Staff & Board
Administration & Advancement
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Russell Booker, Ph.D., CDE
Chief Executive Officer
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Carmen Levitt
Executive Assistant to CEO
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Dianne Crocker
Chief Financial Officer
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Cory Phillips
Payroll and Accounting Coordinator
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Evan Petty
Grants Manager
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Lynne Shackleford
Director of Communications
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Lordwin Neal
Creative Services Manager
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Kristina Pisano
Director of Strategic Philantrophy
Strategic Initiatives
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Keisha Gray
Chief Strategy Officer
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Caitlin Hazel
Admin Assistant for Strategic Initiatives
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Taylor Dockter
Director of the Center for Early Childhood Success
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Ida Thompson
Early Care and Education Liaison
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Savannah Ray
Director of Center for Youth Engagement and Partnerships
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Bailey Babb
Out-of-School Time Coordinator
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Meghan Smith
Director of Center for Postsecondary Success
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Frederick Keenan
College Success Navigator
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Jennifer Parker, Ph.D., LPC
Director of Center for Resilient Schools and Communities
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Jasmine Stewart
Lead Training Coordinator, Center for Resilient Schools and Communities
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Lee Shirley
Training Associate, Center for Resilient Schools and Communities
Data & Insights
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Beth Thompson
Chief Impact Officer
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Robin Carter
Director of Wardlaw Institute for Continuous Improvement
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Naomi Israel
Continuous Improvement Coach
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David Hill
Continuous Improvement Coach
School-Based Initiatives
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Tamara Hawkins
Full-Service Community Schools Project Manager
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Katrina Means
Full-Service Community Schools Site Coordinator, Mary H. Wright Elementary School
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Mikayla Robinson
Full-Service Community Schools Site Coordinator, Clifdale Middle School
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Morgan Kimbrell
Full-Service Community Schools Site Coordinator, Pacolet Elementary School
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Simone Laurent
Full-Service Community Schools Site Coordinator, Cleveland Academy of Leadership
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Tamidra Wilkins
Full-Service Community Schools Site Coordinator, Carver Middle School
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Zack Ayer
Full-Service Community Schools Site Coordinator, Cowpens Elementary
Board of Directors
The Board sets the long-term vision for the Movement, defines its mission, and develops its strategic plan. It recruits partners, assists in raising funds to sustain operations, guides the work of the staff, and plays the central role in sustaining county-wide leadership commitment to the Movement.
RUSSELL BOOKER, PH.D., CDE
SAM Chief Executive Officer
PHIL FEISAL, CHAIR
Chief Operating Officer, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
PAIGE STEPHENSON, VICE CHAIR
President, United Way of the Piedmont
KIRA REAVES, E.D.D., SECRETARY
Chief Human Resources Officer, Spartanburg School District 7
B. COLE ALVERSON, TREASURER
Spartanburg County Administrator
INGO ANGERMEIER
Retired President and CEO, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
WILLIAM BARNET III
CEO, Barnet Development
THE HONORABLE DONALD W. BEATTY
Retired, S.C. Supreme Court Justice
CATHERINE BASS BLACK
Partner, Odgers Berndtson
SHAUNTE EVANS
Chief Executive Officer, Spartanburg Housing
RANDALL GARY, ED.D.
Superintendent, Spartanburg District 5
TROY HANNA
President & CEO
The Spartanburg County Foundation
BENNIE HARRIS, PH.D.
University of South Carolina Upstate, Chancellor
ARACELI HERNANDEZ-LAROCHE, PH.D.
University of South Carolina Upstate, Director of South Carolina Centro Latino
JACK MCBRIDE
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer CONTEC, Inc.
MOLLY TALBOT-METZ
President & CEO, Mary Black Foundation
G. MICHAEL MIKOTA, PH.D.
President, Spartanburg Community College
BETSY NEELY SIKMA
Senior Director Brand and Communications, Milliken & Company
ALLEN SMITH
President, OneSpartanburg, Inc.
R. TODD STEPHENS
County Librarian, Spartanburg County Public Libraries
JOHN STOCKWELL, PH.D.
Retired Executive Director, Founding Member
SUSU JOHNSON, EMERITA MEMBER
Johnson Development Associates
DR. DARRYL OWINGS
Founding Board Member