Our team
Facilitators
We create the curriculum, business and law school partnerships, organizational connections, tools, resources, and platform for our community to step into the future with a focus on access and delivery.
Engaged collaborators
We actively listen to our learners, instructors and community. We also tap into industry trends and data to ensure we deliver on our promise of education, networking and career mobility opportunities.
Conscientious curators
Our community of current and formerly incarcerated individuals is our number one priority. We strive to create a safe place for growth and connection in collaboration with our community and peers.
Resilience Education Team
Building on a range of experiences in higher education, non-profit organizations and the tech industry, our team works to reconstruct the narratives about what people with records can achieve.
Sophia Bender Koning
Product Consultant
Nashid Mateen
Program Associate
Aparna Behari
Chief Operating Officer
Muriel Dawkins
Atlanta Community Leader
Taryn Williams
Consortium
Research Fellow
Rita Williams
Content Coordinator
Emily Rubin García
Business Development Consultant
Board of Directors
With their knowledge and expertise in business, finance, law and education, our Board of Directors provide key insights that support the development of our organization.
Tierney Fairchild
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Community Advisory Board
From software engineering to entrepreneurship, the Community Advisory Board informs our organization with lived experience of navigating life with a record alongside dedicated allies.
Spencer McCray
Entrepreneur
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