Team

Leadership Team

Board Chair & Interim President/CEO
(919) 956-8889

Lewis H. Myers

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

Kaye Gantt

Chief Financial Officer
Administration
(919) 956-8889

Tanya Branch

Staff

Policy Director

Talitha Batts

Bond Education Program Coordinator, DC Metro Region
South Atlantic Region Small Business Transportation Resource Center
sgibson@theinstitutenc.org

Shara Gibson

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

Linda Hughes

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

Ryan Humphreys

Program Manager
Public Allies of NC
(919) 956-2333

Hannah James

Program Coordinator
Women's Business Center of North Carolina
(919) 956-2314

Na Onnie Lee

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

Alyssa Mako

Executive Director
Women's Business Center of North Carolina
(919) 956-2320

Roberta McCullough

Client Service Specialist
Women's Business Center of Charlotte
(704) 612-2633

Sonya Miller-Ray

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

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

Natalie Williams

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

Clayton Toppin