Current staff includes:

• Violet Browne, Manager of Administration
• Sahja-Raeanna Elliott, Youth Program Coordinator
• Sterling Moore, IT Instructor
• Roxanne J. Williams, President
  See Roxanne's Bio

Board members include:

• Claudia Askew, Chair
  Claudia Askew is a communications consultant with more than 20 years of experience in public relations and marketing communications. Claudia specializes in the affordable housing/community development field and also has considerable experience in healthcare-related communications. Previously, Claudia was associate vice president at the public relations agency Matthews Media Group and a senior member of the communications staff at Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (now NeighborWorks® America). She also worked for the American Healthcare Association and the American Psychological Association. Claudia served as a founding board member of Suited for Change, is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and serves on the board of the Independent Public Relations Alliance. Claudia earned a bachelor's degree in Speech Communication from Wake Forest University.
  
  
• Torin Ellis, Secretary
  Torin Ellis, is the President and Founder of Second Motive, LLC., a professional recruitment and talent development firm. His day to day focus is on securing employment for sales and sales management talent in a variety of high impact industries. With more than 20 years of progressively responsible experience, Torin has directed military troops and technology focused sales teams in world-class companies like MCI, Union Pacific and the United States Air Force. He has most recently led three successful companies through start-up, survival, turnaround from failure, and/or growth. Torin also serves on the Board of Directors of Community Law in Action (CLIA) and Power Excel.
  
  
• Hilary Gambale, Vice Chair
  Hilary Gambale is a self employed project management consultant currently consulting to NASA. Previously, Hilary was a project manager for a service disabled veteran owned company and managed a $3 million contract at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Ms. Gambale is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 17 years of experience developing, implementing and managing complex IT solutions for executive branch government agencies, including DHS, the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Department of Transportation (DOT), and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Prior to consulting, she worked in the education arena and received her MBA from George Washington University.
  
  
• Kirsten Hongisto, Treasurer
  Kirsten Hongisto works in marketing and new business development for The QED Group, LLC, which provides consulting services to the U.S. Agency for International Development, the State Department and numerous other government and private agencies. Prior to joining QED, she was based in Bangkok, Thailand, for two years documenting international children's programs. For five years she served as the publications manager for InterAction, the largest coalition of U.S.-based nongovernmental organizations. She has also worked on housing issues for families involved with the child welfare system and in youth organizing within the U.S. Kirsten earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of California at Davis and a master's degree focused on community development from the University of Georgia.
  
  
• Janel George
  Janel George is currently a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (WA). In that capacity, she manages health care, education, and judiciary issues including drafting legislation, researching policy issues, meeting with local and national advocacy groups, and constituents. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Ms. George practiced law as an attorney with The Children's Law Center in Washington, DC, representing children and caregivers in custody cases in D.C. Superior Court and training pro bono attorneys on custody litigation. She also completed a fellowship with Georgetown University Law Center's Women's Law and Public Policy Program where she focused on women's health issues, including the intersection of reproductive health and domestic violence. During her fellowship, she trained reproductive justice leaders on policy advocacy. While in law school, she worked with the Children's Defense Fund and represented incarcerated clients in family law cases. She is a member of the bars of Wisconsin, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. She earned her B.A. from Spelman College and her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  
  
• Theresa Mount
  Theresa Mount is an Air Traffic Manager for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which provide safe orderly and expeditious air traffic services throughout the National Airspace System (NAS). Theresa serves as Staff Manager for the Washington District which encompasses all air traffic facilities in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. She manages and directs facility safety and program operations and is responsible for operations support, finance, and administration. She manages and safeguards resources and assures that internal controls meet Agency standards by applying activity based management in planning, controlling, and improving labor and overhead costs. Theresa most recently served ten years on the board of the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees.
  
  

In addition to a board of directors, the program is strongly supported and guided by an advisory committee of representatives from the Fortune 500 corporations, small and mid-size businesses and educational institutions.

We are seeking new board members that can help us build our next 10 years. If you are interested please contact our board Vice Chair, Hilary Gambale at handmgambale@comcast.net.