Meet our team.

Our dedicated professionals are committed to building great futures in our community.

Sterling Gardner

Vice President of Workforce Initiatives & Interim CEO

Lemuel LaRoche

Director of Programming for YouthForce

Natasha Strother

Executive Assistant

Tonya Browning

Unit Director at Broadacres

Derrick Floyd

Vice President of Operations

Tyrique Dunn

Director of Delinquency Prevention Initiative

Heather Ward

Bookkeeper

Lisa Mack

Unit Director at Rocksprings

Judy Burke

Director of Finance

Avery Brese

Marketing Director

Cherene Williams

Club Director at H.T. Edwards

Perez Watson

Unit Director at Parkview

Kethia Gates

Director of Development

Carlos Fisher

Arts & Culture Program Director

Dedra Evans

Club Director at Joel E. Smilow

John Lawrence

Unit Director at Nellie B

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Brandon Barrett

Chip Brown

Rhett Butler
Carey Colquitt
Jay Cook
Valdon Daniel
Gwynne Darden
William Draper

Jimmy Newland Jr. - Board Chair

Bonnie Muia - Secretary

Fiske Hopkins

Davis Knox

Brad Lastinger

Chase Lawrence

Jon Marti

Jim Newland, Sr.

Tee Noland
Teresa Payne
Justin Roberts

Steph Strickland
John Tebeau

Carol Williams

John Q. Williams