Our Team
Our dedicated staff and board are experts in the fields of business building and trauma-informed care. Each person on our team is committed to our vision of flourishing communities where trauma survivors find healing in safe workplaces and provide for themselves and their families.
Staff

Dorothy Douglas Taft
Executive Director

Brad Jones
Director of Field Operations

Rebecca Hickey
Senior Advisor

Tyra Jackson
Communications Director

Joel Salazer
Capital Fellow

Shelly Smith-Thames
Organizational Development and Operations Consultant
Board of Directors

James Dirksen
Founder & Chairman of the Board

Dorothy Douglas Taft
Executive Director

Mark Hellweg
Board Member

Colleene Isaacs
Board Member

Catherine Johnson
Board Member

Eleanor Nagy
Board Member

Justin Reimer
Board Member

Sharon Cohn Wu
Board Member