Executive Leadership
Board of Directors
Advisory Board Members
Vacant
Chair
Justin Hearn (MI)
Vice Chair
Nakia Powell Thomas (MI)
President
Myaia Holmes (MI)
Vice President, Programs
Dr. LaDawn Jones (GA)
Vice President, External Affairs
Stephanie Trotter (MI)
Treasurer
Dayna Peoples (MI)
Assistant Treasurer
Tameka Arnold (MI)
Secretary
David Melton Jr. (MI)
Assistant Secretary
Alisha Procter (TX)
Daryel Peake (MI)
Dr. Vivian Smith-Del Torro (NC)
Farouk Ferchichi (TX)
Joyce Hollingsworth (MI)
Kenneth Williams (DC)
Martin Katz (GA)
Michelle Brown (MI)
Michelle Mellon (CA)
Nicole Valentini (MI)
Timothy James Forster (TX)
Tarsha Gale (MI)
Richard K. Brookins, Jr. (MI)
Erin Castillo-Holder (MA)
Giovanna Carbone-Adams (CT)
Nicholas Waller (MI)
LeTarsha Williams (MI)
Erica Turner (MI)
Damon Allen (MI)
Montika Collins (OK)
Nilda Thomas (MI)
Staff
Nakia Powell Thomas
Executive Director
TeQuion Brookins
Chief Operating Officer
Brittney Stewart
Community Engagement Director
Amanda Surur
Volunteer Manager
Wei Yu
Jr. Operations Associate
Catalina Giang
Jr. Operations Associate
Tanisha Thakkar
Jr. Operations Associate
Amina Bell
Grant Writer
