Board of Directors

Dee Redwine, MPH – Board Chair

Dee has worked or lived in Latin America for her entire adult life. Until her recent retirement, Dee was the Vice President at Planned Parenthood Global, where she ran reproductive health care and advocacy programs across eleven countries in Latin America. She worked with Planned Parenthood for 30 years, and also sat on the boards of fellow reproductive rights organizations. She has a Masters in public health, and a BA in international development. Dee’s motto: ‘’Yo no creo en fronteras.’’

Erica Van Autreve – Vice Chair

Erica is a second grade teacher in the dual language program at Bruce Drysdale Elementary in Hendersonville. She has taught for 20 years… from Brooklyn, NY to Costa Rica, Charlotte, and Washington DC. Erica has a masters degree in curriculum in teaching as well as national board certification. Her bicultural family – husband and two children, seven and ten years old – loves to explore outside, art, and music, and are passionate about equality and peace

Dr. Pamela (Sissi) Carroll - Secretary

Prior to retiring in 2022, Dr. Carroll spent over forty years as an educator. She was a teacher of middle and high school students, and as a professor in the College of Education at Florida State University before becoming Dean of Education, Oklahoma State University, and Founding Dean, College of Community Innovation and Education, University of Central Florida. She is known for promoting collaboration across communities and universities in ways that expand equitable access to resources that lift lives. She and her husband enjoy the blessings of nature while hiking, bicycling, and running in North Carolina, and engaging in community and church activities.

Claudia Gutierrez - Treasurer

Austin Watson - Member at Large

Veronica Gagne - Member at Large

Veronica is a retired public health nurse and educator, committed to empowering the Hispanic community. Veronica is Chilean, having migrated to the US after meeting her husband who was a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile. She has a Bachelor of Arts in nursing, and has wide experience working in public health programs in various states and Latin American countries. She has served as a board member of the Wise County Virginia Pro Art Association and the Pineywoods Fine Art Association in Houston County, Texas. She has also worked as a volunteer nurse at the Free Clinic in Brevard.