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YVETTE BUTLER-YEBOAH, MD

Dr. Yvette Butler is a native of California and Founder and of GapBuster Inc., a non-profit educational enrichment program established in 1999 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Arriving to the Washington, DC area from New York in 1995, Dr. Butler worked at Howard University’s ACTG as the Study Coordinator and Co-Investigator

PATRICIA WILLIAMS

Patricia Williams is a System Analyst and has served for the past 24 years as the Coordinator of Xerox Community Involvement Projects in the Washington DC area serving non-profit organizations throughout Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

MARYLIN PIERRE, ESQ

Marylin Pierre received her degree from Howard University School of Law, the same law school as Justice Thurgood Marshall, her inspiration for getting into law. Marylin has been practicing law for over 28 years. Marylin’s area of practice includes family law, criminal law, juvenile law, business law, wills and estates,

LYDIA DEAN-REESE

Lydia is a Senior Paralegal by trade and an Image Consultant/Stylist & Event Planner in her spare time. She enjoys giving back and working with our youth.

LARRY SHELTON

President at LWS Enterprises an Accounting and Tax preparation firm. Retired – Senior Director of Accounting at Freddie Mac. Graduate – Benjamin Franklin University; Accounting and Computer Science

REBKHA ATNAFOU-BOYER, MPH

Rebkha Atnafou-Boyer, MPH, Founder & CEO, RnD Associates Inc, LLC, and Research Associate, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Rebkha launched RnD Associates in 2018, a capacity-building organization providing a variety of training, community asset and needs assessment, program evaluation, conference organizing and intercontinental collaboration between Africa and the US. In

SHERLENE LUCAS

Executive Customer Relations Manager DARCARS Automotive Group Sherlene M. Lucas is Executive Customer Relations Manager, DARCARS Toyota of Silver Spring. She brings 31 years of responsibility for DARCARS Automotive business areas, business planning; accountability; research and development; marketing; national sales and services and community outreach. Currently she is a State

KWADWO BUACHIE

MBA, MSc, CISM – Director of IT at UMD Medical System. Kwadwo Buachie has over 20 years in information technology and over 10 years as Chief Information Security Officer in the healthcare industry. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Masters in Information Technology – Information Assurance from

JOHN ORR

My name is John Orr and I have been a member of GapBuster, Inc. since 2000. I am the first child of two immigrants from the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. I Grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended Montgomery Blair High School. From there, I went on to be

FLORENCE AMATE

President and CEO of the Laisar Management Group. Laisar collaborates with business and government leaders to reframe community engagement as a win for the bottom line and the community at large. Laisar’s innovative and integrated solutions for economic inclusion and workforce utilization programs provides organizations with new insights that shape

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