Our Team

Leena Akhtar
She/her
Director of Programs & Consultant
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Lawrence Alexander
He/him
Associate Director, Impact Development
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Amy Baker
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Director of Operations
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Jabari Brown
He/him
Consultant & New Business Inquiry Lead
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Elika Dadsetan
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Executive Director
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Jeanne Firth
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Consultant & Deputy Senior Director of Consulting
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Nikki Glass
She/her
VP of Admin
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Clarissa Holmes
She/her
Office Manager
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John Maudlin
He/him
Consultant / Communication and Marketing Consultant
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Stella Panzarella
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Consultant & Programs Assistant
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Rick Pinderhughes
He/him
Senior Director of Consulting and Programs
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Maria Fernanda (Mafer) Reyes
Contracts Assistant
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Kaitlin Robinson
She/her
Contracts Manager
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Haley Sparks
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Mental Health Program Director
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Nakayla Templeman
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Social Media Intern
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Our Board

Board of Directors
Louise Weeks Coggins, LCSW
​Stephanie Blount, MBA
Pierce J. Brooks
​Shannon Chapman
Patricia Davis-Penn
Riley Hewko, J.D.
Vincent O. Johnson
Melissa Lukin, MBA
Elisa Lurkis
Wadye Morton
Prabha Sankaranaray, MS
Fatou Wurie, MPP

Advisory Board of Directors
Aaron Amado
John Capitman, Ph.D.
​Meg Coward Baesmith
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
Howard Lee, M.S.W.
Harriet W. Martin
Max Nikias, PhD
​Viet Thanh Nguyen, PhD
The Rev. Haywood Parker
Gail Perry
Susan M. Perry Cole, Esq
Frank Phoenix
Bereket Habte Selassie, Ph.D.
Linnea Smith, M.D.
Joseph Steele, M.B.A.
​Gloria Steinem ​
Ann B. Sye, Ed.S
Fredrica H. Thompsett, Ph.D.
Timothy Tyson, Ph.D.
Lamont Wiggins, Esq.