Meet the Leadership Council
Stacey Bottoms, Associate Minister, Youth Director and Assistant Clerk, Beulah Baptist Church
Dr. Elizabeth Bradley, President of Vassar College
Natasha Brown, Community Schools Executive Director, Poughkeepsie City School District
Frank Castella, Executive Director and CEO of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce
Sally Cross, Principal, SJ Cross Consulting
Leah Feldman, Chief Executive Officer of Family Services
Jonathan Jacobson, New York State Assemblyman
Dr. Peter Grant Jordan, President of Dutchess Community College
Tom Lawrence, Director of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District
Geraldine Laybourne, Co-Founder of Day One Early Learning Community
Timmian Massie, Member, Poughkeepsie Alliance; Chief Marketing/Public Affairs Officer, Rhinebeck Bank
Jeannie Montano, President and CEO of the United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region
Tamoya Norwood, Poughkeepsie City School District Parent
William O'Neil, Dutchess County Executive
Thomas O'Neill, President of the Poughkeepsie City School District Board of Education
Kimberly Popken, Poughkeepsie Public School Teachers’ Association President
Andrea Reynolds, President and CEO of the Dyson Foundation
Robert G. Rolison, New York State Senator
Dr. Tim Ryan, President of the Culinary Institute of America
Dr. Livia Santiago-Rosado, Commissioner of the Dutchess County Dept. of Behavioral & Community Health
Karmen Smallwood, Dutchess County Assistant Commissioner for Youth Services
Lisa Spencer-Perry, Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Resource Stewardship, Poughkeepsie City School District
Gabriela Vega-Matthews, Community Organizer and Advocate
Dr. Felicia Watson, Member of the Poughkeepsie City School District Board of Education
Dr. Kevin C. Weinman, President of Marist College
Da'Ron Wilson, Chairman, City of Poughkeepsie Common Council; Executive Director of School Engagement, Poughkeepsie City School District
Robert Wright, President of Nubian Directions II Inc.
Members of the Leadership Council
Working Group Co-Chairs
Learn more about the Chairs by clicking here.
Dr. Julie Riess
Early Childhood Chair
Mario Johnson
Out-of-School Enrichment and Learning Chair
Cabinet Staff Team
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Rob Watson Jr.
PHS '05
Co-founder and
Advisor
John Penney
Director of Community Engagement, City of Poughkeepsie
Kylynn Grier
PHS '07
Co-founder
Jill Gomez
Executive Director
James Watson
Co-founder and Consultant
