STEERING COMMITTEE

Nancy B. McNelis, Co-Chair
Vice President, Client Services Consulting
Right Management
5955 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 250
Charlotte, NC 28209
704-926-2288
nancy.mcnelis@right.com

Natalie Brown, Co-Chair
Senior Vice President, Marketing Communications Manager
Bank of America
525 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28255
980-386-3151
natalie.brown@bankofamerica.com

Lisa Lewis Dubois, past Chair
8791 Chancellor's Place
Charlotte, NC 28213
704-547-0527
ldubois@uncc.edu

Lisa Yarrow, Program Director
Charlotte Mecklenburg Women’s Summit
UNC-Charlotte Metropolitan Studies and
Extended Academic Programs
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
704-644-5599
lyarrow@uncc.edu

Carol Correll, Administrative Assistant
Charlotte Mecklenburg Women’s Summit
UNC-Charlotte Metropolitan Studies and
Extended Academic Programs
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
704-687-2484
cacorrel@uncc.edu

Kelly Chopus, Development Co-Chair
Director, Community Relations
Goodrich Corporation
2730 W. Tyvola Road
Charlotte, NC 28217
704-423-7489
kelly.chopus@goodrich.com

Crystal Dunham, Development Co-Chair
5967 Pisgah Way
Charlotte, NC 28217
704-724-7515
cdunham@windstream.net

Abbie G. Baynes, Governance Chair
Attorney-At-Law
Abbie G. Baynes, PLLC
6525 Morrison Boulevard, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28211
704-362-3800
abbie@bayneslaw.com

AT LARGE MEMBERS

Deborah Bosley
Director, Center for Humanities, Technology & Science
UNC Charlotte
220 Fretwell, 9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223
704-687-3502
deborah@theplainlanguagegroup.com

Mimi Curlee
Federal Documents Librarian
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
310 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-687-3502
m.curlee@plcmc.org

Maha Gingrich
Assistant to the Executive VP
Central Piedmont Community College
P.O. Box 35009
Charlotte, NC 28235
704-416-0106
maha.gingrich@cpcc.edu

Zaira Goodman
Balfour Beatty Construction
3730 Glen Lake Drive, Suite 200
Charlotte, NC 28208
704-319-4027
ZGoodman@balfourbeattyus.com

Elisa Rodriguez Gordon
Senior Vice President
Alan Gordon Immigration & Naturalization Law
1018 East Boulevard, Suite 7
Charlotte, NC 28203
704-332-2555
erodriguez@greencards.com

Betty Chafin Rash
At Large Member
610 North Pine Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-377-4957
bettychafinrash@aol.com

Octavia Seawell
At Large Member
OZS Consulting, Inc.
378 Ridgewood Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28209
704-376-8165
ozs8@aol.com

Eulada P. Watt
At Large Member
515 N. Poplar Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-333-3310
epwatt@att.net

ACTION TEAMS

Dependent Care
Claire Kinnett Tate, Co-Chair
President
Partners in Out-of-School Time (POST)
1609 E. Fifth Street
Charlotte, NC 28204
704-376-1845
ctate@postcarolinas.org

Janice Allen Jackson, Co-Chair
mljcmj@bellsouth.net

Healthy Girls/Healthy Women
Kim Lewis, Chair
Chief Membership Officer
Girl Scouts, Hornets' Nest Council
7007 Idlewild Road
Charlotte, NC 28212
704-731-6500
klewis@hngirlscouts.org

Housing
Carol Hardison, Co-Chair
Executive Director
Crisis Assistance Ministry
500-A Spratt Street
Charlotte, NC 28206
704-371-3001 ext. 113
chardison@crisisassistance.org

Tylee Kessler, Co-Chair
Charlotte Housing Authority
5035 Lady Fern Circle
Charlotte NC
704-576-0222
tkessler@cha-nc.org

Pay Equity/Life Equity
Abbie G. Baynes, Co-Chair
Attorney-At-Law
Abbie G. Baynes, PLLC
6525 Morrison Boulevard, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28211
704-287-9947
abbie@bayneslaw.com

Marlon Nesbeth, Co-Chair
Financial Services Professional
Hinrichs Flanigan Financial
6101 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28209
704-557-9627
mnesbeth@finsvcs.com

Political Action
Mary Klenz, Chair
League of Women Voters
7404 Sherwood Forest Dr
Charlotte, NC 28226
704-542-9858
klenzm@bellsouth.net

Becka Tait, MD, Co-Chair
4525 Noras Path Road
Charlotte, NC 28226
704-540-1698
tabcd@bellsouth.net

Violence Against Women
Kelly Forney, Co-Chair
Co-Director, Domestic Violence Service Area
United Family Services
601 E. 5th Street, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-367-2706
kforney@ufsclt.org

Amanda Wilson, Co-Chair
Co-Director, Domestic Violence Service Area
United Family Services
601 E. 5th Street, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28269
(704) 336-4126
awilson@ufsclt.org

Honorary Chairs

Dr. Nini RB Bautista de Garcia
Sarah Belk Gambrell
Hilda H. Gurdian
Liz Hair
Dr. Wilhelmenia I. Rembert
Sally D. Robinson
Dr. Ruth G. Shaw

Advisory Board

Judy Allison
Mary Lou Babb
Dianne Chipps Bailey
Molly Barker
Amy Rice Blumenthal
Crandall C. Bowles
Roberta Bowman
Robin Rogers Branstrom
Jeanne M. Brayboy
Amy Woods Brinkley
Ann Caulkins
Astrid Chirinos
Natalie Cohen
Gracie P. Coleman
Stephanie R. Counts
Peggy B. Culbertson
Dr. Pamela L. Davies
Gay Dillashaw
Dee Dixon
Carla Dupuy
T.D. Elder
Natalie English
Linda McFarland Farthing
Shirley L. Fulton
Sonja Gantt
Laura Grace
Dale F. Halton
Bridget-Anne Hampden
Cammie Hauptfuhrer
Nyala Hunt
Lori Hurd
Sis Kaplan
Gloria Pace King
Georgia Lewis
Donna Lockhart
Dr. Joan F. Lorden
Elaine M. Lyerly
Alisa McDonald
Shannon McFayden
Jane L. McIntyre
Dr. Sally McMillan
Cama McNamara
Pat Martinez
Ramona Moore Big Eagle
Patty Norman
Angeles Ortega-Moore
Susan L. Patterson
Dana Rader
Cecilia Ramirez
Dr. Clyda Rent
Patricia Rodgers
Judy Rose
Anna Spangler Nelson
Sarah Stevenson
Debra Timmerman
Katie Tyler
Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancey
Joan H. Zimmerman
Emily Zimmern