IFSP was incorporated in the spring on 2017. We have a 10-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
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CECEILY BRICKLEY, CHAIRCeceily 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.
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LaTonya Looney
VICE CHAIR Tonya Looney is a Realtor® with the F.C. Tucker Company, Inc. dedicated to helping the Indianapolis community buy, build and sell homes. As a graduate of Ball State University, she utilizes her marketing experience to gain support and help grow IFSP. She is passionate about helping others and enjoys taking on new challenges. |
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. |
Monique Johnson
SECRETARY 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. |
Anastassia Zinke
Anastassia Zinke is the Minister at All Souls Unitarian Church. She previously filled the roles of Intern Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, Intern Minister at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., and Youth Program Director at First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts. Zinke completed her undergraduate history degree at Bryn Mawr College and her Masters of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary in 2011. |
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. |
Jessica Garcia
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. |
Leslie Etienne
Dr. Leslie (Dr. Les) Etienne teaches in the School of Education and in the Africana Studies Program at Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, where he is also a Community Engagement Research Associate in the Family, School, and Neighborhood Engagement Office. Dr. Les first worked with CDF Freedom Schools as a site coordinator in Detroit in 1996. |
Tambra Jackson
Tambra O. Jackson is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education in the IUPUI School of Education. Dr. Jackson has served in CDF Freedom Schools since 1995 as a servant leader intern, site coordinator, project director, and consultant. |
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. |