Team and Governance

The Team


Gabrielle Wyatt

Founder

Lori Riddick

Leader Experience

Raven Carson

Strategy and Operations

Rita McCann

Operations

Octavia Raheem

Facilitator

Governance


Board

Marlon Marshall

Founding Partner
270 Strategies

Shawna Wells

Founder and CEO of B is for Black Brilliance™; Senior Vice President
The Pahara Institute

Sherman Whites

Director
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Susan Chapman-Hughes

Founder, Independent Director, and Executive
Board Advisor

Darlene Nipper

Chief Executive Officer
Rockwood Leadership Institute

Leadership Committee

Addisu Demissie

Executive Director
More Than a Vote

April Chou

Chief Strategic Growth Officer
OneTen

Brynne Craig

Senior Advisor
Bloomberg Philanthropies

Ellington West

Founder and CEO
Sonavi Labs

Chanel Dennis

Vice President
Goldman Sachs

Cheryl Thompson

Director
Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Joanna Visser Adjoian

Co-Founder and Co-Director
Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project

Katrina Mitchell

Chief Community Impact Officer
United Way

Luis Avila

President and Founder
Iconico Campaigns

Meg Ansara

Director
AmeriCorps VISTA

Nyki Robinson

Founder and CEO
Black Girls Vote

Sakinah Harrison

Program Officer
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Samantha Tweedy

President
Black Economic Alliance Foundation

Sharyn Church

Managing Director
Arabella Advisors

Tina Walls

Philanthropist and Investor; former Senior Vice President
Altria

The Legacy Network

Core to our recruitment approach is the Legacy Network- individuals and organizations who are aligned with our mission and have intentionally cultivated leadership in the fields of education, economic empowerment, political agency, and well being. Our inaugural partners include:

• Black Girls Vote

• Beloved Community

• Candace Stanciel, The Common Good Agency

• Camelback Ventures

• Charles Dukes, Wend Collective

• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

• Danielle Allen, Building Impact

• Dakarai Aarons, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

• Daree Lewis, Seizing Educational Opportunity

• Darlene Nipper, Rockwood Leadership Institute

• Ebony Lee, Charter School Growth Fund

• Jannah Garfio, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

• Jeremiah Program

• Onward

• Opportunity 180

• Naomi Long, Three Point Strategies

• The All We Can Save Project

• The WELL (Women Entrepreneur Leadership Lab)

• Vera Institute of Justice

• Janis Roshuvel, Solidaire Network

• The Buckhead/Cascade City (GA) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated