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Leadership

Dr. Laura Dorsey

Founder/President


Dr. Lena Graham

COO, Chief Strategy Officer

Brandon Washington

VP, Chief Marketing Officer

Dr. Tashiek Hawkins

Program Manager

Mary Murrill

Director of Digital Strategy and Operational Efficiency

Jayna Rodriguez

Director of Financial & Entrepreneurial Initiatives

Thaddeus Jefferson

Executive Collegiate
Consultant

Yolanda Whitfield

Treasurer

Phyllis Horton

Senior Academic Advisor


John Lee

Dream Coach
Student Readiness Director

Area Leaders

Dr. Josephine Mourning

President, SCLC
Prince Georges County, MD

Peggy Morris

President, S4SN
Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Levon A. LeBan

President, SCLC NOLA
& NAACP
New Orleans, Louisiana

Dr. Michael Cadore

Rockledge, Florida


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Brandon Washington

Brandon Washington is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. A child of jazz, soul and technology. The son of the late Sgt. Glenn Michael Washington of NOPD’s  5th District, and the late Zina Marie Magraff, who was a Criminal Defense attorney and esteemed local educator.

Brandon attended the University of New Orleans, where he majored in Business and minored in Theater. After being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, he relocated to Orlando, Florida, where he refocused himself in business and technology.

Brandon is the owner of Creare Design Studio, a luxury digital agency that is built to create branding and marketing materials for all brands, large or small.

 

Brandon is a lifelong student of life using every opportunity to learn and create, with an ultimate goal of placing his mark on the world in the areas of technology and education

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Thaddeus Jefferson

Thaddeus Jefferson is a native of Holly Springs, MS. A 2005 graduate of Holly Springs, MS. A 2009 graduate of Rust college with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications. A 2014 graduate of Liberty University with a Master of Arts in Theology.

Thaddeus has been in higher education for 13 years with experience in admissions, student services, counseling, retention, and recruiting. He is the father of three beautiful children. A’Khira, A’Mhiya, and Thaddeus, II.

Thaddeus believes that education is the key to liberation and should serve as the catalyst for societal freedom.

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