Yolanda Hill Robinson
second Lady of North Carolina
Yolanda Dechelle Hill Robinson (born 1968) is an American accountant and non-profit executive. As the wife of Former Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, she served as the Second Lady of North Carolina from 2021 to 2025 and was the first African-American woman to serve as the state's second lady. Robinson's time in public life has been marked by controversy. An investigation by WBTV revealed that her husband did not disclose her role as a board member of American Leadership Academy North Carolina and two of its affiliated charter schools in a 2023 ethics filing. In 2024, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced that she owed the state $132,000 for disallowed expenses following a compliance review of her non-profit organization, Balanced Nutrition, Inc.
Early life and education
Robinson was born Yolanda Dechelle Hill in Ramseur, North Carolina. She grew up in Randolph County and graduated from Eastern Randolph High School in 1986. She earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Career and public life
In 1990, Robinson co-managed a childcare facility with her husband. She later founded Balanced Nutrition, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides healthy meals for children enrolled in licensed daycare facilities in North Carolina, which she owns and operates.
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