Our Board

BOARD LEADERSHIP

 
Ben-Gilman
 
Ben Gilman
Past Chair
 
Head of Business Continuity, Programs & Process Engineering,
Bank of America
 
Amanda Nitto
Board Chair
 
Shareholder, Robinson Bradshaw
Kelly King
 
Kelly King
Treasurer
 
Director of External Reporting, Park National Bank
 
Liz Buckingham
Vice Chair
 
Community Leader

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
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Joanette Freeman
 
Deputy Director of Human Resources, Mecklenburg County 
 
Elaine Liberato Jenkins
 
Associate Graduate Faculty Department of Special Education and Child Development
UNC Charlotte
 
Laura Meier
 
Mecklenburg Board of
County Commissioners
District 5 Representative
 
Braxton Winston
 
Technical Operations
Charlotte Hornets
 
Latoya Scott
 
Vice President
Smart Kids' CDC
 
Krutesh "Kru" Trivedi
 
Senior Vice President/ Relationship Manager
First National Bank Corporation
 
Emily Nanney
 
Associate Director of Programs Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Heba Abdelbaky 2
 
Heba Abdelbaky
 
Senior Program Manager Vanguard
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Jake House
 
Managing Partner
The Westwood Group
Jared Keaton
 
Jared Keaton
 
Chief Executive Officer
Alliance Center for Education
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Amanda Joyner
 
Senior Equity & Inclusion Consultant
Mecklenburg County
Maddie Myers 2
 
Maddie Myers
 
Vice President Director of Client and Community Relations
PNC Bank 
Teressa Beam
 
Teressa Beam
 
Executive Director of
Pre-K Programs
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
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Reneé Perkins Johnson
 
Charlotte City Council 
District 4 Representative