Team

"Visionaries Dream With Their Eyes Open"

Leadership Team

President/CEO
(919) 956-8889

Kevin J. Price

Chief Operations Officer
Administration
(919) 956-8889
kgantt@theinstitutenc.org

Kaye Gantt

Interim Chief Financial Officer
Administration
(919) 956-2313

Angela Poole

VP, Resource & Organizational Development
Administration
(919) 956-8889
bchaney@theinstitutenc.org

Bethany Chaney

Senior Vice President of Operations
Institute Capital (ICAP)
(919) 956-2320

Roberta McCullough

Vice President, Center for Professional Services
(919) 956-8889

Shelby Scales

Staff

Funding Processor

Irma Alvarez Urbina

Policy Director

Talitha Batts

Accounting Associate
cboyle@theinstitutenc.org

Christian Boyle

Business Development Specialist
Institute Capital
dbryant@theinstitutenc.org

Dwayne Bryant

Lending Officer
tcongleton@theinstitutenc.org 

TF Congleton

Bond Education Program Manager
South Atlantic Region Small Business Transportation Resource Center
sgibson@theinstitutenc.org

Shara Gibson

Executive Director
Women's Business Center of Richmond
(804) 525-9499

Dannellia Gladden-Green

Marketing & Technology Administrator
The Women's Business Center of Charlotte
(704) 571-1322

Linda Hughes

Project Coordinator, South Atlantic Region
Small Business Transportation Resource Center
(919) 956-2323

Ryan Humphreys

Project Director, South Atlantic Region
South Atlantic Region Small Business Transportation Resource Center
(919) 956-2331
amako@theinstitutenc.org

Alyssa Mako

Visual Communications & Marketing Manager
Administration
(919) 956-2310
vnicholas@theinstitutenc.org

Vanessa Nicholas

Executive Director
Public Allies
(919) 956-2319
cpearson@theinstitutenc.org

Cheri Pearson

Client Counselor
Women's Business Center of North Carolina
(919) 956-2335
dstafford@theinstitutenc.org

Dan Stafford

Director, DC Metro & Government Affairs Specialist
South Atlantic Region Small Business Transportation Resource Center
(202) 427-6919
ctoppin@theinstitutenc.org

Clayton Toppin

Executive Director
Women's Business Center of North Carolina
swalker@theinstitutenc.org

Suling Walker

Business Counselor
Women's Business Center of Richmond
(804) 525-9499
twhite@theinstitutenc.org

Tanya White

Executive Director
Women's Business Center of Charlotte
(704) 509-5884
nwilliams@theinstitutenc.org

Natalie Williams