Our Team

Team Images

Aliyah Griffith, PhD

CEO and Founder

Our Board

Board Members

Denise Blake

Board Member

Vice President of Regional Operations, Reading Partners

Joined August 2022

Paul Barber, PhD

Board Member/Advisor

UCLA Professor: Ecology/Evolutionary Biology Founder/Director of The Diversity Project

Joined August 2016

Our Directors

Program and Regional Directors

Ileana Fenwick

Director of Professional Development Programming

PhD Candidate, UNC Chapel Hill

Joined July 2017

Joyous Ferguson

Creative Director

Graphic Designer/Artist

Joined July 2017

Our Associates

Consultants and Partners

Joseph Walters

Media/Production Consultant

Joined April 2023

Katherine Hannibal

Regional Consultant: Programs and Development

PhD Candidate, UCLA

Joined January 2023

Our Interns

Past and Present Internship Recipients

Erynn Rudd

Marketing and Communications Intern

Student, Hampton University

Internship Year: 2023

Anisa Sellers

STEM Lesson Plan & Program Development Intern

Environmental Educator

Internship Year: 2025

Dkaria Bascom

Marine Science Videography & Storytelling Intern

Smithsonian Research Fellow