Justin Maxson, MACED
Board President

Justin is the President of MACED in Berea, Kentucky. He also worked as Executive Director of the Progressive Technology Project in Washington DC and is a board member of the Center for Rural Strategies

Sandra Mikush, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Board Secretary

Sandra is Assistant Director of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she has worked for the last twelve years. She leads the foundation's critical work in building organizational capacity.

Roland Anglin, Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation
Board Treasurer

Roland is Executive Director of the Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation at the Edward J. Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy. He is a long-time friend of community economic development, and previously held management and program positions with the New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute, SEEDCO and The Ford Foundation.

Joe Brooks, PolicyLink

Joe is Vice President for Civic Engagement at PolicyLink – a national “public policy action and advocacy organization” with a focus on equity and strong organized communities. Joe spent the prior seven years as the Program Executive for Neighborhood and Community Development at the San Francisco Foundation.

Paul E. Castelloe, Jr., Center for Participatory Change

Paul co-founded and is now Program Coordinator for the Center for Participatory Change in Asheville, NC, a non-profit that disseminates participatory change as a practice model in community organizing and development. Paul brings to his board role at SRDI a wealth of experience working with rural grassroots organizations, organizing people around critical issues, and evaluation planning.

Alvin Dollar, Georgia Black United Fund

Alvin is a long-time community activist in Atlanta, former City employee and a board member of the Georgia Black United Fund.

Andrew Foster, Duke University

Andrew is founding director of Duke Law’s Community Enterprise Clinic, where he provides law students with training in and exposure to affordable housing, job creation and community revitalization projects. Among his prior experience is his work as Co-Director of the NC Justice and Community Development Center, a leading advocacy organization for the state's low income communities. For two years, Andrew worked for SRDI, managing our community reinvestment project.

Tracey Greene-Dorsett, National Rural Funders Collaborative

Tracey offers a range of training, leadership development and evaluation experience, currently serving as Director of Learning and Evaluation with the National Rural Funders Collaborative. She is the former Director of Technical Assistance and Training for long-time SRDI stakeholder, the South Carolina Association of CDCs.

Savi Horne, Land Loss Prevention Project

Executive Director and Senior Attorney at Land Loss Prevention Project, Savonala (Savi) Horne works with grassroots organizations to formulate legal strategies to address environmental equity and other rural justice issues. She also directs the Partners in Agriculture Program and coordinates the Southern Sustainable Research and Education project. She is a member of a National Environmental Justice Advisory Subcommittee and serves on the Rural Coalition Board.

Felicia Jones, Black Belt Community Foundation
Felicia is Executive Director of the Black Belt Community Foundation in Selma, Alabama, which harnesses and delivers philanthropic resources for six rural Alabama counties. Felicia is no stranger to the complex economic issues facing rural communities: she is the former Executive Director of the Sumter County Industrial Development Authority.

John Littles, McIntosh Sustainable Economic and Environmental Development

John is Executive Director of McIntosh SEED, a grassroots, community-based organization working in McIntosh County, GA whose work is guided by the social, economic, environmental and cultural interests of the community. The organization works to provide quality education, better housing and recreational facilities, business opportunities and environmental protection and restoration. Its board and staff are committed to creating and sustaining a healthy and diverse community through community development, community organizing, advocacy and direct service.

Tim Marema, Center for Rural Strategies

Tim entered the non-profit media field after a seven-year career in daily newspaper journalism. In 1988 he helped found the Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Herald, a daily edition of the Herald-Sun of Durham. He served as editor of the newspaper for five years before joining Appalshop as development director in 1992. Tim has been a grants panelist for several agencies and has been active in regional organizations such as the Coalition on Religion in Appalachia and the Kentucky Appalachian Commission Citizen's Council.

Ines Polonius, alt.Consulting

Ines is one of the founding members, specializing in business turnarounds. She has also worked with numerous early-stage companies in manufacturing, services, distribution and retail. She regularly conducts organizational and financial audits, facilitates planning sessions and customizes management systems for businesses. She has worked with over 80 rural businesses in the Delta Region. Her previous experience includes work with the North Carolina Institute for Minority Economic Development and work with rural micro-enterprise development projects in Chile and the Dominican Republic, and financial management in Germany.

Karl Stauber, Danville Regional Foundation

Karl works at the Danville Regional Foundation as President/CEO, which seeks to develop, promote and support activities, programs and organizations that improve the health, welfare and education of the residents of Danville, Pittsylvania and Caswell Counties in VA. Karl previously served as the Northwest Area Foundation’s President/CEO, their Vice President of Programs, Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture, and Undersecretary of Agriculture. He was the chief policy strategist for rural and small community development in his tenure with the government.

Ray Williams, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta

Ray is Senior Program Manager at Enterprise Corporation of the Delta (ECD) in Jackson MS. With two decades of experience in lending, Ray focuses on health care lending and strengthening small community loan funds.