Charlotte Supporters
panelLead Investor ($250,000+)
C.D. Spangler Foundation, Inc.
Champions for Education, Inc.
The Leon Levine Foundation
Public Schools of North Carolina
Wells Fargo
Stakeholder ($100,000 - $249,999)
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Belk Foundation
Duke Energy Foundation
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
BB&T
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Red Ventures
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Balfour Beatty Construction
Clariant Corporation
The Dickson Foundation, Inc.
Husqvarna Professional Products, Inc.
Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, PA
SPX Foundation
SteelFab, Inc.
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Charlotte Collegiate Football, Inc.
Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
Lend Lease
Monteith Construction Corp.
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Snyder's-Lance
Triad Foundation, Inc.
Friend ($1,000 - $4,999)
Bragg Financial Advisors
Charlotte Checkers
Childress Klein Properties
The Robert G. and Jane V. Engel Foundation
Ernst & Young LLP
Novant Health, Inc.
Peter C. Browning & Associates LLC
Smarter Systems
Advisory Board
Beverly Ladley, Global Sourcing Executive at Bank of America
David Dooley, Executive Vice President at RT Dooley Construction Company
Dee Schwab, Community Leader
Denise Watts, Area Superintendent, Central Secondary Zone for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Earl Bennett, General Counsel, Vice President and Secretary of Husgvama Group
Holly Shaskey-Platek, Vice President - Change Management and Leadership Development for Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
Jane Lewis-Raymond, Vice President and General Counsel at Piedmont Natural Gas
Jim Sigman, Co-head Financial Institutions for Wells Fargo Securities
Louis Mosley, Principal in Charge at Bovis Lend Lease
Mary Engel, Journalist
Michael Baker, Tax Partner at Grant Thornton, LLP
Mike Schulte, Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo
Shannon McFayden, Board Chair, Retired, Head of Human Resources and Corporate Relations, Wachovia Corporation
Steve Luquire, Partner/President at Luquire George Andrews Inc.
Stakeholder ($100,000 - $249,999)
Donna and Ken Lewis
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Patrick O'Leary
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
Lisa and Ted Gardner
Katie and Mike James
Rosalind and Jerome Richardson
Susan and Jim Sigman, in honor of Ellen Greeson
Ann and Wellford Tabor
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Anonymous
Kim and Johnny Belk
Beth and Ken Beuley
Mary Anne and Alan Dickson
Vicki and Porter Durham
Mary and Robert Engel
Heather and Tom Finke
Deborah and Johnny Harris
Charlotte Merchants Foundation
Page and Ed Kizer
Perry Lorenz
Vicki and Steve Luquire
Shannon and Greg McFayden
Susan and Bill Porter
Beth and Ernie Reigel
Laura and Mike Schulte
Sherry and Tom Skains
Lori and Eric Sklut
Edith and Stuart Upchurch
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Ashley and Steve Allen
Amanda and Bob Anders
ARA of the Carolinas, Inc.
Amy and Robert Brinkley
Gretchen L.B. and Jeffrey S. Brown
Christy and Rodney
Peggy and Bob Culbertson
Minna and Mike Elliott
Bryce Endline
Martha and Eric Eubank
Anne and David Gergen
Ruth Ellen and Thold Gill
Carol and Watts Hamrick
Cammie and Barnes Hauptfuhrer
Barbara and Tom Henson
Vickie and Gene Johnson
Anne and Reid Leggett
Julie and Howard Levine
Jane Lewis-Raymond and Thomas Raymond
Hunter and Jamie McLawhorn
Anne and Scott Perper
Jeanene and Ford Perry
Karen and Brandon Perry
Jennifer Pollino
Anne and Walker Poole
Mark Richardson
Jo and Mike Rizer
Paige and Art Roselle
Jeannie and Matt Salisbury
Ruth and Ken Samuelson
Marjorie Schwab
Holly Shaskey-Platek and Tom Platek
Paulette and Ron Sherrill
Sarah and Allen Shifflet
Maggie and Kevin Tapp
Caroline Tate
Claire and John Tate
Lisa and Dean Warren
Friend ($1,000 - $4,999)
Anonymous
Mark Ayers
Mary Lou and Jim Babb
Abbie Baynes and Steve Nason
Laura and Samuel Bowles
Madelyn and Kevin Caple
Patricia Ciulla
Meredith Dreiss
Elizabeth and Florian Egg-Krings
Nancy and Ralph Falls
Anne and Hank Flint
Samara Foxx
Patricia and Alex Funderburg
Michelle and Steve Gassaway
Lise and Travis Hain
Charlotte Herzele
Stephanie and Hugh Lynch
William McNair
Elaine Morahan
Patricia and Thruston Morton
The Shaw Group Workplace Giving Campaign
Katy and Raleigh Shoemaker
Melesa and Claudius Watts
Stephen Weigand
Jackie and Michael Wells









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