Working Together
Toward One Goal

Our Team

  • 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