Meet the Team
Tameka Gunn
Tameka Gunn is the President and CEO of Community Link. Prior to this role, she served as the Vice President and ensured the quality and quantity of the agency’s Homelessness to Housing and Asset Building programs, including supervising the programs’ management teams.
Gunn joined Community Link as a housing coordinator in 2007 and has 19 years of experience in social work, most of that time in management positions, and has been with Community Link for 17 years. Tameka received her Bachelor of Science in Human Services from Old Dominion University and her Master of Public Administration from Strayer University.
Her passion for this work is all about family and community. The lives that Community Link has changed continue to inspire her passion for service. She has been married to her husband Darryl since 2007. They have one son.
Angela Cavender
Angela Cavender started working for Community Link in October, 2000. At that time, the agency provided Travelers Aid and services to the homeless population in the Charlotte/Mecklenburg region. Angela provides essential administrative support to the board and leadership team at Community Link to ensure all operations function smoothly. Her responsibilities include retaining agency records, organizing meetings and maintaining effective communications.
Angela has been honored as Employee of the Year and promoted several times though out her career with Community Link: "It has been my joy, to watch our staff assist individuals that are truly striving for a better life – one with housing stability at the core... Every day, I strive to make the agency a great place to work and provide support to each member of our staff. I like to think that I do make a difference even though I don’t work directly with our customers and their families."
Marsha Clark
Marsha Clark is the Program Manager of Asset Building Services at Community Link. In this role, she works with financial institution volunteers, provides homeownership counseling to pre‑purchase customers, and coordinates the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
She is a HUD-Certified Housing Counselor, a certified NeighborWorks homeownership practitioner, and accredited by the Association for Financial Counseling, Planning and Education. She has been a financial counselor with Community Link for 19 years.
Marsha received her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Johnson C. Smith University and her Master of Public Administration from Strayer University.
Robin Bridges
Robin Bridges is the Intake and Travelers Aid Manager at Community Link. Robin manages staff who collect initial communications with the agency including in-person, over the phone, and through the Community Link website. We answer over 12,000 calls annually.
In addition to her intake responsibilities, Robin also manages the Travelers Aid program and has for 12 years. Travelers will come through intake and Robin works with them to ensure their arrival at a safe haven elsewhere in the country.
Robin has been with the agency for 25 years.