A native to Charlotte, but growing up in Guatemala, Darci Horne serves as the Secretary of MERWC. Darci graduated from Erskine College where she earned a B.S. in Biology and later attended Clemson University where she earned an M.S. in Genetics.

With a career in management consulting in biopharmaceutical and life sciences, Darci currently works for The Gap Partnership. In order to give back to her community, Darci works with local, state, and national missions leaders at First Baptist Church Charlotte and being a Brookstone School Partner. She is actively involved in her local Republican party by being a grassroots volunteer during elections.

Darci grew up in Guatemala as a missionary kid before moving to South Carolina and later Washington D.C. before settling down in Charlotte where she lives with her best friend and husband, Chris. Together, they often entertain family and friends. Darci is a proud aunt to twelve nieces and nephews along with being a great-aunt to two more.