Our Team

Our Team

Staff

Shari Arroyo-Brown

Director of Communications

Gerardo Benavides

Senior Power and Movement Building Officer

Stephanie Blades

Administrative Officer

Anne Brinker

Chief Operating Officer

Kerry Darragh

Senior Communications Officer

Kenitra Fokwa Kengne

Program Director

Kristina Gray-Akpa

Senior Program Officer

Stewart Harrington III

Fiscal Officer

Nikki Highsmith Vernick

President and CEO

Caryn Kok

Administrative Associate

Dr. Glenn Schneider

Chief Program Officer

Jennifer White Holland

Policy & Community Engagement Director

Advancing Community Advocacy Fellows

Marcus Alston

Bertina Suber-Hanley

Board of Trustees

Christopher Fortune

Board Chair

Vice President, Financial Analyst, T. Rowe Price

Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Ph.D

Vice Chair

Professor, The Johns Hopkins University; Executive Director/CEO, The African Research Academies for Women

Gopi Suri

Secretary

Chief Executive Officer, Supriv Group; President, Suri Foundation

Mark Cissell

Treasurer

Principal, Next Chapter Consultants, LLC

Haksoon Ahn, Ph.D

Professor, The Institute for Innovation and Implementation, Leadership, Policy and Social Change, University of Maryland School of Social Work

Juliet Gilliam

Vice President of Media and Entertainment Partnerships, National Park Foundation

Nikki Highsmith Vernick

President and CEO, Horizon Foundation

Louis Hutt III

Chief Operating Officer, The Hutt Company, LLC

Lisa M. James

Vice President of Behavioral Health, Chase Brexton Health Care

Jordan McKinnie

Associate Portfolio Manager, T. Rowe Price Investment Management

Shannon McMahon

Executive Director of Medicaid Policy, Kaiser Permanente

Yvette Rooks, M.D.

Head Team Physician and Assistant Director in the University Health Center, University of Maryland, College Park

Scott Rose

Chief of Business Development for Community Services, Sheppard Pratt

Celián Valero-Colón, M.D.

Co-owner and Physician, One World Healthcare

David Wolf

Senior Investment Advisor, M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust