SMART START - Key Persons


Adriane Mingo

Job Titles:
  • Teacher Evaluator

Alyssa Wood

Job Titles:
  • Early Literacy Manager

Amanda Joyner

Job Titles:
  • Senior Equity & Inclusion Consultant

Amanda Nitto

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD LEADERSHIP Team
  • Board Chair / Shareholder, Robinson Bradshaw

Amy Corbett

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager

Anacecilia Liberato

Job Titles:
  • Partnership Manager

Ben Gilman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD LEADERSHIP Team

Bibiana Lucumi

Job Titles:
  • the Basics Mecklenburg Manager

Braxton Winston

Job Titles:
  • Technical Operations

Brittany Deluca

Job Titles:
  • Site Administrator Coach

Brittany Smith

Job Titles:
  • Child Development & Family Support Director

Brittney Watts

Job Titles:
  • Site Support Manager

Camille Catchings

Job Titles:
  • Success Coach

Catherine Etters - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Colleen Jones

Job Titles:
  • Child Development Consultant

Crystal Farrar

Job Titles:
  • Teacher Evaluator

Dr. Nicole Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Chief Impact Officer

Dr. Shivani Mehta

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor Atrium Health Levine Children 's Medical Group

Elaine Liberato Jenkins

Job Titles:
  • Associate Graduate Faculty Department of Special Education and Child Development

Elizabeth Kabalka

Job Titles:
  • Programs Director

Emily Nanney

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Programs Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Grace Festa

Job Titles:
  • Staff Accountant

Heba Abdelbaky

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Manager Vanguard

Jake Brewer

Job Titles:
  • Program Content Manager

Jake House

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner / the Westwood Group

Jared Keaton

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer / Alliance Center for Education

Jennifer Ezer

Job Titles:
  • Child Development Consultant

Jennifer Stamp

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Initiatives Director

Jo Boyd

Job Titles:
  • Community Partnerships Coordinator

Joanette Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director of Human Resources, Mecklenburg County

Jordan Killough

Job Titles:
  • Contracts and Grants Specialist

Keirra Crosland

Job Titles:
  • Success Coach

Kelly King

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD LEADERSHIP Team
  • Treasurer / Director of External Reporting, Park National Bank

Kim Henderson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Social Services

Krutesh "Kru" Trivedi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President / Relationship Manager / First National Bank

Latoya Scott - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Libby Johnston

Job Titles:
  • Site Administrator Coach

Liz Buckingham

Job Titles:
  • Community Leader
  • Member of the BOARD LEADERSHIP Team
  • Vice Chair

Maddie Myers

Job Titles:
  • Vice President Director of Client and Community Relations / PNC Bank

Maria Barnes

Job Titles:
  • Success Coach

Mary-Margaret Kantor

Job Titles:
  • Chief Early Education Officer

MECK Pre

Job Titles:
  • MECK Pre - K Finance Manager

Megan Kennon

Job Titles:
  • Child Development Consultant

Mike Blackwelder - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Natacha Duggins

Job Titles:
  • Program Data & Impact Specialist

Nathalia Nettles

Job Titles:
  • Coordinated Intake Systems Specialist
  • Registration & Intake Specialist

Oscar Garcia Menjivar

Job Titles:
  • Community Outreach Coordinator

Richard Agner

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Rita Frye

Job Titles:
  • Enrollment & Placement Director

Robinson Bradshaw

Job Titles:
  • Board Chair / Shareholder, Robinson Bradshaw

Shanda Brock-Perry

Job Titles:
  • Success Coach

Sharon Spigner

Job Titles:
  • Quality Assurance & Compliance Director

Sherri Cowan

Job Titles:
  • Staff Accountant

Tara McKinnon

Job Titles:
  • Success Coach

Tenille Alexander-Banner

Job Titles:
  • Chief Advancement Officer

Teressa Beam

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of

Tina McClanahan

Job Titles:
  • Success Coach

Tina Mengiste

Job Titles:
  • Senior Staff Accountant

Toria LeGrant

Job Titles:
  • Professional Development Specialist

Vena Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Staff Accountant

Veronica Kirkland

Job Titles:
  • Family Support Manager

Yuderka Felix

Job Titles:
  • Registration & Intake Specialist