BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Mark Cenczyk

    President

    Technical Writer/Editing Lead, Peraton, Inc.

  • Charity Jackson

    Vice President

    Managing Director, Leadership Development Teach for America;

    Adjunct Professor, Miles College

  • Christianne Strang

    Treasurer

    Associate Professor, UAB Department of Psychology

    Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Parastoo “Paris” Farzad

    Secretary

    Owner, CEO, and Prime Instructor, Birmingham School of Photography

  • Jason Avery

    Board Member

    Project Director, UAB School of Public Health

  • Christina Cenczyk

    Board Member & Volunteer Coordinator

    Program Director of Research, Development & Evaluation, UAB Center for Clinical and

    Translational Science (CCTS)

  • Ryleigh Esco

    Board Member

    Communications Manager, Birmingham Business Alliance

  • Brad Jennings

    Board Member

    Director of Development and Communications, Woodlawn United

  • David Phipps

    Board Member

    Human Resources Staffing Specialist, University of Alabama

  • Sofia Rubio

    Board Member

    Communications Specialist, EBSCO Industries

  • Cinthia Saenz

    Board Member

    Community Engagement Director, Rivera Communications, LLC

  • Josh Vasa

    Board Member

    Director of Operations, Blight Free Birmingham

  • Camille Weeks Ware

    Board Member

    Graduate Student pursuing M.Ed.

STAFF

  • Aimee Castro

    Executive Director

  • Wendy Jarvis

    Artistic & Operations Director

Legal Counsel

  • Jessica Friedman

    Friedman Law Firm, P.C.