ANNE UDALL

• Executive Director and Facilitator
• 20+ years experience as educator, facilitator, and trainer
• Joined The Lee Institute in 2001
• Facilitated more than seven large-scale community collaborations
• Served as Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
• Currently Vice-Chair of the Udall Foundation, which houses the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
• Author
• Training and Education
• Bachelor of Arts and Masters from University of New Mexico
• PhD from University of Arizona in Education
• Trained in facilitation, public participation, and community collaboration
  

CYNDEE PATTERSON

• President and Facilitator
• Founder and President of Patterson Blake, Inc. – a corporate meeting and special events consulting firm from 1985 until 2002
• Served as an at-large Charlotte City Council member, 1985-1993; Mayor Pro Tem, 1989-1991
• Civic leader for numerous organizations
• Facilitated a capacity-building initiative among some of the largest nonprofits in the region, and for the formative stages of the creation of a Regional Planning Alliance for the two-state region
• Training and Education
• Graduate of Purdue University
• American Leadership Forum, Class II Senior Fellow
• Trained in dialogue and facilitation
  

LIBBY CABLE

• Director and Facilitator
• Joined The Lee Institute in 2004
• Previously worked with Foundation For The Carolinas and as a planning consultant for United Way and Community Health Services
• Worked in health administration for 18 years at an academic medical center in Vermont
• Training and Education
• Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College
• Masters in Community Systems Planning and Development from Pennsylvania State University
• American Leadership Forum, Class V Senior Fellow
• Trained in facilitation, public participation, and community collaboration
  

VI LYLES

• Director and Facilitator
• Joined The Lee Institute in 2004
• Retired from progressive career at City of Charlotte, final responsibility of Assistant City Manger
• Training and Education
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Queens College
• Master of Public Administration from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
• American Leadership Forum, Class II Senior Fellow
• Trained in facilitation and public participation
  

ROBBIE HOWELL

• Director of Programs
• Worked with The Lee Institute since 2003, joined full-time in 2005
• Worked in nonprofit development for 16 years within the healthcare industry and higher education
• Training and Education
  • Bachelor of Arts from Davidson College

INDY KESHWAR

• Executive Assistant and Office Manager
  • Joined The Lee Institute in 2007
  • Ten years of administrative experience in the non-profit sector
• Training and Education
  • Associate of Accounting from Queens College, NY
  • Bachelor of Health and Science Administration from University of Phoenix
    

SHAWN HEGELE

• Program Associate
  • Joined The Lee Institute in 2005
  • Worked at The Relatives Crisis Shelter as a Crisis Counselor from 2004-2006, and as a Volunteer from 2002 – 2004
  • Completed an internship at Youth Homes, Inc., in 2005
• Training and Education
  • Bachelor of Social Work from University of North Carolina - Charlotte

KATARA DIXSON

• Program Associate
  • Joined The Lee Institute in 2007
  • Worked as the Program Officer for the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga for four years
• Training and Education
  • Bachelor of Arts in English from Spelman College
  • Master of Public Administration from University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
  • Trained in facilitation and strategic planning

Financial Office

• Lisa Guerriero, Controller
• Cheryl Wilkins, Accounting Assistant