Board Members
Tracy Butler - Founder & Board Chair
Dr. Tracy Butler holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Clemson University as well as an M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Furman University. She teaches English as a Second Language courses for Pre-K-12 teachers at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She is also certified in Nonprofit Management. Prior to teaching at the university level, Tracy was a bilingual elementary and middle school teacher. She is currently serving on the boards of Walt's Waltz and the Eastern Educational Research Association.
Maggie King - Treasurer
Maggie King grew up in North Carolina and was raised by a family of public school educators. After completing her undergraduate education at Appalachian State University, Maggie moved to Greenville, SC. She completed her Master’s in Professional Accountancy at Clemson University in 2020. Since then she has been working as a public accounting professional with Elliott Davis. Maggie is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of South Carolina.
Amy McGehee - Board Member
Amy graduated with her J.D. and D.C.L from Louisiana State University. She has been practicing tax law for the past 11 years. Her areas of concentration include Tax Controversy and Collections, Business and Tax Planning, Tax Credits and Estate Planning and Administration. She has spent her career advising and representing business owners in tax and governance matters. Amy has opened up her own practice McGehee Law, LLC in which she currently practices tax law.
Refika Turgut - Board Member
Dr. Refika Turgut is an assistant professor of literacy and language education at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on teaching English as a second language (TESL) from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. She worked as an ESL teacher for more than 10 years, teaching to students of different English language proficiency levels and ages in Cyprus and the U.S. Her research focuses on multilingual education, multilingual literacy and teachers’ professional development.
Rachel Lang-Baldé - Board Member
Dr. Rachel Lang-Baldé holds a PhD in International Family and Community Studies from Clemson, as well as a Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Global Health from Emory University. She has actively taught, mentored, and managed programs with immigrants and refugees in several states (Minnesota, California, and Georgia) since her undergraduate days. Currently, she works as a qualitative health research consultant, in the United States and in the west African country of Guinea, in addition to working with her recently co-founded research organization, Two Yolk Ventures.