NGP LEADERSHIP TEAM
Board of Directors
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Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson
Board Chair
Francys Johnson
As a zealous trial lawyer, Francys practices criminal and civil law in the state and federal courts. He has secured justice on behalf of the wrongfully accused and seriously injured. He is a Member-at-Large of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia and the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism. Francys has also served in ordained ministry for more than 20 years. He is currently Senior Minister at the Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Pembroke and the Magnolia Baptist Church in Statesboro.
Francys holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Political Science and Africana Studies from Georgia Southern University and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law. He has taught courses on Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Race and the Law, and the Civil Rights Movement. He is partnered with Dr. Meca Williams-Johnson, an educational psychologist and professor. They have three sons, Thurgood Marshall Joshua, Langston Hughes Elijah, and the late Frederick Douglass Caleb. Francys lives by the command of Micah 6:8 to love mercy, do justice, and walk humbly.
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Danisha McClary
Board Member
Danisha McClary
Prior to her current position in Georgia, Danisha served as the Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Equity and Inclusion Program Manager for the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Health Care System in Charleston, SC. She also served as the First Lady of Andrews, SC, where she founded a local non-profit to provide community and economic development. Additionally, during her time in South Carolina, Danisha also served as the Director of Housing and Long-term Recovery at the Black River United Way in Georgetown, SC and a contract attorney at Motley Rice law firm in Mount Pleasant, SC. She also served on the board of the Waccamaw Economic Opportunity Council, as chair Georgetown County Capital Sales Tax Commission, and as a member of the Georgetown County Accommodations Tax Committee.
Danisha has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Florida A&M University, a Masters of Science degree in management from Troy State University, and a J.D. from the University of Georgia Law School. She also earned a Masters of the Laws in contract and fiscal law from the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Legal Center and School.
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Rev. Dr. Carolyn Jordan
Board Member
Dr. Carolyn Jordan
Dr. Jordan received her Bachelor’s degree from Temple University with a major in early childhood education (magna cum laude): her Master’s from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Divinity: and her Doctorate from Lancaster Theological Seminary where her research was an ethnographic study of the Impact of Race, Gender, and Faith on African American Women facing Re-entry after Incarceration. She believes that each learner is an individual person, with individual strengths and weakness. Toward that end she believes that although it can be the greatest challenge teaching brings with it the greatest rewards.
Dr. Jordan is sought after as a conference and seminar presenter and has participated as a presenter in Philadelphia Prison System Annual Reentry Summit, The Annual Christian Community Development Association’s National Conference, Senator Vincent Hughes Breaking the Silence 2-day Summit on Behavioral Mental Health within the African American Community, Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at Howard University, AMEC Accra Ghana and was the keynote Speaker for Savannah State University’s Founders Day.
Dr. Jordan holds membership in numerous local, state and national organizations including Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; founding board member of Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia, Board of Directors National Freedom Day Association, member of American Association of Christian Counselors, Georgia Conference Board of Examiners, and Consortium of Doctors, Ltd.
Executive Leadership
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Rev. Dr. Roslyn Satchel
Interim Chief Executive Officer
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Jonathan McCollar
Chief Field Operations Officer
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Chianeva Smith
Chief Financial Officer
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Earvin Hopkins
Chief People Officer
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Candice Drummond
Chief Development Officer
Senior Leadership
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Kristen Vermetten
Organizing Programs Director
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Ranada Robinson
Research Director
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Stephanie Jackson Ali
Policy Director
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Elijah D. Grace
Field Operations Director
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James Mays
Deputy Field Director
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Sean Mims
Deputy Field Director
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Tangi Bush
Legal Affairs Director
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Simran Jadavji
Communications Director
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Annie Lipsitz
Senior Writer
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Maui Bigelow
Digital Strategy Manager