Leadership
Advisory Board Meeting on February 1, 2023
The Platform of Hope Advisory Board
Established 2021
Advisory Board members at the 2022 Annual Report Launch
cara brumfield
Director of Income and Work Supports, Center for Law and Social Policy
CONCEPCION BENITEZ, co-chair
Platform of Hope Alum
Sharmayne Cosby
Platform of Hope Cohort D Family
alan abramson
Professor of Government & Politics, George Mason University
CARLA MANNINGS, co-chair
Chief Investment + Impact Officer, Partners for a Common Good
ivania zelaya
Platform of Hope Alum
AUDREY WALKER
Youth Programs Director, Jubilee Housing
zulma barrera
Platform of Hope Alum
ADIAM TESFESELASSIE
Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
JOAN KURIANSKY
Former Executive Director of Wider Opportunities for Women
DARA KOPPELMAN
Executive Vice President of Health Services & Programs, Mary’s Center
azalea aguilar
Owner, Solace and Sage Therapy LLC
MELISSA STALLINGS
Director of DMV Initiatives, Capital Impact Partners
DA’SHAWN GILL
Platform of Hope Cohort E Family
SHIREKA DAVIS
Platform of Hope Alum
carlos manjarrez
Chief Data Officer, Economic Development Administration
natalie a. smith
Owner & President, PeopleWise HR
Founding Partners
These four anchor institutions helped to found the Platform of Hope throughout 2017-208 and continue to be key partners programmatically and organizationally.
JUBILEE HOUSING
Jubilee Housing employs a housing plus services approach, with ownership/management of 12 properties that offer deeply affordable housing, family services, youth programs and re-entry housing for those leaving incarceration
JUBILEE JUMPSTART
Jubilee JumpStart is a National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) certified early childhood program serving children from low-income families.
MARY’S CENTER
Mary’s Center is a Community Health Center that provides health care, family literacy and social services to individuals whose needs too often go unmet by the public and private systems.
SITAR ARTS CENTER
Sitar Arts Center engages children and teens from low-income households in high quality year-round visual, performing and digital arts to help them learn about themselves and gain critical life skills needed for learning and the workforce in the 21st century.