Leading on Opportunity March 26th event PowerPoint

4. James E. Ford, Filling the Gap Educational Consultants, LLC
Leading on Opportunity Co-Chair
Erin Barbee, Aldersgate
Laura Clark, United Way of Central Carolinas
Jesse Cureton, Novant Health
Dr. Kandi Deitemeyer, Central Piedmont Community College
Dena Diorio, Mecklenburg County
Jim Dunn, Atrium Health
Miriam Espaillat, Raydal Hospitality, LLC
Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown, Novant Health & Opportunity Task Force
Co-Chair
Marcus Jones, City of Charlotte
Andrea A. Smith, Bank of America
Leading on Opportunity Co-Chair
Michael Marsicano, Foundation For The Carolinas
Ray McKinnon, South Tryon Community United Methodist Church
Edwin Peacock, Northwestern Mutual Financial Advisor
Dee O’Dell, U.S. Bank & Opportunity Task Force Co-Chair
Federico Rios, City of Charlotte
Mike Rizer, Wells Fargo
Jennifer Weber, Lowe’s Home Improvement
Dr. Clayton Wilcox, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District
Dr. Stephanie Cooper-Lewter, Leading on Opportunity
Leading on Opportunity Council

5. Our Opportunity System Strategy
For Children, Youth and Families

6. L to R: Community Impact Directors Don Thomas, Kevin Loux and Yuly Rodriguez with Executive Director
Stephanie Cooper-Lewter visiting John M. Belk Endowment with M.C. Belk Pilon, Virginia McIlwian and Chuck Kaylor.
Leading on Opportunity Team

7. Engage
Amplify
Influence
Change

8. North Star Goal:
Within a generation, every child in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
will have an equal chance to achieve social and economic
success.

9. Bishop Claude Richard Alexander, Jr., The Park Place Church and For
Charlotte Board
Derrik Anderson, Race Matters for Juvenile Justice
Myra M. Clark, The Center for Community Transitions
Laura Clark, United Way of Central Carolinas
Malcomb D. Coley, Ernst & Young
Carrie B. Cook, GreenLight Charlotte
Floyd R. Davis, Jr., Community Link
Jon Davis, Intentional Movement for Social Capital
Dr. Kandi Deitemeyer, Central Piedmont Community College
Dena Diorio, Mecklenburg County
Ric Elias, Red Ventures
Dianne English, Community Building Initiative
Danielle Frazier, Charlotte Works
Don Gately, CrossRoads Corporation
Carol Hardison, Crisis Assistance Ministry
Nancy Hughes, Smart Start of Mecklenburg County
Chris Jackson, Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont
Alvin C. Jacobs, Jr., Alvin C. Jacobs Photography
Don Jonas, Care Ring
Lee Keesler, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
L. Jamall Kinard, Lakewood Neighborhood Alliance
Georgia Krueger, Ada Jenkins Center
Mayor Vi Lyles, City of Charlotte
John Martin, Young Black Leadership Alliance
Wendy Mateo-Pascual, Crossways Consulting
Opportunity Champions

10. Hugh McColl, Falfurrias Capital Partners
William H. “Mack” McDonald, Renaissance West Community Initiative
Nicole McKinney, Upstream North Carolina
Mary Nell McPherson, Freedom School Partners
Senator Mujtaba Mohammed, N.C. State Senate
Bart Noonan, West Boulevard Ministry
Karen Parker, Family Justice Center and Safe Alliance
MC Belk Pilon, John M. Belk Endowment
Chief Kerr Putney, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Aaron Randolph, Carolina Youth Coalition
Ana Silva Rey, Latin Americans Working for Achievement
Munro Richardson, Read Charlotte
Crystal Rountree, Teach for America, Charlotte-Piedmont Triad
Molly Shaw, Communities in Schools of Charlotte Mecklenburg
Kirsten Sikkelee, YWCA Central Carolinas
Janet Singerman, Child Care Resources, Inc.
Hane Tarris, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas
David R. Taylor, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts +
Culture
Jason Terrell, Profound Gentlemen
Todd Tibbits, YMCA of Greater Charlotte
Banu Valladares, Charlotte Bilingual Preschool
Nicholas V. Wharton, Charlotte Area Fund
Dr. Clayton Wilcox, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Lacey Williams, City of Charlotte
Liz Winer, Charlotte Resilience Project
Opportunity Champions

11. 50 Inaugural Opportunity Champions
Our Children. Their Future. Our Commitment.

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Our Commitment.
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