Sharon Pitterson-Ogaldez
Sharon is the Coordinator of Diversity and International Programs at Penn State Berks. where she provides support and advocacy for international, LGBTQA+ and Multicultural students and diversity education to the campus community. Sharon works with international students from many countries and underrepresented students from across the nation. She is the chair of the Berks DEI …
Tiffany Young
Tiffany Young is a proud Jamaican who came to the United States of America at the tender age of 10 years old. She has lived in New York City and went to York College where she graduated with her Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. She then went on to pursue her Master’s Degree in Business Administration …
Ibrahim Bangura
Ibrahim is the Executive Pastor at Spring Valley Church and also a Chaplain at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was born in Sierra Leone, and spent 10 years in Gambia.
Gardy Deshommes
Gardy is an experienced public health professional with management, research analytical and quantitative skills, trained to effectively produce results in diverse healthcare systems. Gardy has a track record of collaborating effectively with stakeholders from private institutions and all levels of governmental organizations.Gardy is currently the director of the express clinics in the Bureau Of Public …
Board of Directors
Alexander Civil – Executive Director/President
Gardy Deshommes – Vice-President
Tiffany Young – Treasurer
Bernude Mezier – Secretary
Sharon Pitterson-Ogaldez – Festival Coordinator
Ibrahim Bangura – Volunteer Coordinator
Stacey Taylor
Yoheli Ortiz
Dr. Edward Tenner (Advisor)