Eastland Area Strategies Team (E.A.S.T.)
Board Members

Kyle Woudstra ( Co-Chair/ E.A.S.T. Design/Land Use Committee Chair):President , KW Designs - Co-Chair of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for the Charlotte East Community Partners, 2000 - 2002; acting President of the Coventry Woods Neighborhood Association, 2001 - 2003; Charlotte Big Box Stakeholder, 2002 - 2003; Charlotte General Development Policies Stakeholder, 2001 - 2002; Associate member of the American Institute of Architects; B.S.A. Eagle Scout . Graduate UNC Charlotte College of Architecture (B.A. in Architecture and Bachelor of Architecture).

Jarrett Royster (C0-Chair/Community Organization Committee): Executive Director, Simmons YMCA; Vice President, YMCA of Charlotte

Louise Barden (Communications Chair): Owner, Barden Marketing Communications and Copywriting - Representative of The Oaks Condominiums; Member of Charlotte East Community Partners, the Eastway-Sheffield Neighborhood, and Friends of Evergreen Nature Preserve Committee; Previous Board Member: Charlotte Chapter , Association for Women in Communications & American Marketing Association.

Karen Henning, CPM®: Vice President of Operations, Regency Windsor Management - President of Charlotte East Community Partners, 2nd Vice Chair of Charlotte East Area Council

B.G. Metzler (Communications Committee): BG Metzler does project management, marketing and fundraising as a part of BGM Communications and Consulting, Inc. She is on the Plaza Central Development Board and on the Board of Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association.

Louise Woods( Communications Committee, Branding):  Coventry Woods Neighborhood. Former Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board member, Charlotte East Coalition for Action, League of Women Voters Education Committee, Mixed Income Housing Coalition; Taste of the World Restaurant Committee Co-chair; Central United Methodist Church Education Chair.