The Initiative: Advancing The Blue & Black Partnership
Our Advisors
Sponsor Advisory Board
Our Team and Governing Board is supported by two advisory boards. The corporate advisory boards include leaders from our sponsor companies and the community who can advise and counsel on the implementation of our strategic priorities.
Anna Faktorovich
SVP Marketing, CAVA/Zoe’s Kitchen
Antonio B. DeVaul
Chief of Police for the City of Takoma Park, Maryland
Bobby Pittman
Chairman Metropolitan Police Department 1st District Police Citizens’ Advisory Council, Inc. Washington, DC.
Carolyn Campbell
Managing Director, Founding Partner & Chief Operating Officer, ECP Investment Advisors, LLC
DeeDee Fisher
Head of Marketing & Communications
Elizabeth Mumford
Principle Research Scientist at NORC
(Ms. Mumford advises in her personal capacity only and not as part of official NORC business or her role at NORC)
Jane Randel
Co-Founder, Karp Randel
Jeff Anderson
Chief Growth Officer, Kaizen Analytix
Jehan El-Bayoumi
M.D., F.A.C.P. Founding Director, Rodham Institute
Jiles Ship
President of New Jersey Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and Principal/CEO of Homeland Global Strategies, LLC
Joy VerPlanck
Chair of the Board, MILO Cognitive Division (Dr. VerPlanck advises in her personal capacity only and not as part of official MILO business), and Senior Insight Strategist at the NeuroLeadership Institute.
Lisa Taylor
Founding Member, The Blue and Black Initiative
Mark VanBeest
Head of Safety & Security, G6 LLC
Marshall Bergmann
Senior Vice-President Corporate Solutions North America, NeuroLeadership Institute
Merisa Heu-Weller
Microsoft Chief of Staff, Technology + Corporate Responsibility
Peter Ellis
Partner, Reed Smith
Robbie Karp
Co-Founder, Karp Randal
Sameena Safdar Kluck,
Director of Brand Evangelism, Lawgeex
Scott Bolden
Partner, Reed Smith
Sherry Ettleson
Executive Search Consultant, President & Owner, Ettleson and Associates
Executive Search Consultant, President & Owner, Ettleson and Associates
Sherry D. Williams, Esq.
Senior Legal Executive
Stoney Mathis
Chief of Police Fairburn, Georgia and GACP 4th Vice President
Susan Schwartz
Founder & CEO of the SODA Fund™
Toral Balakrishnan
Managing Partner of RATA Development
Vendette Parker, J.D.
Retired Inspector – Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC
Yasmin B. Khan
VP of Development at FairVote
Blue and Black Partnership Student Board
Our student advisory board is comprised of college and high school students who are passionate about issues or social and racial justice. They bring a much needed perspective to our work, and help us to see the world as it is today, and as it should be through their eyes.
Frances Agrusa
University of Seattle
Ariana Bala
Cedar Park High School
Tyler Burston
Washington University, St. Louis
Salina-Mari Mentor
Georgetown Visitation High School
Kaya Moody
Howard University
Asha Romaine
Vassar College