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Sponsor Spotlight
Sponsor Spotlight: Foundation For The Carolinas
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing ...
Sponsor Spotlight: U.S. Bank
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing to ...
Sponsor Spotlight: McGuireWoods
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing ...
Sponsor Spotlight: EY
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing to ...
Sponsor Spotlight: Robinson Bradshaw
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing to ...
Sponsor Spotlight: Bank of America
Today’s Sponsor Spotlight focuses on Bank of America, whose support of CBI extends back to our very inception. We are ...
Sponsor Spotlight: Ally Financial
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing to ...
Sponsor Spotlight: Foundation For The Carolinas
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing ...
Sponsor Spotlight: U.S. Bank
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing to ...
Sponsor Spotlight: McGuireWoods
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing ...
Sponsor Spotlight: EY
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing to ...
Moving from Midnight to Daybreak
A tradition we have come to treasure at CBI is that of reaching out to our family and friends to remember Rev. Dr. ...
Sponsor Spotlight: Robinson Bradshaw
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing to ...
Sponsor Spotlight: Bank of America
Today’s Sponsor Spotlight focuses on Bank of America, whose support of CBI extends back to our very inception. We are ...
Sponsor Spotlight: Ally Financial
In our Sponsor Spotlight series, CBI highlights our relationships with our sponsors, and the work they are doing to ...
Leaders Under 40 Alum Michael Zytkow Creates Game to Help People Understand City’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Michael Zytkow received a call in May from the City of Charlotte about an opportunity he couldn't turn down. “I was ...
Remembering John Lewis: The Struggle of a Lifetime
During this week as our nation honors the life and legacy of Congressman John Lewis, we invite you to reflect on some ...
Former CBI Board Co-Chair Honored as Charlotte Post Foundation Luminary
A man of the cloth who pastors while striving for justice and equity, Bishop Claude Alexander is the 2020 Luminary for ...
Standing Together for Justice
This Joint Statement is offered in partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations, City of Charlotte Office ...
Individual Donors
(SINCE 12/5/19)
Inspire ($2,500+)
- Jeep Bryant
- Olivia & Steven Cohen
- Rosie & Sal Elrahal
- Candy & Jim Furr
- Valecia M. McDowell
- Ann & Blaine Sanders
- Anne & Mark Tiberio
- Elizabeth Trosch
Influence ($1,000+)
- Jennifer & Craig Adelhardt
- Shannon & Sean Bird
- Tanya Stewart Blackmon
- Robert Bush
- Astrid Chirinos
- George Clayton
- Gina & Herbert Clegg
- Jack Cobb
- Angela Crawford
- W.R. “Rennie” Cuthbertson, Jr.
- M. Andrew Dews
- Dianne English
- Jennifer Susan Gaisbauer
- Molly Geaney
- Sally Geaney
- Caroline Griffin
- Stephanie Marella Gryder
- Byron Hawkins
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- Brian Scott Heslin
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- Troy Leo
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- Steven Menaker
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- Tom Warshauer
- Leslie Worthington
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- William H Zimmern
- Mary and Tom Zweng
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- Mary Catherine & Bobby Chesney
- Ray Feaster
- Tara Harris
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Advocate ($500+)
- Barringer Construction
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- Cathy D. Best
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- Bill & Robin Branstrom
- Linda Christopherson
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- Jarred Cochran
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- Rebecca Rodriguez
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- Michael Vaccaro
- Jean Veatch
- Deb & Gary Watt
- Darrel Williams
- WonderWorld TV
- Britt & David Yett
- Andrew & Court Young
Motivate ($250+)
- R. Steve Allen
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- Robert Vaughn
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- Darryl White
- Richard “Stick” Williams
- Charlie Willis
- James H. Woodward
- Mica Nguyen Worthy
- Phin Xaypangna
- Eugene Young
Believe ($100+)
- Christine Adams
- Jennifer & Juan Aguirre
- Shannon Al-Wakeel
- Rosalyn Allison Jacobs
- Keli Alvarado
- Johanna & Chris Anderson
- Stacey Modlin Anderson
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- LaRita Barber
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- Steve Bentley
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- Budd Berro
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- Jevelyn Bonner-Reed
- Kristin Booher
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- Ryan Brown
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- Anthony Bucci
- Paul Burley, Jr.
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- Diana & John Clarkson
- Patrick J. Collins
- Gary Cooper
- Thomas Cooper
- Laine Coplin
- Donald Ray Cureton Jr.
- Annette Davidson
- Kevin Dean
- Lucy Thompson Dean
- Jennifer Duncan
- Edward Eagar
- Catherine El-Khouri
- Seth Feit
- Arlene Ferebee
- Chad Fights
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- Annetta Foard
- Mark Foster
- Christian A Friend
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- Diane Gavarkavich
- William F Geiger
- Sherrard Georgius
- Todd Gill
- Will Goebel
- Jennifer E. Gonzalez
- Dee Grano
- Fay Grasty
- Lizz & Duane Gregg
- Sonny Ha
- Cavit Hafizoglu
- Bridget-Anne Hampden
- Susan & Brian Harden
- Clara Martinez Haynes
- Margaret Henderson
- Mary Robertson Howell
- Carla Jaynes
- Bill Jeffries
- Leslie Y. Johnson
- Chrystal Joy
- Brenda Julian
- Lenoir Chambers Keesler, Jr.
- Brendan Kelly
- Marcie Kelso
- Rahman Khan
- Dusty Klass
- Moira Quinn Klein
- Sanjay Kulkarni
- June & Ken Lambla
- Ellen Linares
- Jon Littlepage
- Melissa Logan
- Carolyn Lugo-Allred
- Barbara Maida-Stole
- Erin Crabtree Martin
- Michael McCarty
- Josh McConaughey
- Melissa McGuire & David Kern
- Lindsay & Mark Merritt
- Sharon E. Merritt
- Gwenarda & Leon Miller
- Cristina Moncayo
- Catherine Cervantes Morrison
- Michael Nail
- Michael Long Nguyen
- Michael Parkins
- Corie Pauling
- Barb Pellin
- Kama Pierce
- Kathryn Pletcher
- Ely Portillo
- Tina Postel
- Kevin Pratt
- Anne Predieri
- Katrina Pride
- Liana Prinsloo
- Sara Rae
- Kevin Ransom
- Lucy & Ken Raynor
- Daniel Reach
- Linda Reynolds
- Stacy Reynolds
- Jo & Mike Rizer
- Meg Robertson & Rollin Mackel
- Matthew Roden
- Judy Rose
- Keith Rossi
- Debbie Rubenstein
- Kelli Sadler
- Jane & Ken Schorr
- Katy & Raleigh Shoemaker
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- Mattye Silverman
- Ashley Simmons
- Marcia Simon
- Jeanette Sims
- Erin L. Smith
- Camilla & Will Smoak
- Laura Solitario
- Christopher Michael Spitler
- Diamond Staton-Williams
- Amelia Stinson-Wesley
- Wendy Stockton
- Michael Stork
- Jane Summey
- Tri & Jennifer Tang
- Gregory Lee Taylor
- Cynthia E. Tennill
- Krista & Gerald Terrell
- Robert Theodore
- Ashley & Rick Thurmond
- Michel Vaughan
- Catherine Warfield
- Cricket Weston & David Molinaro
- Katrina Whelchel
- Teleia White
- Deborah A. Whitfield
- Evan Wolkofsky
- Scott A Wurtzbacher
- Caroline Hubbell Yingling
- Kimberly Zirkle
- Patricia Zoder
Engage ($50 - $99)
- Sharon & Craig Addison
- Natalie Frazier Allen
- Heather Andreas
- Tiffany Apple
- Jill Blumenthal
- Kelly Bowling
- Gilbert Browne
- Wanda Maynor Carter
- Mollie Clark
- Liz Clasen-Kelly
- Shannon E. Dasher
- Elyse Dashew
- Lenore Deutsch
- PJ DeMille
- Traci Ethridge
- Kinsey Evans
- Andy Faulkenberry
- Kushawn Carr Foster
- Rebecca Gauthier
- Karen Geiger
- Laurel Grauer
- Pamela Grundy
- Laura K Handler
- Renee Hansen
- Carla Hanzal
- Jose Antonio Hernandez-Paris
- Deborah Hill
- Kathryn Hill
- Lisa Horldt
- Jarrod Jones
- Ian Joyce
- Eli Benjamin Kahn
- Gabrielle Kelly
- Marcus Kimbrough
- James Kmetz
- Michael Kuhn
- Stephanie Lawless
- C. Renee Little
- Edwin Maddrey
- Bridgette Madrigal
- Amy Markel
- Tandy Mathis
- William Matthews
- Devlin McNeil
- Rachelle McKee Nicholson
- Tameka O’Neal
- Ann Parker
- Ellen Peery
- Benjamin Pendry
- Kondra Rattley
- Talla Rittenhouse
- Amber Schaefer
- Michael Smalenberger
- Vivian Y. Stuart
- Tonya T Terrell
- Lisa McGinty Toppin
- Leonard Tran
- Daniel Valdez
- Ardriana Wade
- Antoine Wallace
- Margaret Wheeler
- Steve Wood
- Amy & Julian Wright
- Kamina Young
Other Supporters
- Maggie Akers
- Brooke Amo
- Mia Balman
- Rosanne Bates
- Janeen Bryant
- Turker Bulut
- Lucy Bush
- Margaret Collins
- Christopher Daniels
- Lynn Howell Davis
- Laura DiBiase
- Cheryl A. Duke
- Meg Fencil
- Kathryn Firmin-Sellers
- Elizabeth Fisher
- Beverly Freeman
- Guy N Glorioso
- Jessica B. Good
- Michael Hanson
- Debbie Haruta
- Rhondale Haywood
- Arlena Hawthorne
- Kayvon Hejazi
- Jada Henderson
- Shameeka Henderson
- Joan Kilian
- James LaBar
- Olufemi Lamikanra
- Sarah Lanners
- Steve Larson
- Gene Lim
- Melinda McVadon
- Jacqueline E. Messier
- Amanda M. Miller
- Kevin Miller
- Sara Miller
- Karen Morgan
- Kelsey N. Noonan
- Donna North
- James O’Neal
- Kiran Patel
- Kyle L Payne
- Lucas Prillaman
- Heather S Pressley
- Beth Reichert
- Adam Rhew
- Connie Roseborough
- Rob Rusch
- Sara Sandagato
- Greg Schermbeck
- Debbie Searfoss
- Stephanie Stenglein
- Bob Stillerman
- Felicia Stokes
- Cihai Sun
- Shelley Townsend
- Emily Wetsel
- Julia Whitfield
- Dante Wilkerson
- Laura Williams
- Monica Wood
- Phyllis Wright
- Andrew Yavorski
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