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

Staff

Funding Processor

Irma Alvarez Urbina

Policy Director

Talitha Batts

Accounting Associate
cboyle@theinstitutenc.org

Christian Boyle

Lending Officer
tcongleton@theinstitutenc.org 

TF Congleton

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

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

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

Jenine Stevenson

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