
OUR LEADERS

Staff Team

Ameen Akbar
Chief Mission Officer

Jasmine Brown
People Power Coordinator

Cassius Cohen
Program Coordinator - Older Years

Nahijee Cross
Marketing & Communications Manager

Flora Feldman
Organizational Operations Coordinator

Sam Heliodoro
Impact & Evaluation Manager

Simonne Jordan
Program Operations Coordinator

James Luciano
Manager of Guest Experience & Administration

Billie Owens
Guest Experience Coordinator

Julia Silvasy
Chief Strategy Officer

Greg Thomson
Director of Skilled Building Trades

Michelle Wilmore
Guest Experience Coordinator

CJ Yeboah-Afari
Program Coordinator - Middle 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

Julia Green
Manager of Development & Events

Kenny Holdsman
Co-founder & CEO

Kyle Lafferty
Director of People Power

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

DaTwan Bolden
Program Manager - Middle Years

Roy Butler
Director of Operations

Maggie Connolly
Manager of Revenue

Thomas Faulstich
Chief Financial Officer

Troy Harper
Program Coordinator - Middle Years

Emily Jordan
VP of Development

Angel Lopez
Development Coordinator

Skye Moten
Marketing Coordinator

Jennifer Sierra
Development Coordinator

AJ Thompson
Accounting Coordinator

Byron Void
Accounting Manager

Cynthia Wright-Whitley
Program Manager - Early Years
Board of Directors
Brooke Queenan
Chairperson
Isaiah Nathaniel
Vice Chairperson
Strategic Planning Committee Chair
Tyneeha Rivers
Secretary
Alan Gubernick
Treasurer
Budget and Finance Committee Chair
Paul Aschkenasy
Nikki Bagby
Dr. Jayme Banks
Olin Chamberlain
Michael Cohen
Property Committee Chair
Brad Denning
William Ellerbee
Shalonda Epps
Dr. Helene Glassberg
Kenneth B. Holdsman
Bob Kothari
John Langel
Joel Litvin
Bishop Devin Park
Albert P. Parker
Brian Peterson
Program Committee Chairperson
Craig H. Scott
Mark Silow
Governance and Nominating Committee Chair
Samuel Silvers
Fund Development Committee Chair
Michael Spolan
James (Seth) Thompson
Dr. David Thomas
Debbie Zumoff
Personnel Committee Chair
NextGen Committee
Carinthia Bank
Nick Browne
Nahijee Cross
David Fenster
Flora Feldman
Aijea Fowler
Liam Gillespie
Will Kane
Chris Leporati
Jack Levu
Torri LaSmith - Diversity Equity Inclusion & People Power Co-Chair
Avery Marz
Justin Mcfadden
Morgan Pastner Jaffe - Diversity Equity Inclusion & People Power Co-Chair
Blair Pie - Events & Development Chair
Jake Paul
Nicholas Poplizio
Phil Share - Program & Professional Development Chair
Bryan Shapiro
Matthew Sherman
Deniz Tunceli
Ousman Joof
CJ Wolfe