STAFF & BOARD
Russell Booker, Ph.D., CDE., Chief Executive Officer
Dianne Crocker, Chief Financial Officer
Keisha Gray, Chief Strategy Officer
Carmen Levitt, Executive Assistant to CEO
Rita Mims, Administrative Assistant for Strategic Initiatives
Jennifer Parker, Ph.D., LPC, Director of Center for Resilient Schools and Communities
Kristina Pisano, Director of Strategic Philanthropy
Savannah Ray, Director of Center for Youth Engagement and Partnerships
Lynne Shackleford, Director of Communications
Lee Shirley, Training Associate, Center for Resilient Schools and Communities
Meghan Smith, Director of Center for Postsecondary Success
Jasmine Stewart, Lead Training Coordinator, Center for Resilient Schools and Communities
Beth Thompson, Chief Impact Officer
Ida Thompson, Early Care and Education Liaison
Kaitlin Watts, Director of Center for Early Childhood Success
Tamidra Wilkins, Community Partnerships Coordinator
Bailey Babb, AmeriCorps VISTA
Glen Carson, Ph.D., Data Support Specialist
Eric Hayler, Continuous Improvement Coach/Trainer
Vivian Ann Shaver, Continuous Improvement Coach/Trainer
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
President, Spartanburg Medical Center
DARRYL OWINGS, PH.D., VICE-CHAIR
Founding Member, Retired Superintendent, Spartanburg School District 6
KIRA REAVES, E.D.D., SECRETARY
Chief Human Resources Officer, Spartanburg School District 7
B. COLE ALVERSON, TREASURER
Spartanburg County Administrator
WILLIAM BARNET III
CEO, Barnet Development
CATHERINE BASS BLACK
Partner, Odgers Berndtson
KATHY DUNLEAVY
Community Liaison, Meeting Street Academy
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
SUSU JOHNSON, EMERITA MEMBER
Johnson Development Associates
MOLLY TALBOT-METZ
President & CEO, Mary Black Foundation
G. MICHAEL MIKOTA, PH.D.
President, Spartanburg Community College
ALLEN SMITH
President, OneSpartanburg, Inc.
R. TODD STEPHENS
County Librarian, Spartanburg County Public Libraries
PAIGE STEPHENSON
President & CEO, United Way of the Piedmont
JOHN STOCKWELL, PH.D.
Retired Executive Director, Founding Member