Our Team
Staff
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Eleisha Nelson-Reed
Executive Director
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Makia Akinola Thomas
Program Officer
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Dawn M. Gillespie
Executive Assistant/Board Liaison
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Angel Harvey
Senior Program Officer
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Anne Kuo Phan
Controller
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Nicole Moore-Kriel
Program Officer
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Kate A. Shannon
Director of Grants Administration & Evaluation
Board of Directors
Members-at-Large
Terry Bruner
Charles F. Caldwell
Christopher D. Casey, II
Marian M. Casey
Thao Costis
E. Inez Hill
Katherine P. Hill
Elizabeth K. Moore
Katherine Osborne Valdez
Ben H. Powell, V
Ben H. Powell, VI
Directors Emeritae
Marian P. Harrison
Nancy Powell Moore
Officers
President
Katherine Osborne Valdez
Vice President & Assistant Treasurer
Ben H. Powell, V
Secretary
Charles F. Caldwell
Treasurer
Harvin C. Moore, IV