The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has appointed eight local community leaders to its Charlotte Community Advisory Committee.
Charlotte’s appointed advisers are: Ronnie Bryant, president and CEO, Charlotte Regional Partnership; Ann Caulkins, president and publisher, The Charlotte Observer; Astrid Chirinos, president, Diverso Global Strategies; David Lee, specialty and special projects analyst at Bank of America; Joan F. Lorden, provost and vice chancellor of University of North Carolina Charlotte; Todd Mansfield, CEO, Crosland Group; Laura L. Meyer, executive vice president, Foundation for the Carolinas; and Stoney D. Sellars, president, Technology Project Management.
“We so appreciate the interest in Knight’s work demonstrated by this group of advisors,” said Susan Patterson, the foundation’s program director for Charlotte.
Charlotte is one of 26 U.S. cities and towns served by Knight Foundation, a $2.5 billion national foundation that focuses on journalism and communities and inspiring and enabling them to reach their highest potential.
Community Advisory Committee members are an integral part of Knight Foundation’s grant-making work. Each committee is a small group of creative, connected and strategic advisers who work with Knight’s program directors to discover opportunities that produce maximum impact and lasting change in the communities they serve.
Charlotte is a rapidly growing, vibrant Southern city. Knight Foundation funding initiatives focus on connecting the large number of newcomers to each other, connecting these newcomers to ideas to foster civic engagement and to develop a diverse group of leadership to lead Charlotte through the challenges of fast growth.
“The knowledge and ideas that these advisors share are invaluable,” said Patterson. “They provide wise counsel as we develop grants with the potential to transform our community.”
About Knight Foundation
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation promotes journalism excellence worldwide and invests in the vitality of Charlotte and 25 other communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Knight Foundation supports ideas and projects that create transformational change. For more, visit www.knightfoundation.org.