About us

Our Village

Grace Bassekle (She/Her)
Weitz Fellow
grace@ibbg.org

Ang Bennett (no pronouns) Communications Strategist
Ang@ibbg.org

Darryl Brown (He/Him)
Director of Programs darryl@ibbg.org

Michelle Coleman (She/Her)
Maternal Health Initiatives Manager
michelle@ibbg.org

Danielle Garcia (She/Her)
Maternal Health Initiatives Coordinator
danielle@ibbg.org

Nezzie Hardges (She/Her)
Development Coordinator
nezzie@ibbg.org

Celine Haynes (She/Her)
Social Media and Internal Communications Associate
celine@ibbg.org

Myriah Johnson (She/Her)
Community Organizer
myriah@ibbg.org

IBBG Staff. Ariel Panowicz.

Lauren Neal (She/They)
Administrative Assistant
lauren@ibbg.org

Dr. Tambu Phiri (She/Her) Maternal Health Initiatives Manager
tambu@ibbg.org

Ebony Reddick (She/Her)
Doula Passage Program Coordinator
ebony@ibbg.org

Jasmine Renchie (She/Her)
Maternal Health Initiatives Coordinator 
jasmine@ibbg.org

JaLisa Sanford (She/Her)
Finance and Operations Director
jalisa@ibbg.org

Ashlei Spivey (She/Her)
Executive Director
ashlei@ibbg.org

Amber Sturdivant (She/Her)
Finance and Operations Coordinator
amber@ibbg.org

Bryonna Ward (She/Her)
Catalyst Program Coordinator
bryonna@ibbg.org

Kelli West (She/Her)
Special Projects Manager
kelli@ibbg.org

Candy Zollicoffer (She/Her)
HR Coordinator
candy@ibbg.org

Our Board

Providing strategic guidance and insight to the overall work of the collective.

Joy Kathurima (she/her)

President

Deirdre Cooper Owens (she/her)

Vice President

Jay Warren-Teamer (she/her)

Secretary

Jamie Cox (she/her)

Treasurer

Ada Walker (she/her)
Johnnah Bailey (She/Her)
Alecia Anderson (she/her)
Sarena Dacus (she/her)
Racquel Henderson (She/Her)

susie owens (she/her)
Kiara Ferguson (she/her)