ELIZABETH STAR-WINER

Liz is a community advocate for health, education and social justice. Her focus has been on early childhood development with the vision of fostering economic mobility in the Carolinas. She supports programs and initiatives that focus on the whole child and combine education and health - prenatal to age five. Liz serves on the boards of NC Smart Start and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library Foundation and  Advisory Boards for the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, UNC Charlotte Cato College of Education, and Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. She sits on the State Board for Nurse Family Partnership and recently became a member of the Mecklenburg County COVID-19 Recovery and Renewal Task Force.

BRADLEY D. WINER

Brad is a former managing director with Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC, previously serving as managing director and partner at McColl Partners, LLC.  He supports work encompassing social justice, mobility and Jewish life. 

ADVISORY BOARD

MC Belk Pilon, John M. Belk Endowment

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Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter, PhD, MSW, K. B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

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Susan Gale Perry, North Carolina DHHS

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Dan Gerlach, Dan Gerlach, LLC.

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Janice M. Gruendel, PhD, EdM, Bridgeport Prospers

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Carmen Hooker-Odom, Former Secretary of North Carolina DHHS

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Sara Horstmann, MD, Atrium Health

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Brandon Lofton, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.

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Easter Maynard, Investors Management Corporation / ChildTrust Foundation

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

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Jake Sussman, The Justice Collaborative

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Judge Elizabeth T. Trosch, North Carolina Judicial District 26

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Stacy Warren, The Duke Endowment

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Sue Worrel, The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte

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