Eastland Area Strategies Team (E.A.S.T.)
Board Members

Kyle Woudstra ( Co-Chair/ E.A.S.T. Design/Land Use Committee Chair): Project Manager, Merriman-Schmitt Architects, Inc - Co-Chair of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for the Charlotte East Community Partners, 2000 - 2002; acting President of the Coventry Woods Neighborhood Association, 2001 - 2003; Charlotte Big Box Stakeholder, 2002 - 2003; Charlotte General Development Policies Stakeholder, 2001 - 2002; Associate member of the American Institute of Architects; B.S.A. Eagle Scout . Graduate UNC Charlotte College of Architecture (B.A. in Architecture and Bachelor of Architecture).

Jarrett Royster (C0-Chair/Community Organization Committee): Executive Director, Simmons YMCA

Louise Barden (Communications Chair): Owner, Barden Marketing Communications and Copywriting - Representative of The Oaks Condominiums; Member of Charlotte East Community Partners, the Eastway-Sheffield Neighborhood, and Friends of Evergreen Nature Preserve Committee; President, Charlotte Chapter , Association for Women in Communications.

Dean Bartlett (E.A.S.T. Transit Committee Chair): Vice-president, Coventry Woods Neighborhood Association, CMS Representative for Citizens Transit Advisory Committee (Metropolitan Transit Commission)

Jessica Brown: C.B.R.E. , Charlotte East Office Community

Christi Floyd (Representative - Charlotte Economic Development Office): Business Systems Specialist, City of Charlotte, Economic Development Division -- City Corridor Liaison for East Charlotte and a member of the Charlotte Chamber’s East Area Council Board.

Karen Henning, CPM®: Vice President of Operations, Regency Windsor Management - President of Charlotte East Community Partners, 2nd Vice Chair of Charlotte East Area Council

Omar Idlibi (E.A.S.T. Political Action Liason): M.D., Owner and Medical Director, Carolina Medical Lab - Member of the Islamic Center of Charlotte and Charlotte Medical Society

Ellis Jones (Community Relations Committee): Eastside Community Development Corporation

B.G. Metzler (Communications Committee): BG Metzler does project management, marketing and fundraising as a part of BGM Communications and Consulting, Inc. She is on the Plaza Central Development Board and on the Board of Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association.

Andy Phillips (E.A.S.T. Area Business Committee Chair): CEO Charlotte Merchandise Mart - Board member of the East Area Council of the Chamber, board member and founding partner of the Hospitality Tourism Alliance, member Eastside Community Development Corporation. Charlotte native, graduate NC State University.

Nancy Plummer ( E.A.S.T. Area Business Committee): East Area Council, Charlotte Chamber; Briar Creek Neighborhood; Plummer Graphics

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