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FACDC Board of Directors
Mrs. Charlotte Caldwell
Chairperson
Charlotte B. Caldwell was born in North Carolina and has resided in Georgia for the last 17
years. She has been married to Kenneth B. Caldwell for 20 years and is the mother of Banee’
Caldwell who is 15 years of age and Monica Caldwell who is 14 years of age. Charlotte has a
degree in Biblical Education from Beulah Heights University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is
currently a student at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She will
graduate on May 8 th with a Masters of Divinity Degree. Charlotte is a member of First Afrikan
Presbyterian church.
Chairperson
Charlotte B. Caldwell was born in North Carolina and has resided in Georgia for the last 17
years. She has been married to Kenneth B. Caldwell for 20 years and is the mother of Banee’
Caldwell who is 15 years of age and Monica Caldwell who is 14 years of age. Charlotte has a
degree in Biblical Education from Beulah Heights University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is
currently a student at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She will
graduate on May 8 th with a Masters of Divinity Degree. Charlotte is a member of First Afrikan
Presbyterian church.
Ms. Yvonne Forbes
Chairperson
Yvonne is President and CEO of Forbes Insurance Company. She is a graduate of Mercy College in White Plains New York, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communications and a Masters of Science degree in Securities. Forbes has over twenty years experience within the financial services marketplace. Her extensive financial experiences provides her with unique insight into crafting the financial needs of her clients that meet the needs of her constituents with minimum impact on their bottom line.
Chairperson
Yvonne is President and CEO of Forbes Insurance Company. She is a graduate of Mercy College in White Plains New York, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communications and a Masters of Science degree in Securities. Forbes has over twenty years experience within the financial services marketplace. Her extensive financial experiences provides her with unique insight into crafting the financial needs of her clients that meet the needs of her constituents with minimum impact on their bottom line.
Ms. Jennifer Ffrench-Parker
Treasurer
Jennifer Parker has lead CrossRoadsNews – East Metro Atlanta’s award-winning community newspaper – for the last 23 years. Every week, she and her small but hard-working team delivers a newsy and engaging newspaper that informs and challenges residents of South DeKalb County to be involved in their community, to demand the best of their elected leaders, and to champion the cause of the voiceless.
Before co-founding the newspaper with her husband Curtis in 1995, Jennifer was a reporter and assistant metro editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a business writer with the Charlotte Observer in N.C., and the Times Herald Record and Wall Street Transcript in New York. She also worked for the Daily Gleaner, and the Jamaica Daily News in Kingston, Jamaica.
Under her direction, CrossRoadsNews has won numerous “Excellence in Journalism” awards from the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, the National Newspaper Publishers “The Black Press” Association, and the Local Media Association which represents 2,000 community newspapers in the US and Canada.
Jennifer has a Masters Degree in Journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York City, and a Bachelors of Arts from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. She also completed graduate studies in international economics at Oxford University in England. She is a 2001 graduate of Leadership DeKalb. She has served on numerous community boards, including the East Metro CID Board of Directors, the Saint Philip AME Church’s CDC, the Metropolitan YMCA Board of Directors, and Local Media Association Board of Directors.
Jennifer is a member of the Rotary Club of South DeKalb, and she is a past president of the South DeKalb Business Association. Jennifer and Curtis live in Decatur, GA.
Treasurer
Jennifer Parker has lead CrossRoadsNews – East Metro Atlanta’s award-winning community newspaper – for the last 23 years. Every week, she and her small but hard-working team delivers a newsy and engaging newspaper that informs and challenges residents of South DeKalb County to be involved in their community, to demand the best of their elected leaders, and to champion the cause of the voiceless.
Before co-founding the newspaper with her husband Curtis in 1995, Jennifer was a reporter and assistant metro editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a business writer with the Charlotte Observer in N.C., and the Times Herald Record and Wall Street Transcript in New York. She also worked for the Daily Gleaner, and the Jamaica Daily News in Kingston, Jamaica.
Under her direction, CrossRoadsNews has won numerous “Excellence in Journalism” awards from the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, the National Newspaper Publishers “The Black Press” Association, and the Local Media Association which represents 2,000 community newspapers in the US and Canada.
Jennifer has a Masters Degree in Journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York City, and a Bachelors of Arts from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. She also completed graduate studies in international economics at Oxford University in England. She is a 2001 graduate of Leadership DeKalb. She has served on numerous community boards, including the East Metro CID Board of Directors, the Saint Philip AME Church’s CDC, the Metropolitan YMCA Board of Directors, and Local Media Association Board of Directors.
Jennifer is a member of the Rotary Club of South DeKalb, and she is a past president of the South DeKalb Business Association. Jennifer and Curtis live in Decatur, GA.
Mr. Donald Phoenix
Member
Donald R. Phoenix, NeighborWorks America®, Southern District Director, is experienced in mortgage banking, housing rehabilitation and local government. Mr. Phoenix is responsible for the administration of financial and technical services to non-profit community development corporations throughout a seven state region including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Mr. Phoenix leads NeighborWorks Katrina/Rita gulf rebuilding efforts.
Member
Donald R. Phoenix, NeighborWorks America®, Southern District Director, is experienced in mortgage banking, housing rehabilitation and local government. Mr. Phoenix is responsible for the administration of financial and technical services to non-profit community development corporations throughout a seven state region including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Mr. Phoenix leads NeighborWorks Katrina/Rita gulf rebuilding efforts.
FACDC Staff
Rev. Angela Brown
Executive Director
A leading community organizer dedicated to ending human rights abuses within the United States and around the world, Angela Brown has been called "a drum major for justice." Angela currently serves as executive director of First African Community Development Corporation. In addition, she manages Imani Services, Inc., a consulting firm she founded in 2006 that works in partnership with nonprofit organizations to help them develop programs, align organizational strategies, and evaluate value so that nonprofits can better develop their mission and vision effectively.
Angela began her work as a community organizer by founding Leadership Initiative Project (LIP), a youth organization based in Franklin County, NC in 1987. In 1990, Angela would join the staff of 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement in Selma, AL—continuing her work and commitment to human and civil rights struggles nationally and internationally. By 1992, she joined the staff of Greenpeace, USA as a toxic campaigner that lead to the closing of major polluting industries targeted at poor communities of color throughout the south.
Angela later cofounded the Youth Task Force, a nonprofit youth of color lead organization focusing on building youth leadership and helping to birth the national environmental justice movement as a youth leader, activist, and organizer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy & Religion from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a Masters of Divinity from Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA and serves as Supply Minister for North Height’s Presbyterian Church, Selma, Alabama.
Mr. Dennis Dae
Finance Director
Dennis Dae recently retired as Director Network Engineering for AT&T, a global telecommunications, internet and content provider that offers a variety of wired and wireless services for consumers, large domestic and multinational businesses, small and medium-sized business and government agencies. Mr. Dae managed and engineered Network capacity for over 5000 central office locations for the core AT&T long distance and local voice networks with a staff of over 250 Engineers located across the United States.
Mr. Dae has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Loyola University. Mr. Dae remains active in his community by devoting his time to financially strengthening and growing several nonprofit organizations.
Executive Director
A leading community organizer dedicated to ending human rights abuses within the United States and around the world, Angela Brown has been called "a drum major for justice." Angela currently serves as executive director of First African Community Development Corporation. In addition, she manages Imani Services, Inc., a consulting firm she founded in 2006 that works in partnership with nonprofit organizations to help them develop programs, align organizational strategies, and evaluate value so that nonprofits can better develop their mission and vision effectively.
Angela began her work as a community organizer by founding Leadership Initiative Project (LIP), a youth organization based in Franklin County, NC in 1987. In 1990, Angela would join the staff of 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement in Selma, AL—continuing her work and commitment to human and civil rights struggles nationally and internationally. By 1992, she joined the staff of Greenpeace, USA as a toxic campaigner that lead to the closing of major polluting industries targeted at poor communities of color throughout the south.
Angela later cofounded the Youth Task Force, a nonprofit youth of color lead organization focusing on building youth leadership and helping to birth the national environmental justice movement as a youth leader, activist, and organizer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy & Religion from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a Masters of Divinity from Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA and serves as Supply Minister for North Height’s Presbyterian Church, Selma, Alabama.
Mr. Dennis Dae
Finance Director
Dennis Dae recently retired as Director Network Engineering for AT&T, a global telecommunications, internet and content provider that offers a variety of wired and wireless services for consumers, large domestic and multinational businesses, small and medium-sized business and government agencies. Mr. Dae managed and engineered Network capacity for over 5000 central office locations for the core AT&T long distance and local voice networks with a staff of over 250 Engineers located across the United States.
Mr. Dae has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Loyola University. Mr. Dae remains active in his community by devoting his time to financially strengthening and growing several nonprofit organizations.
