IFSP was incorporated in the spring on 2017. We have an 8-person board of directors, diverse in experience and talents. Five members of our board have been involved as staff members in a local CDF Freedom Schools site in the past. Three members have been involved as staff members with the national office.

Board of Directors

​CECEILY BRICKLEY​, CHAIR

​Ceceily Brickley served as an AmeriCorps VISTA and volunteers regularly with several Indianapolis organizations. She is a Program Officer with United Way of Central Indiana, managing large investments through the Great Families 2020 initiative. She earned her Master’s in Public Affairs from the IU School of Public and Environmental affairs and remains heavily involved in local and national service.

Monique Johnson​
Vice Chair

Monique Johnson has been a part of the Freedom School movement since the summer of 2010 in Springfield, IL where she served as a Servant Leader Intern. She has also served as an Ella Baker Trainer for the Children’s Defense Fund from 2013-2016. Monique received her Masters degree in Social Work in 2013 from Washington University in St. Louis.

Chanae Palmer
​TREASURER​

Chanae is a Fundraising Research Associate at the United Way of Central Indiana. She specializes in fundraising research and development, offering more than 6 years of experience assisting organizations with establishing and maximizing funding partnerships. She earned her Master's degree in Philanthropic Studies and is currently a doctoral student in the Urban Education program at IUPUI. She is a passionate and dedicated fundraising professional and enjoys utilizing her gifts and talents to empower individuals and organizations.

Jessica Garcia
Secretary

​Jessica Garcia currently serves as a Constituent Services Liaison for U.S. Representative André Carson of Indiana's 7th congressional district. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics, Public Policy, and International Business from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. 

Heather Lynn Savage

​Heather earned her  Bachelor of Arts degree in African American and African Diaspora Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington. She serves as a supervisor with the Indiana Department of Child Services, and as Executive Director for the Association of Indiana College Gospel Choirs.

Richard Reynolds​

Pastor Richard A. Reynolds is a happy husband to his wonderful wife, Tonya L. Reynolds, and a faithful father to his daughter Jordan Asante and his sons Richard James Maeson and Coleman Carlisle Lacy. Pastor Reynolds is a native of Louisville, KY, where he received his call to ministry and served faithfully under the visionary leadership of his first father in ministry Dr. Kevin W. Cosby at St. Stephen Church.

Jamal AbdulRaSHeed

Jamal Abdulrasheed is an Associate Attorney in the Corporate Department at Barnes & Thornburg LLP. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from IUPUI and his Juris Doctorate degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Jamal is a life-long Indianapolis resident.

Devon Davis

​Devon Davis is a Public Policy Specialist at Bose Public Affairs Group, where he is involved with education policy. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Florida A&M University and is currently in his last semester of graduate school at IUPUI’s Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.