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

Chief Financial Officer
Administration
(919) 956-8889
tbranch@theinstitutenc.org

Tanya Branch

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

Roberta McCullough

Vice President of Finance
Administration
(919) 956-2313

Angela Poole

Vice President
Research, Policy & Impact Center

Stephen Sills

Staff

Funding Processor

Irma Alvarez Urbina

Policy Director

Talitha Batts

Accounting Associate
cboyle@theinstitutenc.org

Christian Boyle

Senior Credit Officer
tcongleton@theinstitutenc.org 

TF Congleton

Program Manager
Public Allies of NC
mgianakos@theinstitutenc.org

Michael Gianakos

Program Director
Women's Business Center of Richmond
sgibson@theinstitutenc.org

Shara Gibson

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

Dannellia Gladden-Green

Executive Director
The Women's Business Center of Charlotte
(704) 571-1377

Rocio Gonzalez

Director, Center for Professional Services

John F. Ham

Executive Director - THRIVE | High Point
Minority Entrepreneurship Initiative (MEI)
(919) 225-7721

Bryle Henderson Hatch

Program Director
The Women's Business Center of Charlotte
(704) 571-1322

Linda Hughes

Marketing Administrative Assistant
hking@theinstitutenc.org

Hannah King

Program Manager
Public Allies of NC
klarkins@theinstitutenc.org

Kayla Larkins

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

Alyssa Mako

Compliance Officer
Institute Capital
epalmquist@theinstitutenc.org

Elizabeth Palmquist

Supplier, Diversity and Inclusion Manager
Center for Professional Services
(919) 956-8889
blee@theinstitutenc.org

Brandon Lee

Director, Business Development
(Western NC & SC)
Institute Capital (ICAP)
(919) 824-9487
ebnelson@theinstitutenc.org

Eric B. Nelson

Director of Business Development
(Central & Eastern NC & VA)
Institute Capital (ICAP)
(919) 956-8889
wtaylor@theinstitutenc.org

Will Taylor

Program Director
Women's Business Center of North Carolina
tleger@theinstitutenc.org

Tianna Leger

Corporate Marketing Specialist
Administration
vnicholas@theinstitutenc.org

Vanessa Nicholas

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

Clayton Toppin

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

Dan Stafford

Project Coordinator
South Atlantic SBTRC
(919) 956-2323
jstevenson@theinstitutenc.org

Jenine Stevenson

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

Suling Walker