Caroline Sink Named to 50 Most Influential Women List
Robinson Bradshaw attorney Caroline Wannamaker Sink was named one of the 50 Most Influential Women by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly and The Mecklenburg Times. The awards recognize the important role women leaders play in North Carolina’s legal and business community. Honorees are selected for their leadership, business acumen, mentoring and community involvement.
Sink's practice focuses on commercial real estate, commercial lending and public finance. She regularly represents commercial lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate transactions and secured and unsecured commercial loans. Sink also serves as outside general counsel to several North Carolina nonprofit corporations.
Devoted to pro bono service, Sink provides critical legal assistance to Safe Alliance and the CharMeck Family Justice Center related to the development of The Umbrella Center, scheduled to open in 2027. The Umbrella Center, based on a nationally recognized best practices model, will deliver services to people in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse and human trafficking. Safe Alliance recognized her with its Individual Pro Bono Attorney Award in 2025 and its Corporate Ally for Justice Award in 2024.
In addition to her pro bono work, Sink has served for nearly 15 years on the board of trustees of Queens University of Charlotte, most recently helping guide the merger with Elon University, and has now joined the Elon University board of trustees. She previously chaired the board of Habitat for Humanity Charlotte, helping support and expand the organization's affordable housing mission.