Community Partners & Staff

Honorary Chairpersons

Mayor – Alvin Brown
Sheriff – John Rutherford
State Attorney – Angela Corey
Superintendent, Duval County Public Schools – Ed Pratt-Dannals

Community Partners

City of Jacksonville
Bridge the Gap, Inc.
Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of Jacksonville, Inc.
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, District IV
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
Jacksonville Community Council, Inc.
Jessie Ball DuPont Fund
Office of Juvenile Justice and Offender Based Programs
State Attorney's Office, 4th Judicial Circuit
United Way of Northeast Florida
University of North Florida

Office of Offender-Based Programs (OBP)

Sharel Grissett-Macon, Administrator
Irish Beckles, YouthBuild Program Supervisor
Stephen Naso, Human Services Planner
Lamar Williams, YouthBuild GED Instructor
Yvonne Mitchell, DAWN GED Instructor
Abner Davis, YouthBuild Corrections Counselor
Richard McKissick, DAWN Transition Counselor
Edward Sutton, YouthBuild Construction Manager
Russell Matthews, YouthBuild Construction Manager Assistant
Debra Williams, Correctional Services Counselor
Ramona Westfield, Social Services Specialist
Walter Johnson, Program Aide