Nonprofit leader – Community organizer – Educator

Greg Asciutto is the Executive Director of CharlotteEAST. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Journalism, he returned to his native North Carolina in 2014 to teach at Garinger High School in East Charlotte. Greg is passionate about building local and statewide partnerships that foster educational and economic opportunities for local youth and their families.

His work at the intersection of education, community-building, and poverty alleviation has garnered him recognition both inside and outside of classroom. He has been named a 2018 CMS Teacher of the Year, the 2019 United Way of Central Carolinas’ Civil Servant of the Year, and the 2023 City of Charlotte’s Educator Mentor of the Year; under his leadership, CharlotteEAST was named QC Nerve’s 2023 Best Community Organizer and the City of Charlotte’s 2024 Great Neighborhood Champion.