Who We Are

BOARD & STAFF

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Juan Wade
CHAIR

Rosa Atkins

Steve Bowers

James E. Brown

Mike Chinn

Kent Couling

Joyce Green-Pastors

Brad Groff

Alice Handy

Catherine Hughes

Rishi Jaitly

Eddie Karoliussen

Chris Laing

Arlene Lee

Amanda Litchfield

Don Long

George Michie

Kevin McDonald

Court Nexsen

Carrie Stanton

Xavier Urpi

ADVISORY BOARD

Yomika Alexander

Spencer Birdsong

Jeff Bloxsom

Dick Brownlee

Elizabeth Cromwell

Charles Du Bose

Peggy Echols

Frank Friedman

Michael Geismar

Ebony Hilton

Joyce Ivory

Mike Murphy

Sean Reeves

Jim Richardson

Elsie Thompson

David Toscano

Sarah Tremaine

Sasha Farmer Tripp

Bill Wardle

John Young

LIFETIME BOARD

Russ Bell

Liza Borches

Suzanne Brooks

Carol Clarke

Deborah Conway

Margery Daniel

Bill Kehoe

Blair Kelly

Jim Kennan

Steve Krohn

Bryan Thomas

STAFF

Ravi Respeto
PRESIDENT & CEO

Caroline Emerson
VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Lisa Frazier
VICE PRESIDENT & FINANCE DIRECTOR

Barbara Hutchinson
VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY IMPACT

Ella Jordan
CHIEF OF STAFF

Daisy Rojas
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

STAFF CONT’D

Price A. Thomas
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Anna Porter
COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR

Shannon Hauschild
DONOR RELATIONS MANAGER

Meredith Locascio
SCHOOL READINESS MANAGER

Laura Faye Groff
IMPACT PROJECT SPECIALIST

Samantha Whalen
SCHOOL READINESS COORDINATOR