Rashida Ferdinand
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Michelle Wilkerson
Executive Affairs and Special Projects Officer

Sania Nissar
Executive Assistant

Institutional Advancement

Todd Simmons
Director of Advancement

Njeri Gakuya
Marketing Assistant

Operations

Administrative Operations

Marijohn Robinson
Director of Operations

Millicent Baker
Office Manager

Finance

Melodee Giacomino
Director of Finance and Accounting

Michelle Nungay
Bookkeeper

Grounds and Facilities

Lyndon Landix
Facilities Consultant

Royal Nash
Head Groundskeeper

Programs

Cheryl Brickley
Food Pantry Supervisor, Community Health Ambassador

Dasia Thomas
Food Pantry Assistant

Coreial Toney
Fresh Start Market Store Associate

Freddie Leslie
Wetland Park Ambassador

Jonathan Hallam
Horticulturist

Leilani Sardinha
Garden Assistant

Alexandra Miller
Urban Planning Manager | Consultant

John Day, PhD
Comite Resources and Master Naturalist

Daphne Ferdinand, PhD
Healthy Heart Community Prevention Project

Morewell Gasseler, PhD
Xavier University Department of Physics

Robert Lane, PhD
Comite Resources

Gary Shaffer, PhD
Wetland Resources

Adonis Expose
DBE SBE Liaison Officer III, Regional Transit Authority

Rashida Ferdinand, ex-officio
Founder and CEO, Sankofa Community Development Corporation

Marlin Ford, PhD
Urban Ag Specialist/Assistant Professor, Southern University Agriculture, Research, and Extension Center

Molly Hegarty, Interim Board Chair
Founder and CEO, RDnote

Melissa Lee
Director of Planning and Community Engagement, Concordia

Daniela Rivero, Treasurer

Bernard Singleton, PhD
Professor of Biology

Marcia St. Martin

Terrance Taylor, President and Acting Secretary
Business Consultant, Taylor Glenn Consulting

Andrea Sanchez-Reese
Errol Joseph
Freddie Leslie, Sr.
Linda Rhodes
Minister Keith Craft
Reverend Byron Johnson
Reverend Charles Duplessis
Reverend Darrell Turner
Rosana Seymour
Venessa Parker
Royliene Johnson, CAAB Coordinator