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Team Members Anchor

Our Team

Price Thomas

Executive Director

Jermaine Dias

Assistant Director

Crystal Johnson

Community School Director

Tiffaney Morris

Administrative Specialist

Dawn Lawson

Family Empowerment Coach

Zeneida Howard

Family Empowerment Coach

Jamar Henderson

7th-9th Grade Pathway Coach

Raylaja Waller

5th-8th Grade Pathway Coach

Melissa Steppe-Mattox

Family Resources Coordinator

Shaunquitta Wright

Community School Coordinator

Our Board

Bill Shenkir, PhD, CPA
Chair

William Stamps Farish
Professor Emeritus
Former Dean, UVA McIntire School of Commerce

Leah Puryear
Vice Chair

Director, Upward Bound,
University of Virginia

Molly Dunnington
Treasurer

Chief Financial Officer, Quantitative Investment Management, LLC

Jessica Carter
Secretary

Founder and Executive Director, HER Sports

Lance Blakey

Battalion Chief,
Charlottesville Fire Department

Andy Block, J.D.

Former Director, Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice

Shawn Pendleton, ChFC

First Vice President of Investments, Stifel Nicolaus & Company

Brian Williams

Associate Professor
of Public Policy,
UVA Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

Katie Ryan

Associate Professor, UVA Law School

Shamia Hopkins

Assistant Manager, Aramark

Tracy Downs, MD, FACS

Chief Diversity and Community Engagement Officer, UVA Health

Brent Percival

Executive Director, Jefferson Trust

Phil Stinnie

Dean of Student Life/Director Community Engagement, Field School

Kamela Yelder

Founder, Sincere Dreams, LLC

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