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LEADERS
Ameen Akbar
Chief Mission Officer
Jasmine Brown
People Power Coordinator
Cassius Cohen
Program Coordinator - Older Years
Nahijee Cross
Marketing & Communications Manager
Julia Green
Manager of Development & Events
Kenny Holdsman
Co-founder & CEO
Kyle Lafferty
Director of People Power
Skye Moten
Marketing Coordinator
Jennifer Sierra
Development Coordinator
AJ Thompson
Accounting Coordinator
Byron Void
Accounting Manager
Cynthia Wright
Program Manager - Early Years
Ellen Bair
Program Manager - Career Readiness
Randy Butler
VP of Program Operations & Impact
Phalea Colvin
Safety & Security Manager
Christian Diaz
Program Manager - Financial Empowerment
Troy Harper
Program Coordinator - Middle Years
Emily Jordan
VP of Development
Angel Lopez
Development Coordinator
Billie Owens
Guest Experience Coordinator
Julia Silvasy
Chief Strategy Officer
Greg Thomson
Director of Skill Building Trades
Michelle Wilmore
Guest Experience Coordinator
CJ Yeboah-Afari
Program Coordinator - Middle Years
DaTwan Bolden
Program Manager - Middle Years
Roy Butler
Director of Operations
Maggie Connolly
Manager of Revenue
Flora Feldman
Organizational Operations Coordinator
Sam Heliodoro
Impact & Evaluation Manager
Simonne Jordan
Program Operations Coordinator
Lamont Mayers
Director of Facilities
Max Raiken
Vice President of Revenue
Zuri Stone
Director of Older Years
Jayson Tischler
Chief Operating Officer
Eric Worley
Vice President of Basketball Operations
Board of Directors
Brooke Queenan
Chairperson
Formerly WNBA, Retired Professional Basketball Player
Isaiah Nathaniel
Vice Chairperson
Strategic Planning Committee Chair
Chief Information Officer, Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc.
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Tyneeha Rivers
Secretary
Principal, Nova Dawn HR Consulting Partners
Alan Gubernick
Treasurer
Budget and Finance Committee Chair
PC CPA/Shareholder, EisnerAmper
Paul Aschkenasy
Managing Partner, Blank Aschkenasy Properties, LLC
Nikki Bagby
Founder, A Humbled Heart
Dr. Jayme Banks
Deputy Chief of Prevention, Intervention, and Trauma, School District of Philadelphia
Olin Chamberlain
VP and Diverse Segments Divisional Sales Manager, Wells Fargo
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Michael Cohen
Property Committee Chair
President, Rodman Properties
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Brad Denning
Partner, PwC
William Ellerbee
Retired Coach, Simon Gratz High School
Shalonda Epps
SVP of Portfolio Operations & Analysis, Xponance​
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Dr. Helene Glassberg
Cardiologist, University of Pennsylvania Health System
​Kenneth B. Holdsman
Philadelphia Youth Basketball
President, CEO and Co-Founder
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Bob Kothari
Managing Partner, Opportunity Partners
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John Langel
Calumet Consulting, LLC, President
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Joel Litvin
Retired Lawyer, Ballard Spahr
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Bishop Devin Park
Leader, Freedom Missions​​
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Albert P. Parker
COO & Corporate Secretary, OncoCyte Corporation
Brian Peterson
Program Committee Chairperson
Director of Makuu: The Black Cultural Center, University of Pennsylvania
Craig H. Scott
Founder & CEO, CHS Ventures
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Mark Silow
Firm Chair, Fox Rothschild
Governance and Nominating Committee Chair
Samuel Silvers
Fund Development Committee Chair
Retired Vice Chair, Deloitte Consulting LLP
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Michael Spolan
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James (Seth) Thompson
Director & Head of Diverse Markets Strategy, AllianceBernstein
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Dr. David Thomas
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement, Community College of Philadelphia
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Debbie Zumoff
Personnel Committee Chair
Retired Executive Consultant, Venio, LLC
NextGen Committee
Brian Anzilotti
Carinthia Bank
David Fenster
Aijea Fowler
Liam Gillespie
Ariel Johnson-Peredo
Will Kane
Samantha Krouse
Torri LaSmith
Chris Leporati
Jack Levy
Nick Lowry
Hailee Mayer
Sara Park
Jake Paul
Morgan Pastner Jaffe
Blair Pie
Bryan Shapiro
Matthew Sherman
Deniz Tunceli