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• Deborah Shore

  Executive Director and Founder

  As founder and executive director of Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Deborah Shore has led groundbreaking work in youth and family service development in the District of Columbia. Through three decades of mission-driven work, Ms. Shore and SBY have developed a deep understanding of the needs of troubled youth and families and unsurpassed expertise to meet these needs. Her vision for empowering at-risk and homeless youth through a competency-based approach to counseling and supportive services has been enhanced through the recruitment and training of an exceptional staff and the development of strong management systems to ensure that SBY’s work meets the highest standards of quality and cost-effectiveness. Ms. Shore has received several awards for her leadership in the nonprofit sector, most recently a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Network for Youth.

• Vera Johnson-Bowlding

  Managing Director of Community Programs and Engagement

  Vera Johnson-Bowlding has worked at SBY since 1977 and currently serves as the organization’s director of community programs and engagement. Ms. Johnson-Bowlding has filled several leadership roles at SBY including supervisor, trainer and program developer and her contributions over three decades have been central to making SBY a premiere provider of youth and family services in the nation’s capital. Ms. Johnson-Bowlding has served on many boards and committees, including the Consortium for Child Welfare, the Consortium for Youth Services, the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative, the South Washington Family Strengthening Collaborative, and the DC HIV Prevention Community Planning Committee. She has a master’s degree in counseling and LGSW accreditation.

• Eric Collins

  Managing Director of Residential Programs

• James Beck

  Development Director

  James Beck has 15 years of executive experience in the nonprofit human services sector. His commitment to mission-driven service organizations is demonstrated by his participation on several nonprofit boards in San Francisco and Maryland. Mr. Beck’s core expertise is in fundraising, design, implementation, and evaluation of strategic initiatives and programs, contract compliance, community relations, board development and organizational governance. A founder of a medically monitored syringe exchange specifically for homeless youth, Mr. Beck received a Master’s Degree in nonprofit administration from the University of San Francisco.

• Jackie Murray

  Chief Financial Officer

• Ginny Hughes

  Clinical Director

• Joshua Parker

  Human Resources Director

Programs

• Afterschool Project

• Art Therapy

• Beet Street Gardens Partnership

• Chloe House

  Oliver Carter

  Program Manager

• Educational Advocacy

• Educational Network and College Tour

• Help the Homeless Campaign

• Independent Living Program

  Eric Collins

  Program Manager

  Marilaine Francisco

  Interim Program Manager

• Kindred Connections

• Olaiya’s Cradle

  Brandi Howard

  Director

• P.O.W.E.R. Program

  Margaux Delotte-Bennett

  Director

  Ms. Delotte-Bennett oversees SBY’s health services, including its street outreach work and HIV and pregnancy prevention services. She serves on the board of Sol y Soul, a social justice performance organization. Ms. Delotte-Bennett has a Masters in Social Work from Gallaudet University.

• Parent Support Group

• Prevention Center

  Charles Dark

  Program Manager

• Project HYPE

  Victoria Van Heuven

  Director

• Project Safe Neighborhoods

  Dan Davis

  Director

• Project Safe Place

• Promise Place

• REACH

  George Johnson

  Director

• Respite and Family Preservation Program

• Rites of Passage

• Sasha Bruce House

  George Johnson

  Director

  George Johnson began his professional tenure at SBY at the Bruce House shelter in 1987. He coordinates and supervises several service delivery programs aimed at stabilizing homeless and runaway youth and reuniting them with stable living situations. Additionally, Mr. Johnson oversees the agency’s after-care services for disconnected youth and he is an active speaker at United Way-sponsored events.

  LaShelle Richmond

  Clinical Coordinator

  LaShelle Richmond serves as the Clinical Coordinator for SBY’s Dating Violence Prevention Project and its Bruce House Shelter. She has worked with the organization since 2000, first as a residential counselor at the agency’s short term emergency shelter, and then from 2002 to 2004 as the Program Director for the REACH (Residential Empowerment Adolescent Community Home) Program. As Clinical Coordinator, Ms. Richmond oversees all aspects of the counseling services for runaway youth and she assists with new SBY project development. An LICSW, Ms. Richmond’s previous experiences with SBY’s male pre-adjudicated population as the Program Director of REACH give her significant insight into designing approaches to target SBY’s young men.

• Substance Abuse Initiative

• Summer Enrichment Program

• Teen Mothers Program

  Eric Collins

  Director

• Teen Mothers Program and Olaiya’s Cradle

• Teen Outreach Program (TOP)

  Melva Williams

  Director

• Transitional Housing Program

  Katrina Burt

  Director

• Transitional Living Program

  Katrina Burt

  Director

• Youth Advisory Board

• Youth-Led

  Todd Elliot

  Director

• YouthBuild

  Kenneth Walker

  Director

• Zocalo Outreach Program

  Rebecca Helem

  Community Director of Supportive Services

• Zocalo Outreach Program

Board of Directors

• Elizabeth Stevens, chair

  Philanthropist and Community Activist

• Judy Lansing Kovler, PhD, vice chair

  Psychiatric Social Worker, Private Practice

• W. Dean Smith, treasurer

  Investment Manager, Capital Group Companies

• Ann Jordan, secretary

  Community Leader

• Christopher Addison, chair, fundraising committee

  Principal, Addison/Ripley Fine Art

• Anne Ashmore-Hudson

  Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice

• Tracy M. Bernstein

  Community Leader

• Elana Broitman

  Philanthropist

• Travis Brown, Jr.

  Principal, Travis Brown, LLC

• Constance L. Bruce

  Producer

• Jane Rosenthal Cafritz

  Interior Designer, Jane Cafritz Antiques and Interiors

• Howard Fineman

  Journalist, Huffington Post

• Larry Fullerton

  Senior Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP

• Edgar N. James

  Attorney, James & Hoffman

• Keith Lemer

  President, WellNet Healthcare

• Michael S. Mandel

  Partner / Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

• Toby Moffett

  Chief Executive Officer, The Moffett Group

• Shaunda Patterson-Strachan

  Partner / Attorney, Jordan Burt LLP

• Vanessa Reed

  Attorney and Philanthropist

• Deborah Shore

  Executive Director, Sasha Bruce Youthwork

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