Smart Start of Mecklenburg County
Board of Directors | Our Vision is Every Child Turns Five Ready to Thrive
BOARD LEADERSHIP

MaryBeth Simon
Board Chair
Chief of Staff, Discovery Place

Joanette Freeman
Vice Chair
Human Resources Director, Guilford County Government

Cheryl Richards, Ph.D.
Past Chair
President, Johnson & Wales University

Ray Jones
Board Treasurer
Community Leader

Dr. Shivani Mehta, MD, MPH, FAAP
Secretary
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
BOARD MEMBERS

Liz Buckingham
Operations Consultant, Vanguard

John Eller
Director of Social Services, Mecklenburg County

Cynthia Fritz
Managing Director of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Dr. Tamikia Greene
Assistant Health Director Mecklenburg County Health Department

Ben Gilman
Head of Business Continuity, Programs & Process Engineering, Bank of America

Tamar Goldblatt
Senior Director, Pricing Strategy, Novant Health

Chris Law
Director, CMS Pre-Kindergarten Programs

Betsy Mack
Executive Director, CSR Charlotte Hornets Foundation

Laura Meier
Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, District 5 Representative

Braxton Winston
City Council Member, At-Large Representative

Latoya Scott
Vice President, Smart Kids' CDC

Krutesh “Kru” Trivedi
Senior Vice President, Credit Products Group

Turn Five Ready to Thrive
Smart Start of Mecklenburg County
(704) 377-6588
601 E. 5th Street, Suite 500
Charlotte, NC 28202