Eastland Area Strategies Team (E.A.S.T.) - Action Committees

Design/Land Use Committee

• Kyle Woudstra (Chair) : Senior Associate with WGM Design,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).
• Grace Wallace, MBAJ Architecture - Young Architects Forum (AIA Charlotte) executive committee member. Graduate of Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning and Design (Bachelor of Architecture); Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Division of Engineering Technology (Associates of Applied Science).
• Robert Barfield, PWAI Architecture - Paul Woody Architecture Inc. :. Graduate UNC Charlotte College of Architecture (B.A. in Architecture and Bachelor of Architecture); Certified Construction Document Technoligist(CDT) through Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
  

Community Organization Committee:

• Jarrett Royster (Chair) - Director, Simmons YMCA
• Ellis Jones (Co-Chair): Eastside Community Development Corporation

Marketing Communications Committee:

• Louise Barden (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.
• Diane Langevin - President Winterfield Neighborhood Association

Transit Committee

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

Political Action Liason

Omar Idlibi, M.D. Owner and Medical Director, Carolina Medical Lab - Member of the Islamic Center of Charlotte and Charlotte Medical Society

Area Business Committee

• Andy Phillips (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: East Area Council, Charlotte Chamber; Briar Creek Neighborhood; Plummer Graphics
• Barbara Sawyer: Alan Tate Realty, Country Club Heights Neighborhood
• Jessica Brown: C.B.R.E. , Charlotte East Office Community
• Karen Henning, CPM®: Vice President of Operations, Regency Windsor Management - President of Charlotte East Community Partners, 2nd Vice Chair of Charlotte East Area Council

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.