Leadership
Staff
Amy Jones
Executive Director
Erica Brierley
Program Coordinator
Board Officers
Shaneeka Moore-Brown
Chair
President of NCPTA, Senior Director of K-12 Academics for WCPSS
Jessica Burroughs
Vice Chair
PORCH-Durham Neighborhood Coordinator, National Organizer for The Workers Circle, leading grassroots strategy for Stronger with SNAP NC campaign
Patty Moore
Secretary
PORCH-Durham Neighborhood Contributor, has been a School Social Worker for more than twenty years
Deborah Sorin
Treasurer
Channels her finance and strategy skills for good, works with The Challenges Group, an international development consultancy
Board Members
Aja Purnell-Mitchell
CCO of Network of Families, Inc.
Bart Smith
Executive Director of Development, Duke Health Clinical Services
David Garcia
Longtime PORCH-Durham volunteer, Robin March Hanes Distinguished Professor in the Department of Music at UNC
Kendall Vanderslice
Writer, baker, speaker at Bake & Pray
Rosalind Garmon
Educator and Equity Coordinator with Durham Public Schools and President of Alpha Zeta Omega Chapter
Shanaye’ C Ellison
Proud teacher in Durham Public schools, volunteers at several food pantries and also serves on board of the Durham Council of PTA board and SECU
Suzanna Hernandez
Instructor of Interpretation and Translation at Durham Tech
Co-Founders
