Board of Directors

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Clara Whaley Perkins, PhD

Chair 

 

Robert Chapman, Jr.

Founding Member

 

Andrew Cole

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Norman Matlock

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Board Advisory Committee Members

        

Evan Anderson, JD, PhD          

Center for Public Health Initiatives

University of Pennsylvania

 

Maria Pajil Battle, MBA   

Consultant for AVI Healthcare Solutions, LLC

Strategic Consulting, Marketing and Community Relations      

      

Lyla Coresso-Thomas, MD

National Medical Director Southeast Region – Kindred at Home

       

George T. Hayes, Jr., MD

Medical Director

City of Philadelphia

Office of Human Resources

 

Linda Wright Moore, MA

Veteran Journalist & Writer

 

Hubert W. Pipkin, CPA, MBA

Vice President of Finance, Senior Financial Executive, Adjunct Instructor (ret.)

 

Senior Advisors

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Ralph Allen Perkins

Policy & Strategic Planning 

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LeVar Desper

Promotions & Events/Philadelphia 

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Core Team

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Alyssa C. Shantz,

Executive Director

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Shesheena Bray, MSEd

Private Practice Counselor

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Giana Castorani, BA

Behavior Therapist

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Ciara Desper

Entrepreneur  

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Paula Green-Howard, MSS

Social Worker

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Judith M. Haupt, PsyD

Psychologist

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Allen J. Perkins, BA

Lexus Nexus, Customer Success Manager

           

Broderick President, MEd

Supervisor, Residential Services

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Sue Ellen Zhang, MSEd, LPC

Private Practice Counselor, Adjunct Instructor

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