Our Team
Rashida Ferdinand
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Institutional Advancement
Kay Bolden
Grantwriter
Michelle Wilkerson
Development Coordinator
Kiarra Keith
Marketing Specialist
Operations
Administrative Operations
Millicent Baker
Administrative Coordinator
Finance
Simon Hightower
Director of Finance
Alex Rothenberg | Carlos Alegria
Accounting and Finance | BDO FMA
Grounds and Facilities
Kinta Bowman
Grounds and Horticulture Supervisor
Brian Carter
Groundskeeper
Neighborhood Development
Environmental Justice and Education
Cheryl Brickley
Food Pantry Supervisor, Community Health Ambassador
Chris Flug
Food Pantry Associate
Keith Craft
Wetland Park Ambassador
Freddie Lesli
Wetland Park Ambassador
Community and Economic Development
Alexandra Miller
Urban Planning Manager | Consultant
Julia Nickle
Community Development Specialist
Chief Science Advisors
John Day, PhD
Comite Resources and Master Naturalist
Dr. 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
Board of Directors
Dawn Davis, Secretary
Engineer
Adonis Expose
DBE SBE Liaison Officer III, Regional Transit Authority
Rashida Ferdinand, ex-officio
Founder and CEO, Sankofa Community Development Corporation
Dr. Marlin Ford
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
Terrance Taylor, Treasurer
Business Consultant, Taylor Glenn Consulting
Community Advisory Action Board (CAAB)
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