Working Together
Toward One Goal
Our Team
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Amma Felix
President & CEO
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Tiffany Appiah
Manager, Career Mentoring Initiative
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Wendy Ayala
Director, Scholars Program
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Liberty Bliss
Development Director
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Mathew Coles
Counselor
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Claire Ettinger
Counselor
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Lauren Fliegel, LCSW-C
Clinical Director
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Shanika Foster
Counselor
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DeWayne Haamid
Program Assistant
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Michelle Haughton
Counselor
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Jill Semmens
Director, School Support Program
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Jennifer Schwartz
Senior Counselor
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Jason Williams
Wellness Counselor
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Board of Directors
Tinisha Agramonte
Senior Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer, The Walt Disney Company
Shellon Blanchard-Clarke, SPHR
Chief Human Resources Officer, VBC Holding Corp. Inc.
Brian K. Bridges, Ph.D.
Secretary of Higher Education, State of New Jersey
Gihan Fernando
Retired, Assistant Vice Provost, American University Career Center
Nicole Galagan
Vice President, Advancement and Philanthropic Engagement, Institute for Women's Policy Research | President and Co-founder, TrailTree Consulting
Lisette Garcia, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR)
Board Members Emeriti
Nancy M. Carr • Elizabeth W. Galvin • Jonathan B. Marks • Nina W. Marks
Advisory Council
Denise C. Buchanan
Rose H. Cohen
Susan H. Colby
Reginald S. Exum
Brooke R. Fernandez
Alicia S. Ritchie, Board Chair
Retired Manager, Inter-American Development Bank
Manisha Kapani
Attorney | Philanthropist
Maryanne Lavan
Retired, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Çağlar Özden, Ph.D.
Lead Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank
Jane Terrell Paul
Community Advocate
Allison Porter
President and Owner, Avalon Consulting Group
Alicia Ritchie, Board Chair
Retired Manager, Inter-American Development Bank
Melissa Welch, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Sprinter Health
Maxine B. Freund
Eric D. Grant
Larry A. Griffith
William E. Kirwan
Alice B. Leiter
Annette L. Nazareth
Rebecca Carr Rizzo
Jennifer D. Schifter
Stephen H. Whisnant