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

 
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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

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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