Our Team
Local Leadership
Dr. Monique Perry-Graves
Executive Director
Teach For America North Carolina Regions
Dr. Monique Perry-Graves is an award-winning social impact leader with a deep commitment to expanding educational excellence and access. For over twenty years she has aligned her personal and professional life to this commitment, born from her lived experience and generational family commitment to education.
Meet Our Staff
Senior Managing Director, Statewide External Affairs
Elizabeth O'Quinn
Senior Managing Director, Head of Educational Impact
Karyn Pleasant
Senior Managing Director, Strategic Communications & Marketing
Christa McCarthy-Miller
Senior Managing Director, Head of Statewide Development (NC)
Allie Hanson
Senior Managing Director, Educational Impact
Brittany Henderson