Melissa Martinez became a member of The Women’s Business Center of Fayetteville at CEED in April 2021. As a Business Consultant, she helps clients during the different stages of their business development, focusing on sharing the skills needed to build their customer base through her knowledge and experience in commercial processes, marketing research, and new business opportunities. Melissa was born and raised in Colombia. She received her degree in Industrial engineering at the Technological University of Pereira (Colombia), she received…
Caitlin Chastain
Caitlin Chastain became a member of the Women’s Business Center of Fayetteville at CEED in May 2021. She started her professional career in event planning and marketing after graduating from Meredith College in 2019 where she majored in Business and Entrepreneurship. Caitlin is a military brat but has spent most of her youth here in Fayetteville NC. After graduating from Northwood Temple Academy she knew right away that she wanted to go into business. While attending Meredith College she was…
Katlin Neese
Katlin Neese became a member of the Women’s Business Center of Fayetteville at CEED in March of 2018. She began her career with the WBC as a part-time Business Consultant and is now the Interim Director. She manages the Women’s Business Center program by focusing on the overall needs of clients as well as the team. Katlin was born in a small town in Pennsylvania. She began her college education focusing on fine art and held a variety of jobs…
Tiffany Haywood
Tiffany Haywood became a member of The Women’s Business Center of Fayetteville at CEED team in November of 2019. As a Business Consultant, she helps clients during the different stages of their business development focusing on sharing the skills needed to build their customer base through social media. Born and raised in Bronx, New York Tiffany began her professional career as a Paralegal for a two-partner law firm specializing in insurance and contract law while maintaining a position with a…
Meet CEED’s Executive Director: Suzy Hrabovsky

When Suzy Hrabovsky first interviewed for a job at the WBC, she didn’t get it. She figured that the CEED founder and then-executive director, the late Sylvia Ray, didn’t like her. So Suzy turned back to her other career until another opportunity to join CEED cropped up 10 years later. Turns out, Suzy was wrong. Sylvia did like her—quite a bit, in fact—and after three years of serving as a board member, Sylvia asked Suzy to take the reins as…
Meet the WBCFay Staff

“. . . being a part of a team like the one we have here at CEED. . . I’ve learned to rely on other people. I’ve learned to accept the input of other people and to see their strengths as something that can also build my own strength instead of seeing it as either a challenge or like a hinderance. So I think that’s the thing I’ve learned the most is that I don’t need to be an…