Meet the Alumni

The Alumni Network connects grassroots leaders from around the world who meet regularly to learn and work together as a Community of Practice, building on the talents of their neighbors and the assets of their communities to make real and lasting change around the world.


Aaliyah Phillips

CEO, Vessels Being Restored

Abdullah Pratt

Founder and Executive Director, The Medical Careers Exposure and Emergency Preparedness Initiative

Adi Lerner

Director, Westside Justice Center

Alex Levesque

Founder and CEO, Automotive Mentoring Group

Alexandra Auguste

Founder and Executive Director, Community Leadership Fellows

Ana Maria Hernandez

Arts Activator, Music Moves Chicago

Andrea Guzman

Senior Program Manager, Plant Chicago

Andrea Reed

Executive Director, Greater Roseland Chamber of Commerce

Aniki Coates

Senior Manager of Horticulture & Wellness, Bethel New Life

Annette Cartman

Owner, Doing Something Awesome

Annette Kelly

Founder, FOUS Youth Development Services

Annie Liddell

Executive Director, St. Paul Community & Family Services

Anthony Jones

Project Manager, You Matter at the Darren B. Easterling Center

Antonio Daniels

President, Adams Block Club 5500

Antonio Davis

Founder & Executive Director, Paving The Way Project

Antwan McHenry

Board President, Nobel Neighbors

Ava Hawkins

Founder, Blakes Place For Diverse Scholars Athletes And Cultural Artists

Beria Hampton

President, Altgeld-Murray Home Alumni

Bertha Purnell

Founder and CEO, Mothers On a Mission

Bobby Price

Founder and Director, Lawndale People / Principle Barbers

Carlil Pittman

Executive Director, GoodKids MadCity Englewood

Cecilia Vazquez

Program Manager, Port Ministries

Ceola Henderson-Bryant

CEO, C.B.R. Tranquility Development

Christina Rice

Executive Director, Global Girls Inc

Christopher Crater

Community Engagement Associate, Obama Foundation

Christopher Payne

Executive Director, Artology Studio Chicago

Cosette Nazon-Wilburn

Executive Director, Love, Unity and Values Institute

Crystal Dyer

Founder and Executive Director, Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures

Cynthia Olivares

Community Organizer, Increase The Peace Chicago

Damien Morris

Chief Program Officer for Violence Prevention, Breakthrough Urban Ministries

Chicago IL - USA
Daniel Allen

Founder, Chicago Cultural Performing Arts Media Alliance

Daniel Davenport III

Founder and Executive Director, Global Love Organization

Darius Ballinger

Executive Director, Chasing 23 Youth Empowerment Group

Darius Caffey

Director of Institutional Partnerships, Black Alphabet

David Gonzalez

Executive Director, Port Ministries

David Rojas, Jr.

Founder and CEO, The Alliance 98 (TA98)

Dawn Hodges

Executive Director, Imani Community Development Corporation

Diane Deaderick DeMartra

President, Just for You Girlfriend

Diane Latiker

Founder, Kids Off The Block

Donald Williams

Founder and CEO, Deon J. Williams Foundation

Dorothy Thompson

Director, Bullying Prevention Awareness 365

Elaine Marthel

Executive Director, Project Impact 180

Ernest Dawkins

Executive Director, Live the Spirit Residency

Frank Latin

Founder, West Side Media Project

Gloria Smith

Executive Director, The Black Star Project (Board Chairperson)

Chicago IL - USA
Guillermo Gutierrez

Street Outreach Supervisor, Enlace Chicago

Guillermo Nino

Lead Outreach Worker, Enlace Chicago

Irynn Ashaki Williams McClain

Deputy Director of R3 Programs, A Just Harvest

Jackie Hoffman

Founder and CEO, Peace Runners 773

Jacqueline Williams

President, 300 North Pine Block Club

Jacquelyn Moore

Founder, Chicago Knights Robotics Team

Jamika Smith

Founder and Executive Director, Teena's Legacy

Jamila Trimuel

Founder, Ladies of Virtue

Jarmiah Scott

Organizer, Woodlawn Restorative Justice Hub

Jason Michael Maldonado

ReEntry Program Coordinator, Enlace Chicago

Jeanette Coleman

Director, I AM MY BROTHER’S KEEPER UNITY DAY

Johnny Payton

Founding Member, Brothers Standing Together

Jonathan Johnson

Assistant Minister, Maypole Avenue Church of Christ

Joseph Williams

Founder, Mr. Dads Fathers Club

Juliet Jones

Co-Founder, The Original Sixty Fourth Street Beach Drummers

Kanesha Walker Amaro

Founder and CEO, Flipped Conscious

Kevin Amaro

Community Engagement Specialist, Chinese American Service League Anti-Hate Action Center

Kimeco Roberson

Ensemble Member, Honey Pot Performance

Lauryn Collins

Youth Worker, Woodlawn Restorative Justice Hub

Lindsey Joyce

Pastor, Grace Church of Logan Square

Lisa D. Daniels

Founder, Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices

LoLita Canady

Executive Director and President, Rosemoor Community Association

Lyana Funches

Capacity Building and Advisory Services, Chicago Cares

Maretta Brown-Miller

Block Coodinator, 1400 & 1500 North Long Block Club

Margaret Murphy-Webb

Director, South Side Jazz Coalition

Maria Pike

Board Member, Chicago Survivors

Maria Velazquez

Executive Director, Telpochcalli Community Education Project

Marvinetta Woodley-Penn

Executive Director, Global Girls

Mary Long

Founder and President, Sacred Ground Ministries Violence Prevention

Maureen Hallagan

COO, Marillac St. Vincent Family Services

Mekazin Alexander

Founder, Earl's Garden Mae's Kitchen

Mercedes Pickett

Founder and Community Architect, Earth's Remedies Chicago

Messiah Equiano

Executive Director, CHI-RISE

Michael Henderson

Director of Fellowship Program

Michelle Day

Director, Nehemiah Trinity Rising

Miranda Standberry-Wallace

Board Member, Culture Canvas Cafe and Art Gallery

Mona Antwan

Founder, Mindfulness Leader

Nachelle Pugh

Co-Founder and Executive Director, John Walt Foundation

Nate Tubbs

Director of Civic Engagement, Together Chicago

Nicole Reed

Executive Director, Still Searching Project

Omar Torres-Kortright

Executive Director, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

Oscar Sanchez

Organizer, Southeast Youth Alliance (ASE)

Pamela Butts

Director, Non-Public Programs, Chicago Public Schools

Pamela Montgomery-Bosley

Co-founder of Purpose Over Pain

Pamela Phoenix

President, Phoenix Life Solutions

Pat Day-McCray

CEO and Founder, A Pathway From Grief

Pha’Tal Perkins

Executive Director, Think Outside Da Block

Philip Jackson

Executive Director, Firehouse Community Arts Center (Board Secretary)

Chicago IL - USA
Pilar Audain

Founder / Iya, Wrap Your beYOUty Movement

Quilen Blackwell

President and Co-Founder, Chicago Eco House

Randy Sadler

Vice President, Monticello Block Club

Rashada Dawan

Chief Executive Director, B.Fli Productions

Raynetta Greenleaf

CEO, Greenleaf Motivation, Inc.

Reshorna Fitzpatrick

Pastor, North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council

Chicago IL - USA
Riccadonna Chaidez

Manager, Chicago Community Safety Coordination Center

Robert E. Biekman

Senior Pastor of Maple Park United Methodist Church

Robin Cline

Assistant Director, NeighborSpace

Sam Brandstrader

Assistant Program Director, Southwest Organizing Project

Sylvia Del Raso

Board Treasurer, Chicago Youth Boxing Club Inc

Tai Donovan

Director of Operations, Medical Careers Exposure and Emergency Preparedness Initiative

Tameka Walton

Founder and Executive Director, Strive and Restored Hope

Tia Brown

CEO, The Brown House Experience

Tina Gulley-Augustus

Vice President, Austin Green Team

Tomi Moore

Outreach Coordinator, The Monroe Foundation

Tony Raggs

Senior Advisor, Violence Prevention

Trevor Lester

Author Circle Facilitator, ConTextos Chicago

Tyrell Shoemaker

Director of J29 Homes, Legacy Disciple

Velvian Boswell

Recovery Specialist, Chicago Women’s AIDS Project

Victoria Brady

President and CEO, ABJ Community Services

Vince Carter

Executive Director, Project Education Plus

Wanakee Trask

Founder and Executive Director, Elevate Greatness

Wesley Rodgers

Executive Director, Railroad Tracks Music Academy

Xochitl Hubbell-Fox

VISTA AmeriCorp Volunteer, Territory NFP

Yaritza Guillen

Stewardship Coordinator, NeighborSpace

Zahra Glenda Baker

Program Manager, Harmony, Hope and Healing