VAN PELT MEADE HORTON

Describe your role.

“From leading our campus of 60,000 square feet and staff who provide marketing, event coordination, operational, and fundraising support, I work to assure our partners have access to training, grants, leadership, and opportunities for expansion, while also serving as a sounding board to sustain our nonprofit community through challenges and opportunities.”

What are some of the impacts you’ve made locally?

“To lead Wilmington’s campus of humanitarian nonprofits is to assure a place of stability where nonprofits serve, collaborate, and thrive in restoring client stability.”

What’s a future goal?

“Short-term, we would like more nonprofit mental health providers, professional care managers, and legal services on campus. We now have a floor available. Mid-term, we will continue to research and enhance services for nonprofit infrastructure. Longer-term, we will significantly fund the new Harrelson Center Endowment with the North Carolina Community Foundation, established by the Honorary Board to provide permanent funding. Ongoing, reduce the barriers to positive change – there will always be barriers.”