Executive Board
Rovena Jasper, Founder and President
An empty nester in 2011, I was determined not to sit around being inactive. So, I began visiting senior centers to fill the void. What I found was elderly men and women sitting around playing bingo, checkers and other games. I immediately realized that I needed more exciting things to do. I definitely wanted more!
As I prayed for direction, God gave me the vision to create active activities for active “Seniors”. And so “Senior’s On The Move” was born.
Eventually, I found other “Seniors” interested in doing more, and they found me. As a group, our first activity was a Senior talent show, in which we mimicked The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, and other revered entertainers of our era. In 2014, we broadened our activities to include events that brought the Atlanta-based “Beulah Boys” male Senior line dance group to Charlotte; then added an annual Cabaret, and Spring fashion show, that are now entering their fifth year. Wow! What a fantastic journey it has been.
The vision God has given me for SOTM is bigger than I could imagine. We have an amazing group of men and women who care about and for one another and who ultimately help fill their need of wanting more.
Seniors On The Move… WE ARE ONE!
Mildred Hyde-Demoze, Secretary
Mildred relocated to Charlotte, NC in November 2013 from Milwaukee, WI where she was a Certification and Contract Administrator for Milwaukee County government for 23 years until retirement in 2012. Her experience includes certification and contract administration for compliance on federally funded construction and professional service County contracts.
Mildred has 20 plus years of volunteer experience on a variety of Boards of Directors including a large statewide anti-poverty board where she served a 2-year term as President, Hansberry Sands Theatre Company, several Community Development Corporations among other Boards.
Since relocating to Charlotte, Mildred has worked as a tax associate/preparer and financial services representative with 2 financial advisory firms. After retiring “again” she founded Chocolate High Charlotte, a specialty online bakery specializing in cookies, cupcakes, specialty bars and cakes with her daughter.
In addition to her daughter and granddaughter here in Charlotte, Mildred has a son and two grandsons in Milwaukee. She also has a twin sister who resides here in Charlotte also.
Gwendolyn Wilson-Banks, Treasurer
Gwen relocated to Charlotte, NC from her hometown of Toledo Ohio in August 2015. She is a mother of two awesome children and grandmother of three amazing grandchildren. Having retired as a Health Insurance Underwriter of 35 years, Gwen brings to SOTM her professionalism and “passion of helping others achieve their highest potential”.
Her not so secret interest is “traveling to see all of God’s marvelous splendor around the world” which she pursues vigorously.
Gwen is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. Gwen currently works with Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation.