Boards/Staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Hemant Patel, Ex Officio (Owner and Operator, King Motel)
Rona Brandell, President (Director, School Operations/Alternative Education, MDCPS)
Juanita Walker-Kirkland, Vice President (Retired, Miami Police Department)
Daniel J. Alfonso, Treasurer (Director, Department of Management and Budget, City of Miami)
Kristina S. Bettendorf, Secretary (Assistant State Attorney, State Attorney’s Office)
Dennis Jackson, II (Senior Executive Assistant, Office of the Chief of Police, Miami Police Department)
Rosalind Castle (Adjunct Professor, Florida Memorial University)
Ivonne Cuesta (Assistant Public Defender, Public Defender’s Office)

MEDIA ADVISOR

Trina Robinson (News Anchor, WTVJ-NBC 6)

FOUNDING MEMBERS

Carol McCracken (Community Volunteer)
Marzell Smith (Community Volunteer)

ADVISORY BOARD

Dori Alvarez, American Airlines
Blanca Aparicio, United Automobile Insurance Company
Donald March, Jr., Retired, Miami Police Department
Beth Pryor Johnson, Fowler White Burnett
Ada Rojas, City of Miami
Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, City of Miami
Akua Scott, Chairman of You Need To Know, Inc.
Lloyd Speck, Community Volunteer
Commissioner Francis Suarez, City of Miami

SELECTION COMMITTEE

Liz Babun-Matos, Miami Police Department
Vilma Diaz-Neda, Miami Police Department
Delrish Moss, Miami Police Department
Lynda Roberts, Miami Police Department
Aileen Rodriguez, Miami Police Department
Kathy Thurston, Miami Police Department

STAFF

Jodi Atkison, Executive Director
Ariadna Espinosa, Administrative Assistant