Our Team
Board of Directors
Sherry Boston, Office of the DeKalb County District Attorney
Monica Corbett, Jackson Spalding
Nedra Dickson, Retired, Accenture
Angie Fife, Project Development Services, Inc.
Natalie Gregory, Compass, Decatur Living Magazine
Cathy Hasbrouck, Hasbrouck Consulting, Inc.
Vanessa King, Community Volunteer
Jennifer Manning, The Coca-Cola Company
Charles Owen, Global Payments
Jill Perry-Smith, Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Jason Pettway, Norfolk Southern
Tunisia Poole, Southwire Company
Kevin E. Richardson, DeKalb County Marshal’s Office
Patricia Robinson, Trex Company, Sto Corp.
Kevin Ross, Kevin Ross Group
Carrie Shapiro, Reliance Worldwide Corporation
Rian Smith, The Integral Group
Joy White, The White Legal Group
Community Engagement Board
Bianca DiBella, Troutman Pepper
Oto Ekpo, Finch McCranie
Everett Jackson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Harshila Leva, Harris Lowry Manton
Brittany Mays Ng, Siemens Advanta
Susi McGhee, Serviceberry Consulting
Lindsay Partin, Emory Healthcare
Emily Rutledge Early, Center for Constitutional Rights
Kathryn Trent, Kilpatrick Townsend
Kelly Vidal Wilkins, Deloitte
Kristen M. Vigilant, Holland & Knight
Nicole Waitzman, Novelis
Principal Staff
Tess Adams, Lead Housing Advocate
Cassandra Andrews, Lead DV Services Advocate
Jamaud Bell, Grants Manager
Atia Butts, Housing Advocate
Ariel Carreras, Youth Advocate
YuHua Chen, Director of Legal Services
Taquana Crenshaw, Director of Finance
Jean Douglas, Chief Executive Officer
Markesha Dunham, Safe House Director
Akshaya Garimalla, Development Officer
Barbara Gibson, Chief Program Officer
Amber Harris, Chief Development Officer
Rosa James, SA Services Advocate
Stephanie Lloyd, Director of Community Engagement
Sydney Sibert, Legal Advocate
Zanathia Stalling, Child Advocate
Marilyn Stinson, Visitation Center Director
Cassandra Velasco Adams, Director of Children's Services
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