BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Charity Jackson

    President

    Managing Director, Leadership Development Teach for America

    Adjunct Professor, Miles College

  • Jason Avery

    Vice President

    Development Chair

    Project Director

    UAB School of Public Health

  • Parastoo “Paris” Farzad

    Secretary

    Owner, CEO, and Prime Instructor

    Birmingham School of Photography

  • Sibylle Kristensen

    Treasurer

    FInance Chair

    Co-CEO

    One Heart World-Wide

  • Samantha Briggs

    Board Member

  • Rebekah Fox

    Board Member

  • Maria Hodge

    Board Member

  • Brad Jennings

    Board Member

    Director of Development and Communications

    Woodlawn United

  • David Phipps

    Board Member

    Human Resources Staffing Specialist

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • Cinthia Saenz

    Board Member

    Community Engagement Director

    Rivera Communications, LLC

  • Christianne Strang

    Board Member

    Associate Professor, UAB Department of Psychology

    Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Ryleigh Vessels

    Board Member

    Marketing Chair

    Communications Manager

    Birmingham Business Alliance

  • Camille Weeks Ware

    Board Member

    Governance Chair

    Graduate Student pursuing M.Ed.

STAFF

  • Aimee Castro

    Executive Director

  • Wendy Jarvis

    Artistic & Operations Director

Legal Counsel

  • Jessica Friedman

    Friedman Law Firm, P.C.