Equity & Inclusion Consultant
Mecklenburg County

BOARD MEMBERSHIP

 
Heba Abdelbaky 2
 
Heba Abdelbaky
 
Enterprise AI Portfolio Manager
Vanguard
Michael Caggiano-Recovered
 
Michael Caggiano
 
Director
Bank of America
Kim Henderson
 
Kimberly Henderson
 
Director of Child, Family,
and Adult Services
Mecklenburg County
Jake-House
 
Jake House
 
Managing Partner
The Westwood Group
Jared Keaton
 
Jared Keaton
 
Chief Executive Officer
Alliance Center for Education
Brian Kestler Transp
 
Brian Kestler
 
Senior VP, Manager of Business Banking
FNB Corporation
 
Elaine Liberato Jenkins
 
Associate Graduate Faculty
UNC Charlotte
Department of Special Education
and Child Development
 
Dr. Shivani Mehta, MD, MPH, FAAP
 
Assistant Professor
Atrium Health Levine Children's Medical Group
 
Laura Meier
 
District 5 Representative
Mecklenburg Board of
County Commissioners
 
Emily Nanney
 
Associate Director of Programs Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Pordes Head Shot
 
Lis Pordes
 
Senior Health Program Manager,
Prenatal - Three Initiative
Mecklenburg County
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Jaime Rechkemmer
 
Founding Consultant
Aim4Impact Consulting
 
Latoya Scott
 
Vice President
Smart Kids' CDC
 
Braxton Winston
 
President
NC AFL-CIO