Youth Action has selected it’s 2013-2015 Board of Directors. The team is excited to elect new board members who believe in and are excited about the mission of Youth Action. Newly elected Board members include individuals with backgrounds in education, public health, non-profit management, marketing, religion, and fundraising. The level of experience that each Board members comes to Youth Action with will certainly help the team further improve its structure, efficiency and impact. The current Board will hold a two year term limit with a consideration for a renewal after two years. Their first meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013.Board Chairman Anthony Phillips says “the newly elected Board members are a breath of fresh air for our organization. Our team has grown tremendously over the past 10 years and the future success of our organization depends on highly skilled, energetic, dedicated, and passionate individuals like them who can move our team to another level of service.”
Youth Action Board Members:
- Anthony Phillips-Board Chairman, Co-Founder, and Managing Director, PhD student in Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Lind Lewis-Senior Advisor to Youth Action, First Republic Bank
- Gavin Grant-President, Temple University undergraduate Class of 2014
- Ginene Lewis-President Emeritus & Co-Founder, Federal Law Clerk U.S. District Court-Eastern District of PA
- Laura Payne, Program Director for Spark The Wave
- Eddie Mensah, Program Director for Steppingstone Scholars Philadelphia
- Thais McNeal, Director Advocacy & Alliance Development, Government Relations, GlaxoSmithKline
- Larry Raye, Executive Director of Ray of Hope Ministries
- Laurena Tolson, School Teacher for Young Scholars Frederick Douglass
- Edward Hill, Summer Search Program Associate and Peirce College Career Counselor
- Elizabeth Shriver, K-12 Partnerships Coordinator at Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development
- Maxine Bagley, Administrative Analyst-Division of Food Services and National Coalition of Black Women South Jersey Chapter Executive Board Member
- William Gipson, Associate Vice-Provost for Equity and Access at the University of Pennsylvania