Jane Hoffmann worked in the Financial Services industry for 40 years, providing senior leadership in the areas of compliance, risk management, and change management. As a volunteer in her community, she is passionate about ensuring people understand their civic responsibilities and attain financial literacy. Jane volunteered with Junior Achievement (aimed at youth) throughout her career and delivered Bank of American’s Better Money Habits™ Program to both youth and adults multiple times a year in Charlotte.

She retired from Bank of America in 2021, and joined the League of Women Voters Charlotte Mecklenburg the same year. Jane, accompanied by 10 volunteers, rejuvenated the Civics 101 Program, a premier program the League has offered since 1995 that had been suspended during Covid. Offered in 2022 as virtual only, with five sessions including a new Media session, subsequent years have provided both in-person and virtual options to participants, as well as further innovation to the content and speakers. Jane also joined the Board of Directors in 2021, participated in the Budget Committee three years in a row, volunteered at many Voter Services and Public Education events each year, coordinated the documentation of our local League history since 2000 which can be found on the League’s website, and played a key role in the consultant-led Organization Self-Assessment conducted by the Board in 2023.

Jane and her family have lived in Huntersville since 2001.

A native Floridian, Martha Alexander, lived in Montreal and Atlanta before moving to Charlotte in 1970. She has worked as a teacher, librarian, Chaplain’s Assistant at a local hospital, and as Executive Director for a not-for-profit agency. Martha served for 20 years as a Representative from Mecklenburg County in the North Carolina General Assembly. She has been involved in a variety of organizations, on the local, state, and national level. After her time in the legislature, Martha went back to school and earned a Doctor of Education. At present she is teaching a course at UNC Charlotte: Realities of Politics. Martha enjoys being with her family and friends, reading, and travel.

Stacey Jenkins is a dedicated advocate for civic engagement and public service, bringing both passion and expertise to her work with the League of Women Voters since 2021. For the past four years, she has played an instrumental role in supporting the League’s Civics 101 program, an initiative designed to educate citizens on the workings of local government and empower them to actively participate in the democratic process. Beyond her commitment to civic education, Stacey also serves as Chair of the Mecklenburg County Information Services Technology Advisory Committee, where she leverages her strategic insight to enhance technological accessibility and efficiency in local governance.

A graduate of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia with an MBA, and Carnegie Mellon University with a BA, Stacey combines her academic background with her deep-rooted dedication to community impact. Residing in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband, daughter, and two beloved rescue dogs, she balances her professional and civic commitments with a strong personal connection to her community. Whether advancing public understanding through Civics 101 or shaping technology policy in Mecklenburg County, Stacey remains committed to fostering informed participation and positive change.

Dr. Susan B. Harden is an Associate Professor of Education at UNC Charlotte and the Director for the Civic Minor in Urban Youth and Communities. Susan is a teacher educator and expert on civic engagement. Susan teaches students to be community change agents and places them in schools and nonprofits for internships. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Teaching, with a concentration in Cultural Studies from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Susan also served the community as a Mecklenburg County Commissioner for District 5 from 2018-2020. Susan is the first tenured faculty member to hold a significant public office while on faculty at UNC Charlotte. Susan was awarded the Order of the Hornet in 2021 which is the county’s highest award in recognition of her extraordinary contributions specifically to the citizens of Mecklenburg County.

Susan joined the LWVCM in 2017, served as Secretary from 2020-2021, and currently serves as Treasurer.

Lucy Kempton worked as a high school library director in Illinois for almost 30 years. Her educational background includes a MLS in Library and Information Science and an MS in Education with a focus on School Leadership. In addition to budgeting and other administrative duties, she worked closely with classroom teachers to teach research skills to students and created professional development classes for teachers and other staff members. Volunteer activities after retirement have focused on environmental issues and more recently the League of Women Voters. She currently serves as vice-president of the Charlotte-Piedmont chapter of Wild Ones, a group that educates the public on the environmental impact of native plants.

Lucy joined the League of Women Voters in 2023 and is active with the Environment Team. She is coordinator of the BKD (Be, Know, Do) group. Lucy has lived in Charlotte since 2017 and has two children and three grandchildren.

Gillian Murrell is a brand builder with strategic partnerships management (American Cancer Society/Keys of Hope, Food Network), brand management (Campbell Soup Co., Crayola), product management (Coats – Craft Products), brand licensing (Boy Scouts of America, Pulitzer Prize Winning Editorial Cartoonists from Politico, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and Comic Strips: Frank and Ernest, and Speedbump), digital and traditional marketing communications expertise (Extended Stay America Corporate). She has leadership experience and skills obtained working on iconic Fortune 500 and nonprofit brands.

Gillian’s volunteering includes: USTA Team Captain, Board Representative to Charlotte Ladies Tennis Interclub, LWVCM Civics 101 Team, and LWVCM Communications Team.

B.A. American Studies Mount Holyoke College
M.B.A. UNC – Kenan Flagler School of Business

Meaghan Murray is a native of Indiana whose interest in government and civic engagement began during her middle school student council elections. That early curiosity evolved into a continued commitment to community involvement, and in February 2026 she joined the League of Women Voters while participating in the Civics 101 program.

Professionally, Meaghan is a Global Talent Development Program Manager who oversees global learning and leadership programs designed to build leadership capability, strengthen organizational effectiveness, and enable long‑term business success. She relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2022, where she now lives with her fiancé, Kyle, and their dog. Outside of work and civic engagement, Meaghan and Kyle share a personal goal of visiting all of North Carolina’s state parks.

Carol grew up in Laurel Maryland, just outside of Washington D.C. and received a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Maryland. Following college, she moved to St. Louis, MO where she had a 25+ year career in retailing with the May Department Stores and Macy’s Department Stores, rising to become the SVP General Merchandise Manager of Women’s Apparel. In 2010, Carol moved to Charlotte, NC to join Belk Department Stores as VP of Planning for Women’s Apparel. She retired in 2014.

Carol has kept busy over the last 10 years, working to advance education equity through her work with the Augustine Literacy Project as a weekly tutor and Classroom Central as a weekly free-store volunteer. She joined the League of Women Voters of Charlotte Mecklenburg in 2022 as a member of the Education Action Team. She joined the LWVCM Board in 2024. Carol is married and has two grown children that both live in the Midwest, and a golden retriever named Gordon.

Charlotte-native Tish Signet has been a League of Women Voters member since mid-2024, most recently serving on the 2026 Civics 101 Action Team. For the News and Court System classes, she brought specialty guidance and content from her long career background: First as a newspaper journalist (The Charlotte Observer) and then as a bank senior vice president leading PR and corporate communications for more than 60 bank mergers (First Union/Wachovia/Wells Fargo). As a LWV volunteer she’s served more than a dozen voter-registration events. Tish’s previous board roles include: 10 years on the WFAE/NPR affiliate Community Advisory Board; the governing boards of both Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte and the previously separate Our Towns Habitat of Lake Norman (Davidson, Mooresville, Cornelius, Huntersville); and Long-Range Planning & Communications for fast-growing Davidson United Methodist Church. Tish and her husband each retired once, and neither could stand it long! With their two chocolate labs, they enjoy straddling city- and civic-life at their permanent hometown-Charlotte condo while, for now, hanging onto their long-time Lake Norman family home for visits with their son, daughter-in-law, and 10-year-old granddaughter.

Dawn has over 30 years of experience designing, developing, and managing learning and development programs for a variety of content, audiences, and industries. She ran her own business in this space for several years. She was heavily involved in multiple board roles at the local and national level for a professional international learning and development organization. She was a frequent presenter at national and international learning and development conferences. She currently volunteers for multiple organizations (Mint Hill Arts, WFAE Community Advisory Board, Shepherd’s Center) in addition to the LWV.

Originally from Northern Virginia, Carolyn is a trained adult clinical psychologist and holds a PhD from the University of Georgia. Her professional career includes work at the Medical College of Virginia, the University of Georgia Counseling Center, the Newington Connecticut Veteran’s Administration Hospital, and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Carolyn lives in Charlotte with her husband of 28 years, and together they have one grown daughter. She joined the League in 2018 and has served as the Charlotte League’s VOTE411 Director since 2019, helping provide voters in Mecklenburg and surrounding counties with nonpartisan candidate information.

In 2023 she served as a delegate with the League of Women Voters of the United States UN Observer Corps at the 68th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. In 2024, she was influential in securing the support of the North Carolina League for the adoption of a national League resolution reaffirming continued support for the CEDAW framework at the local, state and national levels to protect and promote the fundamental and inalienable rights of women and girls.

In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, book clubs, traveling, running and hiking, live jazz and theater, independent film, and volunteering with the Charlotte Humane Society, Habitat for Humanity, Make-A-Wish, Little Free Library, Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), and the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Missing Maps Project.

Suzanne served as President of the League of Women Voters of Charlotte Mecklenburg for two terms, from 2021–2025.

Her past League leadership roles include Membership Chair, Secretary, First Vice President, and Co-President. She also served on the 100th Anniversary Steering Committee, where she appeared as the Gala’s featured entertainer. During her tenure as League President, Suzanne chaired the Host Committee for the 2023 LWVNC State Convention held in Charlotte and served as the LWVNC liaison to the North Carolina Carter Center’s Free and Fair Elections Program. She served on the LWVNC Convention Awards Committees in both 2023 and 2025 and facilitated and moderated numerous candidate forums and community panels. She is currently serving on the LWVNC State Board Nominating Committee.

Most recently, Suzanne chaired the Empowering & Protecting the Vote Fundraiser Luncheon in May 2025, which raised $20,000 in support of the League’s mission.

Suzanne was a charter member of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and served on its Executive Board for many years. Her additional board and leadership service includes the Mecklenburg County Women’s Advisory Board, Democratic Women of Mecklenburg County, Precinct Chair (#65 and #129), and President of The Little Theatre of Charlotte Auxiliary.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies with a concentration in British Literature from SUNY Empire State College (New York) and also attended North Carolina Wesleyan College and Meredith College.

Suzanne’s special interests include writing, acting, public speaking, fundraising, and portraying historic figures, including various suffragists.