Smart Start of Mecklenburg County
Board of Directors | Serving Each Child in Every Neighborhood.
BOARD LEADERSHIP
Cheryl Richards, Ph.D.
Board Chair
CEO & Regional Dean at Northeastern University-Charlotte
MaryBeth Simon
Board Vice Chair
Director of Marketing at NewDominion Bank
Carrie Reeder-Petkavitch
Immediate Past Board Chair
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility
UTC Aerospace Systems
Ray Jones
Board Treasurer
Senior Manager at Vanguard
Joanette Freeman
Secretary
BOARD MEMBERS
Latoya Scott
Vice President, Smart Kids' CDC
Dr. Tamikia Greene
Assistant Health Director Mecklenburg County Health Department
George Dunlap
Chairman of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners
Victoria Manning
Executive Director at Skeebo Foundation
Cynthia Fritz
Managing Director of Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jared Keaton
Assistant Executive Director of Administration at Bethlehem Center of Charlotte
Betsy Mack
Executive Director, CSR Charlotte Hornets Foundation
Ben Gilman
Head of Business Continuity, Programs & Process Engineering, Bank of America
Amanda Pickens Nitto
Attorney, Robinson Bradshaw
Chris Law
Assistant Director, NC Pre-K Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Dwayne Sanders
Supply Chain Manager, Patton’s Incorporated
Dr. Shivani Mehta, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Medical Group
Assistant Adjunct Professor – University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
General Academic Pediatrician – Atrium Health Myers Park Pediatrics
Physician Champion – Carolinas Medical – Legal Partnership
Krutesh “Kru” Trivedi
Senior Vice President, Credit Products Group
Emily Nanney
Education Leader, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Braxton Winston
City Council Member, At-Large Representative
Each Child. Every Neighborhood.
Smart Start of Mecklenburg County
(704) 377-6588
601 E. 5th Street, Suite 500
Charlotte, NC 28202