Our Team
Meet Our Dynamic, Talented Team…
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Taylor Brennan
Coordinator of Community Life
Zach Bond
Coordinator of Community Life
Rachel Chang
Community Life Assistant
Julie DeConto
Operations Director
Bryan Diver
Coordinator of Community Life
Alisa Ginyard
Outreach Coordinator
Quinn Holmquist
Coordinator of Community Engagement & Giving
Anna Hood
Program Director
Nicole Juarez Zelaya
Community Life Assistant
Adrian L'Esperance
Coordinator of Community Life
Lisa McKee
Home Life Coordinator
Susan McSwain
Executive Director
Trevon O'Neal
Johnson Service Corps Intern
Grace Sciascia
Special Projects Coordinator
Emma Rankin
Hospitality Manager
Tammy Rodman
Volunteer Coordinator
Abbie Woten
Coordinator of Community Life
Support Staff
Claudia Hines
Off-Site Lunch Support
Drew McKenna
Custodial Team
Elizabeth Houston
Executive Support
Greg Little
Community Culture Consultant
John Hoover
Volunteer Front Desk Intern
Miriam Valle
Bookkeeper
Owen Davis
Off-Site Lunch Support
Our Board
Steve Unruhe (Chair)
Retired High School Teacher, Durham Public Schools
Mary Mathew (Vice Chair)
Director of Advocacy, Book Harvest
Cari Carson (Secretary)
Staff Attorney, Legal Aid of NC
Cole Johnson (Treasurer)
Founder & CEO, The Looma Project
Needham Bryan
National Institute of Environmental Sciences; Reality Participant
Madison Cale
Disability Advocate, Reality Participant
Morgan Carnley
Equitable Strategies Consultant
LaKeila Jackson
Senior HR Business Partner, UNC Health Care
Allison Kirkland
Writer and Creative Writing Instructor
Michelle Pickett Connors
Strategic Account Supervisor, MicroMass Communications, an Ashfield Health Company
Erica Ryder
Sr. Program Manager, Government Markets, Blue Shield of NC; Reality Participant Mother
Tanya Johnson
Associate Pastor, Abundant Hope Christian Church
Lloyd Schmeidler
Senior Analyst, Community Development Department, City of Durham