Andrea Halsey

Accounting Coordinator

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Andrew Loeb Shoenig

Program Director

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Brandy Bynum Dawson

Vice President of External Affairs

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Calvin Allen

Vice President of Programs

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Carolyn D’Amelio

Director of Finance

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Cassie Childress

Dan Broun Program Associate, Rural Prosperity and Investment

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Cate Elander

Director of State of the South

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Clarissa Goodlett Totten

Director of Communications

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Courtney Alexander

Program Director

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Daniel Bradford

Communications Program Coordinator

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Dayna Covey

Program Coordinator

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Dillon Frost

Dan Broun Program Associate, Rural Prosperity and Investment

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Elise Connors

Program Administrator

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Elyse Griffin

Program Manager

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Emily Beaver

Program Manager

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Everett Campbell

Program Coordinator

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Hadley Hosford

2026-2028 George B. Autry Fellow for Southern Policy and Research

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Harrison Dale

Program Administrator

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Hetal Patel

Program Director

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Jason Marshall

Program Director

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Jedidah Perryman

Grants Manager, Rural Prosperity and Investment

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Jenna Bryant

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

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Jos Evans, Ph.D.

Vice President of Development

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Kamilah Pickett

Director, Race Matters Institute

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Kathryn Gaasch

Program Director

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Kierra Clark

Program Director

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Kristin Feierabend

Director of Learning and Impact

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Lakeisha Hood Moïse

President and CEO

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Mark Motamen

Vice President of Finance

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Mason McVeety

Dan Broun Program Associate, Rural Prosperity and Investment

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Merald Holloway

Partnership Manager

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Olivia Brooks

Special Assistant & Board Liaison

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Paul Janampa

Partnership Manager

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Phillip Sheldon

Program Director

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Rebecca Baker

Program Coordinator

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Ren Bullock

Program Administrator for Educational Equity

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Ryan Odom

Program Coordinator, Rural Prosperity and Investment

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Sabrina McGee

Partnership Manager

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Sam Evans

Operations Coordinator

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Sarah Feldman

Partnership/Program Manager, Rural Prosperity and Investment

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Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn, Ed.D.

Vice President for Research, Learning, and Impact

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Shakera Singleton

Staff Accountant

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Tira Beckham, Ph.D

Partnership/Program Manager, Rural Prosperity and Investment

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Trina Stephens

Program Director

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Zulayka Santiago

Senior Program Director

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Susan J. Fowler

Senior Consultant

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David Dodson

Senior Fellow

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John Cooper, PhD

Senior Fellow

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Julie Mooney

Senior Fellow

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Kevin FitzGerald

Senior Fellow

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Ralph Gildehaus, JD

Senior Fellow

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