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BOARD + STAFF
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
STAFF

WILLIAM BLAKE
Executive Director

BRANDI DAVIS
Program Director

LINDA HAINES
Business Manager
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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DR. DAVID M. NELSON (CHAIRPERSON)
Founder/Board Chair
SAMUEL DESHAZIOR (VICE-CHAIRPERSON)
Councilperson - Ward 1 | Greater Akron Chamber Economic Development
EMMETT LEE (TREASURER)
Senior Pastor | Greater Galilee Baptist Church
JAMES REDDICK
Retired Summitt County Sheriff
THOMAS FULLER
Retired Executive Director | Alpha Phi Alpha Holmes
MARTIN BELSKY (2ND VICE/CHAIRPERSON)
Retired and Emeritus Dean and Professor Akron Law School
EMMANUEL GLOVER
Senior Vice-President CRA Officer & Corporate Director of Community Development
JASON DODSON
Roetzel Consulting Solutions Director | Pretzel & Andress
ANDREA ELLIS
Fund Development Manager | Akron Law School
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