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