Our Team
Full-time Team
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Charli Cooksey
Founder & CEO
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Christopher Dennis
Chief of Staff
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Yoni Blumberg
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Community Wealth Building
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Alicia Alexander
Vice President of Development
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Paula-Breonne Vickers
Director of Early Childhood Power Building
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Kevin Lashley
Director of Communications
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Allison Gibbs
Director of Operations, HR & Organizational Vitality
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Laura Sabatini
Senior Grants Manager
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Andrew (Roo) Yawitz, Chair Emeritus
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Marissa Cohen
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Erica Henderson
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Mary McKay
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Rebeccah Bennett
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Laura Horwitz
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Jerina Phillips
PARTNERS
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Leadership for Educational Equity
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Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being
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National Conference for Community and Justice of Metropolitan St. Louis
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Urban Strategies
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Catholic Campaign for Human Development
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East St. Louis Center
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Missouri Foundation for Health
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Black Futures Lab
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St. Louis Promise Zone
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Incarnate Word Foundation
MEMBERSHIP
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St. Louis Equity in
Entrepreneurship Collective
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MOVE
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Metropolitan Congregations United