To contact staff via email, click on their name below.
Administrative Staff:
Andy Cross – CFO
Lyn Doyle – Admin
Bethany Gregor – Volunteer Coordinator
Alene Heider – Admin
Deborah Holcombe – Work Team Director
Natalie Kok – Development Director
Lori McClain – Operations Director, Church Relations
Dekontee Rayburn -HR
George Wilkinson – Asset Manager
Dionne Xavier– Executive Council
James Russell – Executive Council
Josh Gregor – Executive Council
Children & Youth Programs
James Russell – Programming Director
Emily Kennedy – Children’s Programming Director
Carolyn Keefe – UrbanTrekkers Director
Josh Gregor – StreetLeader Director
Rebecca Bradford – Camp Freedom Site Coordinator
Josh Jones – Camp Victory Site Coordinator
Lisa Murphy – Camp Promise Site Director
Phyllis Tettey – Camp Hope Site Director
Adam Cessna – Camp Harmony Site Director
Rhonda Raines – College and Career Advisor
Salima Watson – StreetLeader Discipleship and Mentoring
Kristi Chen – Children’s Programming administrator
Kathleen Hall Ditchfield – StreetLeader Job training Coordinator
UrbanPromise Academy ~ 8th – 12th Grade
Joel Orr – Director of the Academy
Anu Truax – Assistant Principal
Rhonda Raines – College and Career Advisor and Family Support Manager
Lawrence Manly – English
Wendy Battalora – Math
Je-Kevis Barnes – Math
Babitha Praveen – History
Vanessa Russell – Spanish
Nora Wurmbach – Science
Michele Porter – Science
UrbanPromise School ~ PreK (4) – 7th Grade
Dionne Xavier– Principal
Shannon Roberson – Assistant Principal of Instruction
Monica Benson – Dean of Students
Dawn Ndumu – Administrative Assistant
Andrea Powell – Counseling
Terri Gillaspy – School Nurse
Ophelia Ashiabor – Pre-K
Dekontee Rayburn – Kindergarten
Tonia Koehler – 1st Grade
Shaquan Barnes – 2nd Grade
Meloney Burris – 3rd Grade
D’Aja Christopher – 4th Grade
Shannon Roberson – 5th Grade
Vernee Fryer – 6th Grade
Suparna Adimulapu – 7th Grade
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
UrbanPromise is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate in hiring, recruitment, training, or promotion of staff, administration of personnel policies, or condition of employment on the basis of race, color, sex, genetic information, age, national origin, disability or marital status. However, due to the religious nature of the agency, UPW reserves the right to decline employment to or terminate the employment of any individual whose own demonstrated religious beliefs are in conflict with the beliefs espoused by the ministry. UrbanPromise is an equal opportunity employer and as such, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to staff and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.