Advisory Board
![Sandy Lou Bell](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2024/01/unnamed-300x300.jpg)
Elementary Program Manager for Exceptional Children for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
![Malcolm B. Butler](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2023/06/Malcolm_Butler-300x300.jpg)
![Larry Colbourne](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2023/12/Larry-Colbourne-300x300.jpg)
President, Mebane Foundation
![Samantha Gesel](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2023/12/Sam-Gesel-300x300.jpeg)
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
![Andrew Kelly](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2023/12/Andrew-Kelly-300x300.webp)
Senior Vice President for Strategy and Policy, UNC System
![Holly Lane](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2023/12/Holly-Lane-300x300.jpeg)
Director, University of Florida Literacy Institute
![Gia Paige](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2023/12/Gia-Paige-300x300.jpeg)
![Kayla Poteat](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2023/12/Kayla-Poteat-300x300.jpeg)
![Munro Richardson](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2023/12/Munro-Richardson-300x300.jpeg)
Executive Director, Read Charlotte
![Anna Spangler Nelson](https://education.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/521/2023/12/Anna-Spangler-Nelson-300x300.jpg)
Chairman, Spangler Companies