Leadership

Chauncia Willis

Chief Executive Officer

Marcus Martin

Chief of Operations

Antoine Richards

Chief of Staff

Greg Padgett

Marketing Director

Mia Sanati

Grants/Research Director

Executive Board

Oliver Greene, Jr.

President

Jose Alfaro, Jr.

Treasurer

Chris Walker

Secretary

Chauncia Willis

Curtis Brown

Advisory Board

David J. Kaufman

Ellis M. Stanley

Kay C. Goss

Adam Thiel

Chairman of the Board

DeeDee Bennett-Gayle

Kellie Bentz

Andrea Davis

Alexander Diaz

James Joseph

Vincent B. Davis

Dr. Elayne H. Anthony

I-DIEM Staff

Michael Antoine

Senior Advisor

Jada Thomas

Marketing & Public Relations Specialist (Intern)

John Little

Business Leader, Entrepreneur, and Consultant

David Park

Marketing and Public Relations Specialist (Intern)

Program Coordinator

Tennissia Gaines

Past Advisory Board Members

Marcus Coleman

Ruha Devanesan

Sindy Benavides

Henry Comas

Co-Founders


I-DIEM was co-founded by Chauncia Willis and Curtis Brown, emergency management practitioners with many years of experience at all levels of government and the private sector. They have experienced the damaging impacts caused by a lack of diversity and inclusion first-hand, and they have been privy to many of the disproportionately biased policy and funding decisions that have negatively affected underserved communities. I-DIEM was established out of a defined need, validated by scientific research, for professional parity for women and people of color and other marginalized groups in the field of emergency management.

Chauncia Willis

CEO & Co-Founder

Curtis Brown

Co-Founder