Our Team
Full-time Team

Charli Cooksey
Founder & CEO

Yoni Blumberg
Vice President of Community Wealth Building

Camille Greer
Director of Organizational Sustainability

Edgar Payano
Entrepreneur Development and Outreach Lead

Alicia Alexander
Vice President of Development

Amina Abdul-Malik
Director of Investments

Kate Keator
Director of Data & Data Strategy

Nikki Peterson
Changemaker Program Manager

Coral Bello-Martinez
Economic Justice Organizer, STL

Antoine White
Lead Economic Justice Organizer, ESTL

Luke Melton
Director of Political Strategy
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Roo Yawitz

Claudia Mendoza

Crystal Martin

Abdul-Kaba Abdulla

April Fulstone

Ryan Strode
PARTNERS

Leadership for Educational Equity

Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being

National Conference for Community and Justice of Metropolitan St. Louis

Urban Strategies

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

East St. Louis Center

Missouri Foundation for Health

Black Futures Lab

St. Louis Promise Zone

Incarnate Word Foundation
MEMBERSHIP

St. Louis Equity in
Entrepreneurship Collective

MOVE

Metropolitan Congregations United