Smart Start of Mecklenburg County
Board of Directors | Serving Each Child in Every Neighborhood.
BOARD LEADERSHIP
Cheryl Richards, Ph.D.
Board Chair
President, Johnson & Wales University
MaryBeth Simon
Board Vice Chair
Chief of Staff, Discovery Place
Carrie Reeder-Petkavitch
Immediate Past Board Chair
Community Leader
Ray Jones
Board Treasurer
Community Leader
Joanette Freeman
Secretary
Human Resources Director, Guilford County Government
BOARD MEMBERS
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
Jared Keaton
Chief Operating Officer, Alliance Center for Education
Chris Law
Director, CMS Pre-Kindergarten Programs
Betsy Mack
Executive Director, CSR Charlotte Hornets Foundation
Victoria Manning
Executive Director at Skeebo Foundation
Laura Meier
Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, District 5 Representative
Emily Nanney
Education Leader, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Amanda Pickens Nitto
Attorney, Robinson Bradshaw
Dwayne Sanders
Supply Chain Manager, Patton’s Incorporated
Latoya Scott
Vice President, Smart Kids' CDC
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
Braxton Winston
City Council Member, At-Large Representative
Turn Five Ready to Thrive
Smart Start of Mecklenburg County
(704) 377-6588
601 E. 5th Street, Suite 500
Charlotte, NC 28202