Our Five Core Values

Collaboration The ability to facilitate, negotiate, build consensus, build strong teams, and empower others.

Continuous Learning The ability to question assumptions and beliefs, understand strengths and shortcomings, and commit to continued growth within a community context.

Diversity & Inclusion The ability to work effectively and inclusively with different people and understand how to adapt to different cultures and environments.

Focus on Assets The ability to catalyze the natural leadership of everyone, be truly accountable to those served, and approach opportunities for change with awareness of community assets.

Integrity The ability to meet commitments, act responsibly with public and personal trust, and be accountable for words and actions.

Our Vision A more just and equitable society for all.

Our Mission Public Allies advances new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits and civic participation.

Public Allies Delaware is an AmeriCorps program with the University of Delaware Center for Community Research and Service. Founder’s Message

A message from the Public Allies Delaware Founder and Founding Director: Suzanne Sysko, M.D. & Tony Allen, Ph.D.

So there we are in the 1994, sitting in a one-room office in downtown Wilmington, getting to know each other. We are both Delaware public school kids who grew up maybe five miles apart and recently graduated from James Madison University and University of Delaware respectively. One of us is 24; the other is 23. We are meeting for the first time and talking about the difference we want to make in the world.

One of us was taking a year to prepare for Medical School. The other was a bit more pedestrian, deciding whether to become a lawyer or a writer. If you knew his grades at Delaware, neither could have been possible at that time. As they continue talking, they both rail against the popular notion that twenty-somethings of that time only wanted the material things in life, putting themselves first and community a distant last.

We believed that people — particularly young people — come alive when they are helping others. Doing for others satisfies something deep within us and if nurtured and cultivated, could be a primary part of who we are. With that spirit, and a little adult supervision from most notably Sonia Sloan and David Sysko, Public Allies Delaware was born.

We were a part of burgeoning national movement funded by a new program from the Clinton Administration called the Corporation for National Service, popularly known as AmeriCorps. While President Clinton called this effort the Domestic Peace Corps, the seeds of AmeriCorps emerged from President Bush’s 1,000 Points of Light. Bi-partisan at their core, AmeriCorps and Points of Light were based on an identical concept —re-imagine the ethic of faithful, committed public servants that continues to make our country great. Public Allies is just one demonstration of that proud legacy, critical in its impact on the national service movement in Delaware and beyond.

When Public Allies started in Delaware 20 years ago, it was one of just five locations in the nation. In every case, the objective was to find a diverse group of local young people, who wanted to learn about themselves while doing good for others. The design was simple: participate in a 10-month apprenticeship in a local nonprofit where the Allies work four days a week and then come together every Friday to build their personal and professional development skills. In addition, Allies work on a group project that lasts far beyond their term of service. They identify a problem facing the local community and co-create a project. Allies generate actual solutions to local neighborhood challenges. After the Allies complete the program, provide them with an educational award to use to either pay back student loans or pursue another or —in many cases — their first degree. Here’s what’s happened next... The Three Public Allies Program Components #1 Apprenticeship

We offer full time 10 months paid apprenticeships in nonprofit and public agencies where Allies create, improve and expand services with measurable results. Allies are provided the opportunity to gain “real world” experiences in a supportive learning environment while building organizational capacity.

#2 Leadership Training

Allies receive rigorous leadership training from community leaders, professional consultants, and nonprofit and corporate executives helping Allies to develop a wide range of skills, knowledge and abilities. Allies gain skills in communication, critical thinking, nonprofit management, appreciation of diversity, conflict resolution, personal accountability, and recognition of community assets.

#3 Team Service Project (TSP)

TSP provides Allies an opportunity to mobilize assets in a community and work productively with people from all walks of life. Allies learn how to identify community issues and build collaborative partnerships. A team works to implement a community’s idea for improvement, help facilitate the start-up or expansion of a community-driven, community-led project or program.

The Meaning of the Public Allies Logo

The Public Allies logo draws on Native American tradition to make a point about the impact that individuals can have on their world. The handprint represents the mark that people leave on their communities and on the people they touch in the course of their lives. The red swirl stands for the energy and idealism that drive people to serve their communities. The seven rays refer to a philosophy regarding the interconnectedness of the generations – the belief that an individual living today has been influenced by the three preceding generations and that the individual will go on to leave a legacy impacting the three generations to follow. Public Allies Delaware Vision for Local Impact

Public Allies Delaware builds stronger neighborhoods (“Impact Neighborhoods”) through extended partnerships with community-led planning groups to develop community leadership and increase civic participation. We support Impact Neighborhoods in accomplishing established goals and strategies by leveraging the Public Allies program components and network of resources.

Everyone fits into the attainment of this vision!

Current Allies Emerging local leaders apprentice with local nonprofits focusing their work on building the capacity of the organization, participate in a highly intensive nonprofit leadership training program and engage in a hands on community development project located in an Impact Neighborhood.

Partner Organizations Government and nonprofit organizations hosting allies are increasing efficiency, effectiveness and widen the scope of their services in, but not limited to, Impact Neighborhoods. Nonprofit capacity is being built.

Public Allies Delaware Alumni Council An organized group of Public Allies Delaware Alumni bring leadership experience, resources and conduct service projects focused in Impact Neighborhoods. Alumni have the opportunity to further development through national and local pilot projects. In Delaware, alumni will soon have the opportunity to expand the reach of Public Allies’ mission and its values through train the trainer experiences. This will allow alumni to deploy to civic and for-profit groups providing community leadership and civic engagement education to other “new leaders”.

Public Allies Staff Public Allies staff members coordinate ally training and learning sessions; provide coaching and support to allies, alumni and partner organizations; and connect key stakeholders by coordinating the team service project experience in Impact Neighborhoods.

Foundation and Corporate Funders Public Allies Delaware partners with local funders, neighborhood groups and nonprofits to explore collaborative funding opportunities, and leverage funding by reducing duplication of services.

Team Service Projects Teams of Allies are partnering with Impact Neighborhood groups on focused community projects, to provide hands on community development experiences.

Board & Founders Council There are board seats reserved for representatives from each of the Impact Neighborhoods, allowing board actions to be asset driven. Board appointments will further increase civic engagement and leadership development of the members.

University of Delaware Center for Community Research and Service Public Allies is an AmeriCorps program of the University of Delaware Center for Community Research and Service. CCRS Staff support the community development efforts of Public Allies Delaware. Currently, the Center is exploring how participation in the Public Allies Delaware program can become a credit bearing experience.

Training and Learning Facilitators Facilitators provide leadership and community development training to Allies throughout their term of service to prepare them for the application piece of their experience. CLASS‘95 OF 1995 Team Service Project Tammy Dennis Girl’s Inc (Project Pride) William DiIenno Institute for the Development of Human Resources Established a mentorship Kenneth Green program between Homeward Bound Salimata Linguer Delmarva Power and Christiana Cultural Arts Center Joseph Matassino Bancroft Elementary Wilmington 2000, Inc. school, creating an Mary Kate McLaughlin Institute for the Development of Human Resources Adopt-A-School Leslie Minor Homeward Bound Handbook to sustain it. Nadine Messam Delaware Center for Horticulture Rahiib Moody Jackson Street Boys and Girls Club Allen Newsome Edgemoor Community Center Jane Poppiti-Scott Food Bank of Delaware Andre Prichett Wilmington Cluster Against Substance Abuse: UD Tarron Richardson Wilmington Cluster Against Substance Abuse: UD Tonya Richardson Interfaith Housing Delaware Anne Tallman Fraim’s Boys and Girls Club of Delaware Diane Teti West End Neighborhood House Sonya Tull Wilmington Cluster Against Substance Abuse: UD Amy Willner Delaware Technical & Community College CLASS‘96 OF 1996 Team Service Project Wesley Branch Institute for the Development of Human Resources Designed a Youth Ayanna Brown UD Center for Black Culture Employment Seminar Khawand Canty Haneef’s African Festival Parade Committee curriculum for area Kenneth Green Homeward Bound community centers. LaToya Kalili Southbridge Neighborhood House Partnered with Habitat Salimata Linguer Christina Cultural Arts Center For Humanity of New Joseph Matassino Wilmington 2000 Castle County, revising Robert McFee Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center their volunteer program. Lisa Peck Hernandez Girls Inc. of Delaware Developed a mentoring Melissa Peters Espinal Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council program to support Denine Pritchett Girls Inc. of Delaware Delaware State prison Kimberley Reuter Edgemoor Community Center system inmates in their Aaron Shapiro community re-entry SODAT-Delaware, Inc. transition. Karin Willner Layton Home for Aged Persons Carolyn Zwaskis Delaware Center for Horticulture Created a mentoring program guide with an arts focus to address the needs of “at-risk” youth in the Wilmington area. CLASS‘97 OF 1997 Team Service Project Danielle Brown Southbridge Neighborhood Health Worked with Nnamdi Chukwuocha Bayard House Henrietta Johnson Christopher Griffin Delaware Hospice Medical Center to Sharon Hill Project for Domestic Violence Reform create a staff Mark Johnson Rose Hill Community Center policy manual. Marcia Lis SODAT-Delaware. Recruited young Robert McFee WHYY-TV 12 Wilmington/Philadelphia fathers, aged Renay Mercer Christina Cultural Arts Center 16-24, into the Alyssa Middleton Homeward Bound Strengthening Young Michelle Miller St. Paul’s Catholic School Parent Families. Rahiib Moody Jackson Street Boys and Girls Club Partnered with Kimberly Reuter Newark YWCA Delaware Perinatal Mary Slater Board to address Western Branch YMCA teen health issues. Robert Slavis 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Trina Stanford Girls Inc.of Delaware (Operation SMART) Created a stress Barbara Steiner management Delaware Futures program to enhance Randye Talbert Culley YWCA King St. WCEO/Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center the health of youth Chantel Vanderhost Girls Inc. of Delaware (Project PRIDE) in the School Age Child Care program at Edgemoor Community Center. CLASS‘98 OF 1998 Team Service Project Zathray Beard Christina Cultural Arts Center Colleen Bell Girls Inc. of Delaware Partnered with Becky Bower Wilmington Housing Home of Divine Provident Inc. (Bayard House) Kevin Connell Authority to offer Meals on the Wheels DE Ray Gordon information on higher Jefferson Street Child Care Center education options to Tanya Haman Meals on Wheels (Kent/Sussex) students. Takeisha Isler-Harris First State RC & D Emergency Home Repair Project James E. Leary Delaware College of Art & Design Jennifer Leister Food Bank of Delaware Rebecca Merritt SODAT-DE Erastus Mong’are VAPP, Inc./AIDS Delaware Lara Olchvary Homeward Bound Ashley Pease Hession Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council Lisa Peck Hernandez St. Paul’s Catholic School Beth Ross Community Housing Inc. Lisa Toccafondi-Shutt 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Chantel Vanderhost Delaware College of Art & Design Dwayne Wallace First Step Child Care Center CLASS‘99 OF 1999 Team Service Project Jody Berwick First State Community Loan Fund In partnership Tynisha Dorsey Volunteers for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (VAPP) with Volunteers for Thomas Ellis Volunteers for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (VAPP) Adolescent Pregnancy Vincent Hernandez Kalmar Nyckel Challenge Program Prevention, the Class Amena Johnson Girls Inc. of DE & Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council of 1999 established the Rebecca Johnson WHYY TV-12 Education Connection Project “Life Savers program: William Johnson 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware 31 Days of Flavor, a Lifetime of Prevention”. Danzel Little WHYY TV-12 Education Connection Project Their project included Carey Manza SODAT-DE coordinating the Janice Jennifer Miller Wilmington 2000 Jordan Memorial Patti Miller Supporting KIDDS Baseketball Tournament, Vandana Shetti Delaware Futures implementing Mary Slater City of Wilmington information centers and educating cultural Nicole Walker 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware decision making in Tameka Warner Housing Opportunities of Northern Delaware health promotion via teen summits throughout New Castle County, Delaware. CLASS‘00 OF 2000 Team Service Project Christina Andrews New Castle County Cooperative Extension Beatrice Cruz Lutheran Community Services Partnered with Small Yolanda Davis-Stewart Business Development Delaware Futures/Christina Cultural Arts Shannon Eachus Center Network, First DE Adolescent Program, Inc. & Communities in Schools Thomas Ellis State Community Loan Grand Opera House Fund, and Wilmington DaQuan Gibson Small Business Development Center Economic Development Melissa Gossage Food Bank of Delaware Corporation to Kelley Heck-Mello ACLU - Delaware inform lower income Martha Kim Supporting KIDDS Wilmingtonians Eric Lomax Kalmar Nyckel Challenge Program on pathways to Carey Manza YMCA Resource Center entrepreneurship. Ivan McGhee Housing Opportunities of Northern Delaware Tari Mitchell Wilmington Economic Development Corporation Rich Normington American Red Cross Walter Nyandiba WHYY-TV 12 Carlos Pla First State Community Loan Fund Nathan Ulrich Habitat for Humanity, Inc. Michelle Williams College Resource Center Sorcha Wool 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware CLASS‘01 OF 2001 ‘02 Team Service Project Jason Colatriano Junior Achievement of Delaware Partnered with Summer Yolanda Davis-Stewart Delaware Futures/Christina Cultural Arts of Respect and AIDS Jennifer Dodenhoff ACLU Delaware Delaware to create James Gadsden Creative Grandparenting/Summer of Respect the Peers Achieving Jay Garman College Resource Center Change Together (PACT) Dormisa Graham Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. - Kent County program, which uses Natika Hartsock Catholic Youth Ministry drama to educate high school students about Roger Hesketh Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, Inc. AIDS and trains some Sandra Hoy Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, Inc. of the teens to become Jazmaine Sharpe Creative Grandparenting/Summer of Respect PACT peer educators. Michelle Strain Boys & Girls Club of Western Sussex/BBBS * Project PACT is fully Melissa Watson 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware operational to this Shannon Woodloe Delaware Adolescent Program Inc. day. Continues to be Amy Wyatt 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware sustained by AIDS Margaret Zak La Esperanza Delaware, 13 years after a team of Allies created it. ‘02CLASS OF 2002 Team Service Project Heather Beutler Boy’s and Girl’s Club/Big Brothers Big Sisters Partnered with Read Marcia Boyer Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council ALOUD and Girls, Inc to Bryant Carter Children and Families First engage girls in reading Tiffini Coverdale SBM Gateway House and raise awareness Nicole Dye Anderson Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. about literacy. Emily Falcon AIDS Delaware Helped the Urban Dawn Ferguson Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council Environmental Center Consuelo Gonzales 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware update their gardens. Alea Heder 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Partnered with Paul Heder Milford Boy’s and Girl’s Club Soroptomist Club and Markus Johnson Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League Boys and Girls Clubs to RJ Lucciotti YWCA of New Castle County build a playground. Kim Siegel ACLU/ACLF Worked with Habitat Rayna Smith College Resource Center For Humanity to help Yalit Solano-Haskins Delaware Futures reorganize and enhance Yorel Stephens their Wilmington Community Development Resource Center/UD headquarters operations. Angela Travers American Red Cross of Delmarva Shante Watson Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League Partnered with Christiana Cultural Arts Center by organizing special activities for preschoolers.

Partnered with DAPI to offer Mother’s Day activities to the teens in the program. CLASS‘03 OF 2003 Team Service Project Mary Andrews InterFaith Mission of Sussex County Partnered with Norkia Baker Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League Sojourner’s Place Stacey Blackwell Delaware Association of Rehabilitation Facilities to educate on Pamela Borkowski Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. domestic violence and Tiwanna Ellison Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition homelessness. Sarah Forbes Food Bank of Delaware (Milford) Worked with the Kanani Hines Wilmington Renaissance Corporation Community Legal Aid Abigail Horn First State Community Loan Fund Society to offer outreach Nicole Johnson Debnam House Community Center on tenants’ rights. Amanda Klunk Community Development Resource Center/University of DE Planned a resident dance Beth Miller Delaware Zoological Society/Brandywine Zoo for the Stockley Center. Lemuel Miller YWCA of New Castle County Beautified the grounds Charlene Mondell Girls, Inc. Kiwanis Branch of the Pepper Ridge Christine Peck St. Paul’s School Community Center. Alma Kristina Rodriquez Delaware Futures Partnered with Paul Rosenstein Kalmar Nyckel Challenge Program Friendship House Christopher Waters Kuumba Academy and Clothing Bank of Delaware to promote poverty awareness.

Cleared out invasive species at Brandywine Park trailways.

Partnered with AIDS Delaware on community outreach efforts.

Coordinated The Catholic Community of St. Paul School’s Mexican Pride Day. CLASS‘04 OF 2004 Team Service Project Nina Bonano Delaware Zoological Society/Brandywine Zoo Facilitated a day of Dahniene Brady Housing Opportunities of Northern Delaware (HOND) leadership training for Mario Brady Food Bank of Delaware residents of New Castle Tanisha Brown Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition County Detention Jennifer Bruhler Sussex County AIDS Council Center. Erin Cummings Big Brothers Big Sisters Engaged nursing Rashaun Davis Delaware Futures home residents in a Bevin Gwiazdowski National Conference for Community & Justice (NCCJ) recreation day. Cameron Haughey Delaware National Estuarine Research Increased awareness Kelly Hays Ministry of Caring, Weed and Seed Program of families in transition, Robert Justiniano 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware poverty, homelessness, Amanda Murphy Delaware Financial Literacy Institute/DE Money School and domestic violence Dehn Oliver situations with a Helping Christ Our King Community Outreach Program Hands Holiday Toy Drive. Azuree Parker Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. Christopher Sullivan First State Resource Conservation & Development Council Partnered with Alison Turse Thompson Island on 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware park improvements and Matt Webb 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware educational outreach about Nanticoke Indians.

Painted sensory mural for people living with disabilities at the Stockley Visitor Center. CLASS‘05 OF 2005 Team Service Project Matthew Bailey Kinfolk Created an Kenae’ Boyer Department of Education intergenerational Ian Buterbaugh Habitat for Humanity activity day pairing Christina Chiappine Richardson Park Community Action Program Absalom Jones Head Nicole Cross Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Start preschoolers Erin Cummings Public Allies Delaware and senior citizens Rachel Dooley-Tucker Delaware Nature Society from the community. Brian Fagan UD - Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship Provided care Genelle Fletcher Goodwill Industries of Delaware & Delaware County packages, stress Cara Goeller Delaware Money School (DE Financial Literacy Institute) relief activities and makeover services Nicole Goodsell Brandywine Zoo for Sojourner’s Place Kimberlee Gorgo Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council shelter residents. Toshiba Hayman City of Wilmington Offered career Evette Houston 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware advisement and team Nick Johnson Delaware Futures building activities Matt Lauer Jobs for Delaware Graduates to post-adjudicated Tizzy Lockman Serviam Media youth enrolled at Janohn Marria Delaware Mentoring Council Project Stayfree. Perry Price City of Wilmington Clint Saunders Big Brother/ Big Sisters Alison Selders Public Allies Delaware Jessica Snow Fraim Center for Active Adults Rachel White Sussex County AIDS Council Charles Wilson 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Tanya Wingate AIDS Delaware Jennie Yeow Ministry of Caring Melissa Zechiel 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware CLASS‘06 OF 2006 Team Service Project Ericka Allen 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Provided presentations Daniel Amabile UD - Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship and workshops for Bobbie Benton Center for Community Justice teens at Camelot Alex Cannon Brandywine Zoo Residential Program Dennis Caulk 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware for Boys. Kathy Cephas AIDS Delaware Created a playroom Mytia Clark Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition for children living at Amanda Cleary Habitat for Humanity Bayard House. Emily Cress Sussex County AIDS Council Coordinated cleanup Brian Fagan Serviam Media & Public Allies Delaware and invasive species Carson Henry Delaware Futures removal at Bellevue Elizabeth Heuer 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware State Park. Rodney Hill Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council Created and Brittany Johnson Planned Parenthood performed a variety Regine Joseph Goodwill Industries of Delaware & Delaware County of skits in local middle Kristen Kemmet schools, educating Delaware Dance Company on the dangers of Kathleen Kline Ministry of Caring domestic violence. Jane Lim Parent Information Center Quadia Muhammed Delaware Money School (DE Financial Literacy Institute) Emily Poag Wilmington Renaissance Corporation Amy Richardson Women’s Opportunity Link Haneef Salaam Goodwill Industries of Delaware & Delaware County Ashley Scott 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Andrew Soper 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Anna Tudor Delaware Theater Company Jennie Yeow Public Allies Delaware CLASS‘07 OF 2007 Team Service Project Mary Arena First State Community Loan Fund Worked with City of Sunaena Chhatry Delaware Money School (DE Financial Literacy Institute) Wilmington Land Use & Kristy Godfrey Women’s Opportunity Link Planning to plant trees at Matt Halterman Delaware Zoological Society Kingswood Community Della Hoffman Delaware Council on Economic Education Center and nearby parks. Shayla Jervey Goodwill Industries of Delaware & Delaware County Educated seniors Tiffany Kimizuka People Place - Center for Community Justice at Newark Senior Katie Kline Public Allies Delaware Center about sexually Michele Koppenhofer 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware transmitted diseases. Alfred Lance Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League Mentored children with Janohn Marria 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware incarcerated parents Sally Meyers Salvation Army in partnership with Evan Miller Churches Take a Corner. Family Court of Delaware Christopher Moore Christiana Care Community Outcomes Partnered with Eastside Brook Patterson Delaware Theater Company Renaissance Association John-Paul Pelletier to hold a Louis Redding AIDS Delaware Awareness Day fair. Kema Peterson Planned Parenthood Tiffany Reed Alzheimer’s Association Ethel Sayles 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Atashia Walker Pencader Hundred Community Center Shari Williams Wilmington Renaissance Corporation CLASS‘08 OF 2008 Team Service Project Courtney Brown 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Partnered with West Ashley Cuffee Center for Community Justice End Neighborhood Antonia De Luz Rodel Foundation House and Food Bank of Jacque DiMattia Delaware Zoological Society Delaware to conduct a Austin Egan 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware food drive. Nivek Gahunia Goodwill Industries Worked with the Mary Kristy Godfrey Women’s Opportunity Link Campbell Center to help Shawn Hinton 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware residents redecorate. Twanna Howard 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Julia Janes DCRAC Shayla Jervey Goodwill Amy Loder Delaware Financial Literacy Institute Morgan Meszaros Delaware Theatre Company Shaquona Meyers Women’s Opportunity Link Christopher Moore Christiana Care: Community Outcomes Department Kiandra Parks Wilmington Renaissance Corporation John-Paul Pelletier JUST for Youth Danielle Reeves Alzheimer’s Association Brooke Scott-Lamenza Trinity Foundation Kim Showell Children and Families First Tara Sutton Women’s Opportunity Link Alison Willey Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County Ericka Wright Communities in Schools Dan Zeitlow Pencader Hundred Community Center CLASS‘09 OF 2009 Team Service Project Rachel Beatty 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Partnered with YMCA Eric Clark Greater Brandywine Village Revitalization to hold monthly Terisha Collins Communities in Schools community events Lisa Diker 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware open to East Side Tiffany Dodson Read Aloud Delaware residents with the goal Kimberly Durant Wilmington HOPE Commission of fostering a more Lana Eberle 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware inter-connected East Side community. Jenna Fenstermacher Delaware Bankers Association Leah Ferby 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Established a Alyssa Firkus Brandywine Zoo Belvedere community youth board in Steven Fox United Way of Delaware which teens learned Nivek Gahunia Delaware Humane Association leadership and Mary Nash Godden Delaware Art Museum professional skills. Lindsey Harris Meeting Ground Worked with the USO, Isaac Harris Pencader Hundred Community Center Family Advocacy, Kyle Harris West End Neighborhood House Wing Commanders Lauren Jarema MS Society Delaware Chapter and Public Affairs Kelly Kershaw 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware to establish a forum Robert Notheis JUST for Youth where community members can meet to Kiandra Parks Public Allies Delaware discuss service Jack Stucker Christiana Care Community Outcomes divides on Dover Air Tara Sutton 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Force Base.” Kaneisha Trott First State Community Action Agency Margaret Winslow Delaware Humanities Forum Daniel Zeitlow Communities in Schools CLASS‘10 OF 2010 Team Service Project Colin Barratt Autism Society of Delaware Worked with Neighbors Rachel Beatty Communities in Schools Rebuilding our Natasha Bell Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League Neighborhood to Dexter Bland State Office of Volunteerism become a catalyst Megan DePietropaolo Connections to connect existing Rysheema Dixon Wilmington HOPE Commission programs and Meghan Erdman Brandywine Zoo organizations together. Jenna Fenstermacher Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council Established a baseball Tia Gilbert Delaware Art Museum team for youth in Judy Mary Nash Godden Westside Family Healthcare Johnson Park. Amber Gonzalez United Way of Delaware Designed a plan to Elizabeth Grim Meeting Ground recruit, maintain and Rachael Hotchkiss re-invest Habitat for Connecting Generations Humanity volunteers. Kyneta Lee State Office of Volunteerism Natalye Madric University of Delaware Bianca Mojica Meeting Ground Stephanie Patterson ACLU Delaware Chase Quinn Wilmington HOPE Commission Morgan Rogers Read Aloud Delaware Rachael Romond Serviam Girls Academy Melissa Santosa West End Neighborhood House Stephanie Selekman Meeting Ground Gena Spratt Communities in Schools Lauren Stevenson Best Buddies Delaware Jack Stucker Public Allies Delaware Laura Wharton Kappa Mainstream Leadership Daneya Wheeler 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware CLASS‘11 OF 2011 Team Service Project Zoe Bachman Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts Bridged communication Jenna Banning Healthy Food for Healthy Kids between businesses Natasha Bell Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League and organizations in Kelsey Cler Ronald McDonald House Northeast Wilmington Caitlin Dalik Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition to increase pride and Rysheema Dixon Wilmington HOPE Commission address other civic Rachael Hotchkiss Connecting Generations issues. Eric Hydeman Delaware Adolescent Program (DAPI) Established the ‘West Alana Ianucci 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Side Grows’ Community Diana Lantigua Prevent Child Abuse Delaware Garden, which is now sustained by Kalie Lasiter Meeting Ground Cornerstone West. This Meredith Leep Connections space creates community Morgan McGinnity Brandywine Zoo cohesion, supports a Chelsea Michael Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition farmer’s market and Shayla Nastassi Parent Information Center is increasing access Samantha Oppenheimer Meeting Ground to healthy foods. This project won the “City Jason Pilar Boys & Girls Clubs Life Partnership of the Charlene Reed West End Neighborhood House Year” award. Rachael Romond Serviam Girls Academy Assisted tenants at the Aisha Shabazz Westside Family Healthcare Shipley Lofts in the Brittany Shallcross Meeting Ground opening of the Chris Carine Tamasang Goodwill Industries of Delaware & Delaware County White Gallery. Ariel Taylor 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Shefon Taylor Wilmington HOPE Commission Jaclyn Todisco NPower Delaware Christopher Varrachi ACLU Delaware Erin Warren Easter Seals Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore Daneya Wheeler Delaware Girls Initative Christopher Wierzbowski Delaware Rugby Foundation Bethlehem Yigra Serviam Girls Academy CLASS‘12 OF 2012 Team Service Project Ashley Berntgen Ronald McDonald House of Delaware Built membership and Victoria Bourret Connections Community Support Programs, Inc. participation in the Sandy Cos Delaware Futures Historic Overlook Colony Melanie Gonsecki Jefferson Awards for Public Service Vicinity (HOCV) Civic Meghan Hughes Wilmington Renaissance Corporation Association. Eric Hydeman Cathedral Choir School of Delaware, Inc. Identified neighborhood Brandon Jackson Serviam Media block leaders in Da’Shon Jones Cornerstone West CDC Edgemoor to create Megan Kneisl Fraim Boys and Girls Club and lead their own Alejandro Matos Meeting Ground, Clairvaux Farm community projects and participate regularly KrisAnne Miley University of Delaware, 4-H Operation Military Kids in community group Chadeia Mitchell Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition meetings. Alexandria Nedd ACLU Delaware Facilitated community Samantha Oppenheimer Meeting Ground collaboration with Little Mark Powell Practice Without Pressure Italy neighborhood Joseph Prats Delaware Girls Initiative leaders. Leah Rowe University of Delaware, The College School Supported Simond’s Nadine Sabater Goodwill Industries of Delaware & Delaware County Gardens leadership in Vanity Sanders Cornerstone West CDC creating new programs Sophia Selassie Goodwill Industries of Delaware & Delaware County to reflect local youth’s Kelly Smith Meeting Ground interests in improving Jennifer Smolowitz University of Delaware, 4-H Botvins their community. Urszula Stankiewicz Jefferson Awards for Public Service Ariel Taylor University of Delaware, 4-H Youth Development Shefon Taylor Wilmington HOPE Commission Amelia Uffelman University of Delaware, 4-H Health Rocks Erin Warren Easter Seals Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore Monica Welch Delaware Rugby Foundation CLASS‘13 OF 2013 Team Service Project Mary Kate Benson Delaware Community Investment Corporation Developed beautification Ta’Tra Bradshaw Edgemoor Revitalization Cooperative initiatives in the Saresa Cooper Delaware Alliance For Community Advancement Edgemoor Gardens. Shenise Edwards Meeting Ground Partnered with the Jakeen Flonnory Delaware Elite Browntown Civic Maria Gil Metroplitan Wilmington Urban League Association to improve Lauren Gliniak Meeting Ground youth programming Shanice Griffith Communities In Schools of Delaware and established their Jr. Reyna Guy University of Delaware Cooperative Extension Civic Association, BCA Jessica Hickman Practice Without Pressure Kidz Club. Monique Johnson Duffy’s Hope Helped members of Da’Shon Jones Cornerstone West CDC the Hilltop community Tosha Kenion to build a sustainable Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware and neighborhood Sashalee King Communities In Schools of Delaware driven “Friends of Judy Lindsay Lancaster Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids Johnson Park” group. Roxana Maldonado A Center for Relational Living Assisted Simonds Alejandro Matos Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Garden youth in creating Chadeia Mitchell Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition a Community Youth Cafe Alexandria Nedd ACLU Delaware Store in the Rose Hill Malcolm Roberts YMCA of Delaware Community Center. Vanity Sanders Cornerstone West CDC Supported the Eastside Hannah Silvis Connecting Generations team in building a strong Meredith Stuart West End Neighborhood House coalition to identify and Kaila Suarez University of Delaware Cooperative Extension address community Jalpurnia Trader concerns. Delaware Hospice Orrin White United Way of Delaware Talia Yanowitz Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League CLASS‘14 OF 2014 Team Service Project Aaron Allen ACLU Delaware Facilitated a partnership Melissa Benbow Delaware Division for the Visually Impaired of Browntown/ Mary Kate Benson Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Hedgeville Civic Justine Berdini 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Association’s youth Robert Boyd Wilmington Metropolitan Ubran League programs to serve as Ta’Tra Bradshaw Girls Incorporated of Delaware volunteers assisting the Adam Caplan Edgemoor Revitalization Cooperative elderly population. Allison Cavanaugh Nature Conservancy Partnered with the Alicia Coit Kingswood Community Center City of Wilmington Sylvia Davenport Neighborhood House to promote the Wilmington RISE Stephanie Dawkins Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County Campaign, an Shenise Edwards Connecting Generations opportunity for Daniel Elkins Edgemoor Community Center residents to propose, Rhianna Gagliardi 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware plan, and develop Jenelle Green Delaware Division for the Visually Impaired “clean & smart” Caitlin Gruber Easter Seals projects. Candace Jusino Communities In Schools of Delaware Developed unused Sashalee King Communities In Schools of Delaware open space for Aiyana Lucas 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Edgemoor families to interact and engage. Delcina Ramsey NCALL Matthew Riley Planned Parenthood Worked with the Historic Diana Soukhaphonh 4H Cooperative Extension University of Delaware Overlook Colony & Vicinity Public Safety Christella St. Juste United Way of Delaware Task Force, a resident- Meredith Stuart West End Neighborhood House led crime prevention Brittany Toler Metroplitan Wilmington Urban League group that cooperates Kendra White Newark Day Nursery & Children’s Center with law enforcement Katherine Zielsdorf University of Delaware: Disaster Research Center to solve neighborhood problems. Our Team

Founder’s Council David Chambers The Honorable William David Chambers Antoine J. Allen, Ph.D. Calvin Christopher McLaughlin * Mary Chan Regina Alonzo Jennifer Clement Grace Messner Christina Chiappine ’05 Roberta Brown Leslie Cooksy, Ph.D. The Honorable Jim Coyne Patrick Carroll Howard Cosgrove Ruth Ann Minner Angelia Cright Mary M. Culley, Esq. Nicole Cross Joanne Miro Mary M. Culley, Esq Fred Iobst C. Douglas Crouse Matthew Moresco Rick Deadwyler Ralph Kuebler Mary Culley, Esq Amanda Murphy ‘04 Kathy Denhart Nan Norling Terrence Dickenson James Newton David Dennett Daniel Rich, Ph.D. Joanne DiGiovanni Nancy Norling * Joanne DiGiovanni Fred Sears Sherry Dorsey Steven Peuquet, Ph.D. Carol Doughtery Sonia Sloan John Dunn Lisa Powell Fortna * Catherine Dukes David Sysko Ron Dutton Maurice Pritchett Gregory Durrette Charlie Weatherspoon The Honorable David Ennis Kathy Rash Shannon Eachus ‘00 Jenna Fenstermacher Daniel Rich Ph.D. James Eversmann ’09 & ‘10 Tonya Richardson ‘95 Irene Fick Dennis Fish David Roselle, Ph.D. Genelle Fletcher ’05 Angenella Fleming David Rosenstein Doreen Fletcher Caroline Glackin, Ph.D. Fred Sears Christina Garrett Steve Hahn Salvatore Seeley Kurtis Giehl Thomas Hanson, Esq. Elodie Schuller Andressi Nicole Harris Former Board of Ivy Harlev Roberta Skomorucha Fred Iobst Advisors and Advisory Scott Holt, Esq Sonia Sloan * Thomas Jarrett Council Members Fred Iobst * The Honorable Alex Smalls April Johnson Linda Adam Thomas Jarrett Gary Soulsman Tia Mackenzie Joseph Margaret Aitken William Johnson, Jr. ‘99 Christine Stillson Ralph Kuebler Tony Allen, Ph.D. Bonnie Jones Shelley Strain ‘01 Claire LaMar Carey The Honorable Ruth King David Sysko Tom Laskaris James Baker Roy Klein Shefon Taylor ‘11 & ‘12 Tizzy Lockman ‘05 Timothy Barnekov, Ph.D. The Honorable Dan Tipton Jeff Martini Nancy Bastidas Andrew Knox Ann Marie Van den Hurk Michael Martini Michael Benefield, Jr. Jan Konesey Chantel Vanderhost Timothy McLaughlin Umbreen Bhatti Ralph Kuebler ‘97 & ‘98 Ann McNally Vice President Claire LaMar Carey Charlie Weatherspoon * John Miller Joseph R. Biden Alfred Lance, ’07 Carol Ann Weisenfeld Andrew Milligan Vera Briscoe Current Chair Marilyn Whittington Donald Morris Roberta Brown * David Lewis * Former Board Chair Parry Norling Jennifer Bruhler Tizzy Lockman ‘05 Denise Peascheck Wanda Burgos Mia Malloy * Corporate and David Vande Poele Maria Cabrera The Honorable Community Advisors Chan Lee Pow Cerron Cade Thomas Maloney Linda Anderson Jim Purcell Arnie Caine Mark Manno Phil Arendall Rashmi Rangan The Honorable Michael Martini Sheryl Avent Marcia Raniere Thomas Carper Joseph Matassino, Jr. Michael Barbieri Janet Ray Lee Cassidy ‘95 & ‘96 Beverly Bell S. Renee Roberts The Honorable Kerry McElwee Jerry Bilton David Rudder Michael Castle Roberta McFee Tanisha Brown ‘04 Haneef Salaam ’05 Julie Cawley Bill McGowan June Cason Rev. Catherine Short Our Supporters

Domenick Sicilia Lisa Jackson Advanta Foundation Friess Family Foundation Jessica Snow ‘05 Amena Johnson ’99 Arguild Foundation Gannett Foundation Andrew Soper ’05 Jay Kim Arsht Cannon Foundation George Henry Foundation Susan Strawbridge Danielle Louis Associates Bank Gilliam Foundation Carmen Thomas Ashley Miller AstraZeneca Hercules Inc. Valerie Trammel Myrna Newman Bank of America Hilles Fund Tanya Wingate ‘05 Laura Peterson Foundation ICI Americas Inc. Fund Justin Woznicki Tiffany Reed ‘07 Bank of New Castle Joshua Fund Tonya Richardson ’05 Bank of New York JP Morgan Chase Kent Schoch (Delaware) Foundation Alison Selders ‘04 & ’05 Beneficial Management Laffey-McHugh Foundation Seandra Sims Corporation Life Enrichment Foundation Dana Sorenson Beneficial National Bank Longwood Foundation Trina Stanford Borgenicht Foundation Marmot Foundation Suzanne Sysko Clough Carl M. Freeman MBNA America Foundation Foundation New Castle County Council Current Public Allies 20th Anniversary Chase Manhattan Bank PNC Bank Delaware Staff Class Captains Chichester Foundation Premcor Refining Group Director Tonya Richardson ‘95 Christmas Shop State Dept. of Tina Morrow Joseph Matassino ‘95 Citibank Delaware Health & Social Services Lisa Peck Hernandez ‘96 CitiGroup Foundation State of Delaware Program Team Danielle Tara Brown ‘97 Citicorps University of Delaware Tommy Fisher-Klein Randye Culley Talbert ‘97 Citizens Bank Uniqema Roger Hesketh ‘01 Erastus Mong’are ‘98 City of Wilmington Bell Atlantic - Delaware Jennie Yeow ’05 & ‘06 Emily Falcon ‘02 Comenity Bank Verizon Foundation Tiffini Coverdale ‘02 Commerce Bank Wachovia Bank Graduate Assistant Markus Johnson ‘02 Conectiv Card Services Tizzy Lockman ‘05 Mary Andrews ‘03 Cross Country Bank Wachovia Foundation Tiwanna Ellison ‘03 Delmarva Power Welfare Foundation Staff Alumni Kanani Hines ‘03 Discover Bank Wilmington City Council Anthony Albence Bevin Gwiazdowski ‘04 DuPont Company Wilmington Trust Company Tony Allen Genelle Fletcher ‘05 First Card Chicago WSFS Regina Kerr Alonzo Quadia Muhammed ‘06 First Union Young, Conaway Christina Andrews ‘00 Haneef Salaam ‘06 First USA Stargatt & Taylor Nina Bonano ’04 Alfred Lance ‘07 Fleet Bank Sandra Bucay Shaquona Meyers ‘08 John Campion Jenna Fenstermacher Khawand Canty ‘96 ’09 & ‘10 Patrick Carroll Tara Sutton ’08 & ‘09 Skip Daley Rysheema Dixon ’10 & ‘11 Karen Dunne Natasha Bell Small ’10 & ‘11 Jamall Ellzy Shefon Taylor ’11 & ‘12 Kari Elsila Erin Warren ’11 & ‘12 Rebecca Johnson Chadeia Mitchell ’12 & ‘13 Fernandez ’99 Kelly Smith ’12 Jeanine Forsythe Saresa Cooper ‘13 Kevin Gilmore Orrin White ‘13 Natika Hartsock ‘01