Executive Director
Greg Asciutto
Greg Asciutto is CharlotteEAST's Executive Director. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Journalism, he returned to his native North Carolina in 2014 with a desire to teach and live in East Charlotte, where he spent significant time during his youth. Greg worked as an English teacher at Garinger High School for 10 years, became board chair of CharlotteEAST in 2022, then became the organization's first executive director in 2024.
His work at the intersection of education, community-building, and poverty alleviation has garnered him recognition both inside and outside of classroom; he has been named a 2018 CMS Teacher of the Year, the 2019 United Way of Central Carolinas’ Civil Servant of the Year, one of Elevate Lifestyle’s 30 under 30 Charlotte Leaders, and the 2023 City of Charlotte’s Educator Mentor of the Year.
Elected officials serving East Charlotte
City Council
Vi Lyles
Mayor
Danté Anderson
Mayor Pro Tem/City Council District 1
Dr. Victoria Watlington
City Council Member At-Large
LaWana Mayfield
City Council Member At-Large
James Mitchell
City Council Member At-Large
Dimple Ajmerea
City Council Member At-Large
City Council District 5
County Commission
Commissioner District 3, Commission Chair
Mark Jerrell
Vice-Chair; Commissioner District 4
Leigh Altman
Commissioner At-Large
Arthur Griffin
Commissioner At-Large
Pat Cotham
Commissioner At-Large
CMS Board of Education
Dee Rankin
Vice Chair; District 3 Representative
Stephanie Sneed
Chair; District 4 Representative
Dr. Monthy Witherspoon
Member-At-Large
Lenora Shipp
Member-At-Large
Liz Monterrey
Member-At-Large
State Officials
John Autry
NC House District 100
NC House District 102
Nasif Majeed
NC House District 99