Board of Directors
Rachel Mandell
Board Chair
Senior VP and General Counsel,
KBI Biopharma
Daneene Barton
Board Treasurer & Financial Officer
CFO
CASA (Community Alternatives for Supportive Abodes)
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Kicab Castaneda-Mendez
Board Secretary
Retired​
Catherine Stratton
Retired (labor market policy)
Volunteer County-to-County
Amanda Kyser
Principal
Amanda Kyser Design
Jackie Jenks
President & CEO
IFC
(Inter-Faith Council for Social Service)
Laura Horrigan
Formerly Human Resources
Investment Banking & Retail
Dr. DeVetta Holman Copeland
Public Health Program Coordinator
Student Wellness, UNC Student Affairs
Emily Chavez
Board Member
Durham Public Schools
Sara Paisner
Business Owner
Synoptic Products
Laing
Associate Director
Orange County Rape Crisis Center
Board Statement regarding racial equity
We believe that Black Lives Matter. We stand in support of racial equity and social justice.
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We acknowledge that:
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There have been historical injustices of structural and systemic racism
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We need to be part of the movement for racial justice
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There is a sense of urgency.
We commit to:
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Take responsibility for our actions, including when we allow people to be mistreated
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Educate ourselves on an individual basis and as Compass Center Board
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Collect more data regarding who we serve and the needs of our community
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Review our policies and look through a racial equity lens and seek to correct biases that we discover
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Go outside our networks and work to increase board diversity
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Reassess the Compass Center strategic plan
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Support openness and honesty among the board so differences of opinion can be shared and heard
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Be open to feedback and collaboration from staff, clients and volunteers
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Create a culture of inclusion
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Create measurable goals to hold ourselves accountable to these commitments.
We will advocate for:
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Agencies and organizations with which we interact to demonstrate their efforts to improve racial equity and social justice
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Clients who we may have underserved in the past by seeking to understand how to reach out to them or lower barriers to accessing our services
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Each of our employees who have experienced inequity in their work with us or with agencies we interact with.
We will challenge ourselves to
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Understand where we need to improve: our desire to correct injustice does not automatically mean we will be able to see it more clearly. We will need focus and assistance to create measurable improvements.
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Learn effective ways to implement change in vision and practice
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Open our conversations to a diverse range of voices.
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Board of Directors