Partner Spotlight
The YMCA of Charlotte works diligently in the areas of youth development and community outreach. Teach For America is excited to partner with the Y to support our students’ families across Charlotte.
Corporate, Foundation, and Public Support
$1,000,000+
Project L.I.F.T
Lead Investor ($500,000+)
C.D. Spangler Foundation
Champions for Education
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Stakeholder ($100,000 - $499,999)
Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
Public Schools of North Carolina
The Leon Levine Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Duke Energy Foundation
Merancas Foundation
The Belk Foundation
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
Balfour Beatty Construction
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Goodrich Foundation, Inc
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Alston & Bird
Apartment Realty Advisors
Charlotte Collegiate Football
Husqvarna Corporation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Luquire George Andrews
Moore & Van Allen
Robinson, Bradshaw, & Hinson
Snyder's-Lance
SPX Foundation
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
The Dickson Foundation
The Philip L. Van Every Foundation
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
Marsh Properties
Monteith Construction Corp.
North Highland
Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation
Steelfab
Friend ($1,000 - $4,999)
Allen Tate Company
Bragg Financial Advisors
Camden Property Trust
Charlotte Checkers
Childress Klein
Gorelick Brothers Capital
Optima Engineering
Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein
William and Patricia Gorelick Family Foundation
Individuals
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Ken Lewis
Patrick O'Leary
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
Beth and Ken Beuley
Heather and Tom Finke
Lisa and Ted Gardner
Katie and Mike James
Susan and Chris Kearney
Susan and James L. Sigman
Wellford and Ann Tabor
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Ashley and Steve Allen
Anonymous
Kim and Johnny Belk
Mr. and Mrs. Alan T. Dickson
Vicki and Porter Durham, Jr.
Martha and Eric Eubank
Beverly and Jim Hance
Deborah and Johnny Harris
Kathleen and James Jacobson
Page and Ed Kizer
Susan and Marshall Larsen
Julie and Howard Levine
Victoria and Steve Luquire
Shannon and Greg McFayden
Patricia and Thruston Morton
Celene and Marc Oken
Laura and Trip Park
Jennifer Pollino
Anne and Walker Poole
Susan and Bill Porter
Rosalind and Jerome Richardson
Laura and Michael Schulte
Christy Durbin and Rodney Sims
Sherry and Tom Skains
Lori and Eric Sklut
Kathylee and Ken Thompson
Edward Weisiger
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Amanda and Bob Anders
Amy and Peter Barry
Amy and Robert Brinkley
Gretchen L.B. and Jeffrey S. Brown
Kristin and Jeff Colson
Peggy and Bob Culbertson
Jim and Lynn Davis
David Dooley
Minna and Mike Elliott
Bryce Endline
Patricia and Alex Funderburg
Ruth Ellen and Thold Gill
Christy and Steven Hall
Carol and Watts Hamrick
Cammie and Barnes Hauptfuhrer
Barbara and Tom Henson
Vickie and Gene Johnson
Kathy and Bob Wiesemann
Anne and Reid Leggett
Jane Lewis-Raymond and Thomas Raymond
Liza and Ken Loeber
Anne and Scott Perper
Jeanene and Ford Perry
Karen and Brandon Perry
Beth and Ernie Reigel
Mark Richardson
Paige and Art Roselle
Jeannie and Matt Salisbury
Holly Shaskey-Platek and Tom Platek
Paulette and Ron Sherrill
Sarah and Allen Shifflet
Kati and Chris Small
Maggie and Kevin Tapp
Caroline Tate
Claire and John Tate
Sharon and Will Webb
Friend ($1,000 - $4,999)
Anonymous
Laura and Samuel Bowles
Nancy and Ralph Falls
Anne and Hank Flint
Julie Fowler and Jon McCord
Katherine and Ted Garner
Tiffani Greene
Carol Lowe
Stephanie and Hugh Lynch
Kathleen Malone
William McNair
Katie Morris
Larry and Dale Polsky
Susan and Samuel Rankin
Timothy Robertson
Edwin Rose
Michael Smith
Nicholas Thomas
Jackie and Michael Wells
Michael Zarra
Regional Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Michael Baker
Earl Bennett, General Counsel, Vice President and Secretary of Husgvama Group
Jeff Colson, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Stress Testing Executive, Bank of America
David Dooley, Executive Vice President, Balfour Beatty Construction
Mary Engel, Journalist
Ted Gardner, Managing Partner, Silverhawk Capital Partners
Beverly Ladley, Head of Consumer Lending, SunTrust Bank
Jane Lewis-Raymond,Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance and Community Affairs Officer, Piedmont Natural Gas
Steve Luquire, Board Chair, Partner/President at Luquire George Andrews Inc.
Shannon McFayden, Leadership Advisor, Red Ventures
John Mixson, Director of Marketing, National Gypsum
Louis Mosley, Principal in Charge at Bovis Lend Lease
Jennifer Pollino
Mike Schulte, Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo
Dee Schwab, Community Leader
Jim Sigman, Co-head Financial Institutions for Wells Fargo Securities
Rodney Sims, Executive Vice President, Red Ventures
Denise Watts, Executive Director, Project L.I.F.T.
Event Spotlight
During the 2012 Teach For America Week, more than 40 business and community leaders from Charlotte visited our classrooms to guest-teach a lesson and share their insights and experiences with students.
