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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