OUR PEOPLE
OUR LEADERSHIP

Leon Baxton
Chief Executive Officer

Jerome Baltazar
Chief Financial Officer

Erin Mangan
Chief Development Officer

Carolyn Lynn
Senior Director, Literacy Division

Twilla Washington
Director, Case Management Division

Bryan Jones
Director, After-School Division

Ashley Hooper
Director, Communications and Events
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Josh Woolsey
Chair; Attorney, Woolsey Morcom
Abena Horton
Vice Chair; VP & Managing Division Counsel, Black Knight
Janel LeGard
Secretary; Architect, Senior Design Manager, Haskell
Jesse Forst
Treasurer; Vice President of Transportation-Infrastructure Operations, RS&H
Chris Greene
Immediate Past Chair; Attorney, Purcell, Flanagan, Hay & Greene, P.A
Leon Baxton
Chief Executive Officer, Communities In Schools of Jacksonville
Arthur Adams, Jr.
Vice President of Sales and Customer Engagement, CSX
Kristi Aiello
Director Regional Business Development, Florida Blue
Tracy Arthur
Associate General Counsel, Rayonier
Michael Barker
Senior Manager-Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Engagement, Medtronic, Inc.
Honorable Martha Barrett
Vice President of Market Development, Bank of America
Honorable Lenny Curry
Mayor, City of Jacksonville
Honorable Betty Burney
Founder/Executive Director, “I’M A STAR” Foundation
Honorable Eleni Derke
Duval County Court Judge
Nancy Dreicer
President/CEO, Chappell Schools
Linda Edwards
Retired, Duval County Public Schools
Dr. Diana Greene
Superintendent, Duval County Public Schools
Matt Kruse
Deputy Chief Risk Officer/Shared Services Director, FIS Global
Athena Mann
Retired, JEA
Robert Martin
Retired General Manager, Florida Times-Union
Sonny Martin
Certified Public Accountant, GunnChamberlain, P.L.
Honorable Melissa Nelson
State Attorney, The Office of the State Attorney for the 4th Judicial District
Bob Ohrablo
President, Jacksonville IceMen
Jay Plotkin
Attorney, The Wilner Firm, P.A.
Ed Pratt-Dannals
Senior Advisor, District Management Council
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 Mike Williams
Sheriff, City of Jacksonville