Empower
Growth

MEET COHORT 2:
2026-2027

TREY ADCOCK

The Center for Native Health

Whittier, NC

SHIESHA BELL

LIFE Skills Foundation

Durham, NC

STEVEN BROWN

Dreams, Imagination, & Gift Development Program (DIG)

Williston, SC

STEPHEN CARLSON

Center for Community Services

Simpsonville, SC

DR. CINDYE COTTON

Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center

West Columbia, SC

SONYA JONES

Caja Solidaria

Mills River, NC

BRANDON LAM

Versademics Learning Centers

Winterville, NC

ALYSHA MCCONNELL

Family Promise of the Midlands

Columbia, SC

DR. ELLIOTT ROYAL

West Blvd Neighborhood Coalition

Charlotte, NC

GRETCHEN SMITH

St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic of Spartanburg, Inc.

Spartanburg, SC

MEG TEMPLE

CARE House of the Pee Dee

Florence, SC

REE REE WEI

Transplating Traditions Community Farm

Chapel Hill, NC