Board of Directors and Staff
Every member of our board of directors is a thought leader who has made significant contributions to our society. Each one brings a unique set of skills and expertise to our organization. Team has 200+ years of professional experience business (non-profit/for-profit), technology, banking, government relations, insurance, finance, ministry, community and economic development
Keith Mitchell
Founder/Chairman/CEO/Co-Treasurer
Business management and broker, business research, sales consultant, and church ministry administration.
David Curry
Director/Co-Treasurer
Minister for 30 years.
Former Department Manager for
a utility company for 14 years.
Dr. Wilfort Lee
Director/Faith-Based Liaison
Founder/CEO Empowerment Life Ctr
Former CEO Lifestyle Mortgage
Founder/Pastor of Tabernacle of Life
T. Henderson
Director/President/Co-Treasurer
B.S. Finance
Bob Vickers
Board Advisor
Founder/CEO Artful Askers, Inc.
Non-Profit Sustainability Specialist 30 years' experience. Community Advocate
Ivetta Cooper
Community Engagement Officer
Founder and Executive Director of My Brothers and My Sisters Keepers serving rural communities for 10 yrs.
Robert F. Johnson II
Director/COO/Co-Treasurer
Founder/Pastor Reconciliation Church
New Jersey
Dr. Clenora
Hudson-Weems
Board Advisor
Conceptualizer of Africana Womanism, Author, International Lecturer, National Authority on Emmit Till; Tenured English Professor at the University of Missouri- Columbia.
Andrew Dikas
Vice President of Veterans Affairs and
International Economic and Community Development Liaison
Former International Athlete,
Veteran, Entrepreneur, and Minister
Lonnie Johnson
Director/Co-Treasurer
Executive Director Growth Ministries
CIO KVC Health Systems
Reggie Woolridge
Director
Former Marriot Hotels Executive
COO/President Ashar Limited
Foster Debrah
Director
Minister and Entrepreneur
STAFF
Denair Mitchell: Youth Engagement Officer and Active-Duty Military
Advisors and Partners
Dayatra Lee, Former Non-profit Business Development Manager
LaMonte Dearborn, Former Bank VP Operations; Real Estate and Business Investor
Darrin H. Mangum: Principal at Mangum & Associates PC.
Cesar Goldman: Partner/ Principal - Elton Insurance
Dr. Rod Sweetman: COO - AG Witt, a consulting company
Karl Daniels – CEO; CVI Development, LEED AP, MBE/HUB/DBE, a construction company partner
Strategic Partners
Empowerment Life Center, Inc.
Artful Askers, Inc.
Growth Ministries, Inc.