Our Team

Miriam Abrams
She/her
Consultant
Hideko Akashi
She/her
Consultant
Leena Akhtar
She/her
Consultant
Jane Ariel
She/her
Consultant
Toyin Augustus
She/her
Consultant
Amy Baker
She/her
Director of Operations
Amy Bank
She/her
Consultant
Valerie A. Batts
She/her
Founder & Consultant
Terry Berman
She/her
Consultant
Lou Brindell
He/him
Tech Consultant
Michael Jacoby Brown
He/him
Consultant
Jabari Brown
He/him
Consultant & New Business Inquiry Lead
Jamila Capitman
She/her
Program Associate - Youth Innovations
John Capitman
He/him
Consultant
Rasheda Carroll
She/her
Consultant
John E. Colon
He/him
Consultant
Soerny Cruz
They/them and she/her
Consultant
Elika Dadsetan
She/her
Executive Director
Barbara J. Davis
She/her
Consultant
Ian Douglas
He/him
Consultant
Zan Ehly
She/her and they/them
Consultant
Sarita Evans
She/her
Tech Consultant
Jeanne Firth
She/her
Consultant & Deputy Senior Director of Consulting
Greg Gale
He/him
Consultant
Josy Gallagher
She/her
Resource Consultant
Ariana Gil
She/her
Consultant
Luba Gilpatric
She/her
Tech Consultant
Nikki Glass
She/her
VP of Admin
Tokunbo T. Green
She/her
Consultant
Wendy Brown Helmkamp
She/her
Consultant
Dr. Michelle Holmes
She/her
Consultant
Clarissa Holmes
She/her
Office Manager
Derrick Z. Jackson
He/him
Consultant
Vincent O. Johnson
He/him
Consultant
Cassandra Joubert
She/her
Consultant
Jessie Justin
They/them
Consultant
Kisha Freeman
She/her
Consultant
William (Bill) Kondrath
He/him
Consultant
Yoojin Janice Lee
She/her
Consultant
Gary R. Lyon EdD, MPA
He/him
Consultant
Alec MacLeod
He/him
Consultant
John Maudlin
He/him
Consultant
Atiya McGhee
They/them
Tech Consultant
Sarah Montes
She/her
Consultant
Ellen Morrison
She/her
Consultant
Noah Morton
He/him
Tech Consultant
Paul Nijaranond
He/him
Tech Consultant
Stella Panzarella
She/her
Consultant
Sejal Patel
She/her
Consultant
Amate Cecilia Perez
She/her
Consultant
Rick Pinderhughes
He/him
Senior Director of Consulting and Programs
Kaitlin Robinson
She/her
Contracts Manager
Isaac Ruelas
They/them
Consultant
Emily Schatzow
She/her
Consultant
Joan Schoenhals
She/her
Consultant
David Schwartz
He/him
Consultant
Jeyanthy Siva
She/her
Consultant
Sarah M. Stearns
She/her
Consultant
Joe Steele
He/him
Consultant
Jeremy Thompson
He/him
Consulting Intern
Jim Turner
He/him
Consultant
Ellen Tuzzolo
They/them and she/her
Consultant
Deborah Walker
She/her
Consultant
S. Gene Washington
He/him
Consultant
Doug Weinstock
He/him
Consultant
Jen Willsea
She/her
Consultant
Jennifer Rose Wilson Heifferon
She/her
Consultant
Mark Wise
He/him
Consultant

Our Board

Board of Directors

Louise Weeks Coggins, LCSW

Pierce J. Brooks

Stephanie Blount, MBA

Shannon Chapman, Esq.

Patricia Davis-Penn

LaTonya Fleming

Maleeka Glover, MPH ScD

Riley Hewko, J.D.

Vincent O. Johnson

Melissa Lukin, MBA

Elisa Lurkis, MA

Alain Mathieu, Esq.

Elario Rodrigues Monteiro, CFA

Wadye Morton

Mykah Meyers

Prabha Sankaranarayan, MSW

George Sieburg

Fatou Wurie, MPP

Advisory Board of Directors

Aaron Amado

John Capitman, PhD

Marjorie Coward, MDiv

James W. Crow, PhD

Ida Dew Hickerson

Vlada Georgieva

Jude Goldman

Susan E. Gravely 

Rev. Robert Griffin

Thomas S. Griggs, PhD

The Rev. Geoffrey Hoare 

Sheryl Howard, Esq

Louise Howlett, M. Div, LMFT

Jovonna Jones

Carlene Larsson, MEd

 Howard Lee, MSW

 Harriet W. Martin

Max Nikias, PhD 

Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Rev. Haywood Parker

Gail Perry

Susan M. Perry Cole, Esq

Frank Phoenix

Bereket Habte Selassie, PhD 

Linnea Smith, MD

Joseph Steele, MBA

Gloria Steinem

Ann Sye

Fredrica H. Thompsett, PhD 

Timothy Tyson, PhD 

Lamont Wiggins, Esq