Board of Directors
ROBERT “TRA” KELLY
Chair
Executive Committee Chair
At-Large Member
Kensington Capital Advisors
JENNIFER THOMPSON
Vice Chair
Governance Committee Chair
At-Large Member
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
STEPHEN WATSON
Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
At-Large Member
Ernst & Young, LLP
HUNTER FLESHOOD
Real Estate Committee Co-Chair
At-Large Member
CBRE
LAUREN SPEGAL
Audit Committee Chair
At-Large Member
Grant Thornton
DONALD TATE
Engagement Committee Chair
At-Large Member
UnboundEd
LINDA WEISBRUCH
Participating Agency Committee Chair
Arts+ Representative
Retired
VENTON BELL, JR.
At-Large Member
Duke Energy Corporation
EMILY CALDWELL
At-Large Member
Maynard Nexsen
MATT DONATO
At-Large Member
Echelon Risk + Cyber
JULIA HEJAZI
Safe Alliance Representative
Retired
JULIE JONES
At-Large Member
Wells Fargo Advisors
MICHELE JULIANA
United Way of Greater Charlotte Representative
RSM US
ELIZABETH MCKEE
At-Large Member
Leadership Charlotte
LILLIAM NÚÑEZ-RODRÍGUEZ
At-Large Member
Atrium Health
DIAMOND STATON-WILLIAMS
Communities In Schools Representative
Atrium Health
COOKIE WILLIAMS
At-Large Member
Bank of America
Participating Agency Committee
The Participating Agency Committee is comprised of Board representatives from each of our nonprofit partners. This committee represents the interests of our partners on matters of the building and Shared Services. They elect four members to serve on Ascend Nonprofit Solutions’ Board of Directors and are responsible for elevating the interests and opinions of the committee to the full board.
- Arts+
Linda Weisbruch - Care Ring
Dean Cikins - Community Link
Martha Borgese - Communities In Schools
Diamond Staton-Williams - Council for Children's Rights
Keith Atkinson - Housing Collaborative
vacant
- RAIN
vacant - Renaissance West Community Initiative
Matt Hawkins - Safe Alliance
Julia Hejazi - Smart Start
Joanette Freeman - Supportive Housing Communities
vacant - United Way of Greater Charlotte
Michele Juliana
