Who we are

Board of Trustees

Executive Committee Members

Chairperson
Gwendolyn Lewis
Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

Vice Chairperson
Allie Lin
Brighthouse Financial

Secretary
Carolyn Allison
Charlotte Community Health Clinic

Treasurer
Edward P. O’Keefe
Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Board Members

Rhonda Bethea
Bank of America

Alex Castle
Duke Energy

DeCora Cooper
Community Volunteer

Robert Cox
Hamilton, Stephens, Steele + Martin

John Grupp
Arrival

Nicholas Harris
GreerWalker

Elizabeth Ireland
Winston & Strawn

Donald Jonas
Atrium Health

Andrés López
The Lopez Law Firm, PLLC

John McDonald
McGuireWoods, LLP

Gena Graham Morris
James, McElroy, & Diehl, P.A.

Elizabeth Murphy
Alston & Bird

Erica R. Nesmith
The Nesmith Firm PLLC

Anna O’Neal
Wells Fargo

Matthew Robertson
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP

Julie Christine Spahn
Spahn Law Firm, PLLC

Amy Puckett
Bradley Arant

Ex Officio Board Member
Toussaint C. Romain
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy

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