Our Team
Our Circle of Stewards
Kim Waldon
Board Co-Chair, Former Executive Director at Mount Vernon Family YMCA
Dailisha Rodriguez
Board Co-Chair; Founder, Hey There Beautiful
Bethy Victorin
Board of Directors; Former Supervisor, NYC Administration for Children's Services
Whitney D. Smith
Board of Directors; Dean, Democracy Prep Public Schools
Rosemary Didi Jordan
Board of Directors; Founder, Rasmali Wellness
Geraldine Dease
Board of Directors; Investigator, NYC Human Resources Administration
Cathline Burgos
Board Secretary; District DEI Coordinator, New Jersey Department of Education
Maria Neve
Board Treasurer; Senior VP, Head of Human Resources, Americas, SONY Music Entertainment
Our Staff
Farah Tanis
CEO/Founder
Sevonna Brown
National Director
Ann Duckett
Finance Manager
Cecile Lipworth
Director of Strategic Development
Sophie Delfeus
Executive Communications & Management Assistant
Melody Monteiro
Executive Assistant / Clinical Specialist
Dr. Heather R. Sanders
Director, The Institute
Lorna Hines
Clinical Director
Nakita Joseph
Health and Healing Counselor
Alicia Luhrssen-Zombek
Associate Director of Resource & Development
Teresa Vines
Resident House Manager
Eve Admasu
Administrative and Database Management Assistant
Chenchira Seger
Project Manager
Nehemi Tanis
Facilities Assistant/Van Driver
Iakowi:he’ne’ Oakes
Intercommunal Peace Building & Reconciliation Liason
Julian Mangano
Lead Farmer/Farm Administrator
Bryn O’Connor
Administrative & Development Associate
Samuel J. Ashe II, MBA
Sr. Communications Manager
Jina Etienne
Manager of Health, Healing, and Clinical Programs
Leila Yahaya
Programs Director, Ghana
Our Faculty
Our Cooperative
Karen Tronsgard-Scott
Founding Cooperative Member, Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
Ed Heisler
Founding Cooperative Member, Men as Peacemakers
Annika Gifford Brothers
Founding Cooperative Member, Esperanza United
ML Daniel
Founding Cooperative Member, Spiritual Alchemy
Our Advisors and Consultants
Naimah Johnson
Health and Healing Advisor
Nan Stolzenburg
Founder, Principal Consultant, Community Planning and Environmental Associates
Tonya Lovelace
Consultant, Lovelace Consulting Services
Jim Johnson
Enterprise Earth
Victor Tondee
Lumezia.org, Digital Agency
Yurani Cubillos
Yurazen Visuals
Molly O’Connor
VSC
Todd Arena
Albany Law School