Board Members
Angie Welsh, Project Director, The Kaleidoscope Project
Ann Oshel (Vice Chair), Senior Vice President of Community Relations, Alliance Behavioral Healthcare
Beth Nelson, Chair of the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council
Betsey McFarland (Chair), Executive Director, The Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab (WELL)
Deijah Barnes, Master of Social Work Candidate, North Carolina State University
Emily Baranello, Vice President, Education Practice, SAS Institute
Jay Yoakum, Master Investigator, Wake County Sheriff's Office
Jeffrey Robinson, Dean and Chief Campus Officer of the Public Safety Education Campus, Wake Technical Community College
Dr. Jocelyn Taliaferro, Associate Professor & Field Director, Department of Social Work, North Carolina State University
Katherine Williams, Director, Wake County Cooperative Extension
Lisa Humphreys, Chief Organizational Development Officer, YMCA of the Triangle
Marchell Adams David, Assistant City Manager, City of Raleigh
Mikaya Thurmond, Anchor/Reporter, WRAL and FOX 50
Nick Allen, Senior Leader–Programs, United Way of the Greater Triangle
Chief Orlando Soto, Police Chief, Rolesville Police Department
Regina Petteway, Director, Wake County Human Services
TJ Cawley, Mayor, Town of Morrisville
Aspirational Goals for Collective Action:
- 95% of third grade students read on grade level
- 95% of students graduate high school ready for college and career
- Eliminate youth suicides and bullying