2022 ENDORSEMENTS
COMMUNITY LEADERS
Emmanuel Allen
Rosalyn Allison-Jacobs
Linda Ashendorf
Kay Reimler Ballenger
Dianne Chipps Bailey, Nonprofit Consultant
Steve Bentley
Jill Blumenthal
Ann & Henry Bostic
Carol Bowen
John Bowers
Kristin Hills Bradberry
Kobi Brinson
Jon Buchan, Attorney
Jennie Buckner
Jim Burbank
Christian Cano
Ann Caulkins, Former President and Publisher of The Charlotte Observer
Carole Clark
Stephen Coen
Edward G. "Woody" Connette, Attorney
Sandra Conway, Schoolanthropist
Kathleen Crabbs
Gloria Currah
Shauna Daly
Margaret Davis
Kendra Dixon
Dianne English, Executive Director, Community Building Initiative
Anne Essaye
Elliott Feldman
James Ferguson II, Civil Rights Attorney
Hilda H. Gurdian, Publisher, La Noticia
Ted Fillette
Darrin & Carrie Foddrell
Bill Georgiou
Michael Greene
Daniel Grisham
Melissa Grisham
Dr. Janice Gruendel
Betty Gunz
Robin Hammond
Susan B. Harden, UNCC Professor
Elizabeth Hardin
Rob Harrington, Attorney
Charlitta Hatch
Amy Hawn Nelson
Pamela Hart Hemphill
James & Nina Jackson
Susan Jernigan
H. Lance Johnson
Merwyn Johnson
Sis Kaplan
Charles Keeling
Beth Kinny
Charles & Patricia Klapheke
Mary Klenz
Lou Lesesne
Tammie Lesesne
Linda Levy
Tera Long
Scott Lurie
Marilou Mabe
Helen Mayhew
Hugh McColl Jr., Former CEO, Bank of America
Carolyn Meade
Daniel Merlin
Jean Miller
Mark & Jean Miller
Antoinette Mingo
Jeff Mitchiner
Mary H. Murchison
Jan Myers
Carrie Nagle
Mary Newsom, Former Associate Editor, The Charlotte Observer
Martha Odom
Ralph Oliva
Eileen Paroff, Precinct 69 Chair
Susan Patterson, Former Program Director, The Knight Foundation (Charlotte)
Cyndee Patterson
Justin Perry, Perry Counseling Healing and Recovery
Norfleet Pruden
Suzanne Ross
Claudia Sandoval
Allen & Jessica Schorr Saxe
Bill Schweppe
Octavia Seawell, Civic Engagement Consultant
Marcie Shealy
Allen Shifflet
Sarah Shifflet
Bob Simmons
Sherri Sonnier-Johnson
Sam Spencer
Patricia Stanford
Dr. Aimy Steele
Bonnie Tangalos
Harry Taylor
Leslie Tesch
Anne Tompkins, Former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina
Kate Torrey
Jim Urbank
Kym Walker
Herbert Watkins
Tracy Watts
Janice Weigl
Julie Wentz
John "Buddy" Wester, Attorney
Rebekah Whilden
Mike Whitehead
Sandra Wilcox Conway
Melvin Williams, NCDP Secretary
Elizabeth Winer, Trustee, Winer Family Foundation
W. Fletcher Wright
Anne Wright
Emily Zimmern, Former President, Levine Museum of the New South
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Dimple Ajmera, Charlotte City Council Member
Mary Belk, State House Member, Mecklenburg County
Nancy Carter, Mecklenburg County Soil & Water Commissioner
Hon. Christy Clark, Former State Representative
Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina
Elyse Dashew, Chair, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board
Jennifer De La Jara, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board At-Large
Eric Davis, Chairman, State Board of Education, and Former CMS Board Chair
Larken Egleston, Former Charlotte City Council Member
Julie Eiselt, Former Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem
Harvey Gantt, Former Mayor of Charlotte
Jim Hunt Jr., Former Governor of North Carolina
Jeff Jackson, State Senator, Mecklenburg County
Vi Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte
Carolyn Logan, State Representative, Mecklenburg County
Laura Meier, Mecklenburg County Commissioner
Lance Munger, Huntersville Town Commissioner
Gregory Phipps, Former Charlotte City Council Member
Betty Chafin Rash, Former Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem
Susan Rodriguez-McDowell, Mecklenburg County Commissioner
Jennifer Roberts, Former Mayor of Charlotte
Richard Vinroot, Former Mayor of Charlotte
ORGANIZATIONS