Our Team
Rashida Ferdinand
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Alex Rothenberg
BDO Finance Management Consultant
Carlos Alegria
BDO Finance Management Consultant
Cheryl Brickley
Fresh Start Market and Food Pantry Supervisor
Constance Masike
Grants Manager
Fulgencio Fuentes
Groundskeeper
Isaac Morales
Groundskeeper
Jerenel Gutierrez
Executive Assistant
Kay Bolden
Grantwriting Consultant
Mac Sorongon
Staff Accountant
Millicent Baker
Operations Manager
Modou Diagne
Fresh Start Market Associate
Trinity Portley
Fresh Start Market Associate
Reyna Morales
Groundskeeper
Chief Science Advisors
Daphne Ferdinand, PhD
Healthy Heart Community Prevention Project
Gary Shaffer, PhD
Wetland Resources
John Day, PhD
Comite Resources and Master Naturalist
Morewell Gasseler, PhD
Xavier University Department of Physics
Robert Lane, PhD
Comite Resources
Board of Directors
Adonis Expose
Bernard Singleton, PhD
Rianne Egania
Marcia St. Martin, Secretary
Melissa Lee
Molly Hegarty
Rashida Ferdinand, ex-officio
Terrance Taylor, President
Community Advisory Action Board (CAAB)
Andrea Sanchez-Reese, Chair
Calvin Berryhill
Freddie Leslie, Sr.
Linda Rhodes
Minister Keith Craft
Reverend Byron Johnson
Reverend Charles Duplessis
Reverend Darrell Turner
Rosana Seymour, Secretary
Venessa Parker
Contractors/Consultants
Landix Enterprise LLC – General Contractor
SCAPE Landscape Architect – Planning Services
