OUR PEOPLE
OUR LEADERSHIP
Leon Baxton
Chief Executive Officer
Jerome Baltazar
Chief Financial Officer
Erin Mangan
Chief Development Officer
Twilla Washington
Director, Case Management
Bryan Jones
Director, After-School
Sharneka Rollins
Director, Literacy
Mary Naumann
Assistant Director, Case Management
Jasmine Edwards
Assistant Director, GEAR UP
Yolonda McLendon
Assistant Director, Achievers For Life
Christina Murphy
Assistant Director, Afterschool and DCF Compliance
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Abena Horton
Chair; Assistant General Counsel, Legal, ICE
Matt Kruse
Vice Chair; Deputy Chief Risk Officer/Shared Services Director, FIS Global
Nancy Dreicer
Secretary; Retired
Jesse Forst
Treasurer; SVP of Transportation Infrastructure Leader, RS&H
Josh Woolsey
Immediate Past Chair; Attorney, Woolsey Morcom
Leon Baxton
Chief Executive Officer, Communities In Schools of Jacksonville
Arthur Adams, Jr.
Vice President of Sales and Customer Engagement, CSX
Tracy Arthur
Associate General Counsel, Rayonier
Honorable Martha Barrett
Vice President of Market Development, Bank of America
Honorable Donna Deegan
Mayor, City of Jacksonville
Megan Denk
Executive Director of THE PLAYERS Center for Child Health at Wolfson Children's Hospital
Honorable Eleni Derke
Duval County Court Judge
Linda Edwards
Retired, Duval County Public Schools
Dr. Dana Kriznar
Superintendent, Duval County Public Schools
Janel LeGard
Architect, Senior Design Manager, Haskell
Athena Mann
Retired, JEA
Robert Martin
Retired General Manager, Florida Times-Union
Sonny Martin
Retired Certified Public Accountant, GunnChamberlain, P.L.
Jack Mitchell
Retired, AT&T
Honorable Melissa Nelson
State Attorney, The Office of the State Attorney for the 4th Judicial District
Bob Ohrablo
President, Jacksonville IceMen
Jay Plotkin
Assistant State Attorney, Office of the State Attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit
Ed Pratt-Dannals
Retired, DCPS Superintendent
Rudy Rivera
Chief International Counsel, Fidelity National Financial
Honorable Anthony Salem
Duval Circuit Court Judge
Ken Sanders
VP, Global Distribution and Logistics, Tapestry
Michael Stewart
Chair Director of External Affairs, Jacksonville Aviation Authority
Honorable T.K. Waters
Sheriff, City of Jacksonville
Jerron Wheeler
Attorney, The Office of the Public Defender for the 4th Judicial District
