Leadership
Advisory Board Meeting on February 1, 2023
Advisory Board members at the 2022 Annual Report Launch
2025 Advisory Board Members
Alan Abramson
George Mason University
Audrey Walker
Jubilee Housing
Carla Mannings *Co-Chair
Housing Partnership Network
Claudia Reyes
Platform of Hope Alum, Cohort B
Concepcion Benitez * Co-Chair
Platform of Hope Alum Cohort B
Dara Koppelman
jessica laskin
Sitar Arts Center
Joan Kuriansky
Wider Opportunities for Women
Melissa Stallings
Capital Impact Partners
Sharon Zimmerman
Woodforest National Bank
Shireka Davis
Platform of Hope Alum Cohort C
Zulma Barrera
Platform of Hope Alum Cohort C
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.