Staff
The Young Women’s Resource Center has a full-time staff of passionately dedicated people who make sure our mission is carried out every day. These are the people who bring the Young Women’s Resource Center to life and who carry out its programs and objectives.
Staff
Sonia Ashe
Sonia is our Director of External Affairs. She leads our development and fundraising strategies and builds relationships with our supporters.
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
Frieda Bequeaith
Frieda is one of our Empowerment Supervisors. They actively prepare for and facilitates Empowerment Groups in the schools and After School Programming at the YWRC. In addition to planning and implementing bi-annual client events, they also supervise the Empowerment team and programming.
Pronouns: They/She
Sierah Bougher
Sierah is our Childcare Supervisor. She oversees our childcare program as well as the literacy curriculum implemented during care.
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Marcia Bradley
Marcia is our Art Therapist and specializes in creative counseling techniques. She provides voluntary and confidential counseling services for our girls and young women in schools and at the YWRC.
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Ayo Davis-Yeboah
Ayo is our Counseling and Program Support Specialist. She provides individual and group counseling at the YWRC, schools and community organizations. Ayo also supports both the Empowerment and Young Moms Programs by facilitating groups as needed.
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Klarque Denman
Klarque is our Childbirth and Perinatal Specialist, and is also a doula. She facilitates our Pregnancy and Childbirth programs and provides individual support to our young moms participants.
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Jerry Dysart
Jerry is one of our Transportation Specialists. He ensures our participants get safely to and from YWRC groups and programs.
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Kathy Dysart
Kathy is one of our Transportation Specialists. She ensures our participants get safely to and from YWRC groups and programs.
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Gary Elliston
Gary is one of our Transportation Specialists. He ensures our participants get safely to and from YWRC groups and programs.
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Tom Hawkins
Tom is one of our Transportation Specialists. He ensures our participants get safely to and from YWRC groups and programs.
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Tony Jackson
Tony is one of our Transportation Specialists. He ensures our participants get safely to and from YWRC groups and programs.
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Jessica Kincaid
Jessica is one of our Empowerment Program Supervisors. She actively prepares for and facilitates Empowerment Groups in the schools and After School Programming at the YWRC. In addition to planning and implementing bi-annual client events, she also supervises the Empowerment team and programming, and all in-school groups.
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Jennifer Mesecher Ogg
Jenny is our Finance, HR and Data Director. Jenny manages the YWRC finances, including overseeing the entire organizational budget. She also manages the program results database.
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Chelsea Moore
Chelsea is our one of our Empowerment Program Specialists. She actively prepares for and facilitates Empowerment Groups within the schools and at the YWRC, including our Black Girl Magic group.
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Erin Moran
Erin is our Communications Director. She oversees and executes all marketing and communication efforts for the YWRC. She is also the lead for all community special events.
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Sarah Myren
Sarah is our Young Moms Program Lead. She facilitates parenting and life skills groups, as well as individual support for our young moms, in addition to leading our Young Moms team.
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Jewelz Smith
Jewelz is the Young Moms Program Specialist and Doula Coordinator: Childbirth Educator, Doula, CLS. She actively prepares for and facilitates Young Moms Groups within the schools and at the YWRC, provides clients with individual support, and coordinates our Better Beginnings Doula Program. Jewelz is also certified to provide breastfeeding support.
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Irma Tello
Irma is our Bilingual Empowerment Program Specialist. She actively prepares for and facilitates Empowerment Groups within the schools and at the YWRC, including our Mariposa group.
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Christine Tucker
Christine is our Young Moms Specialist - Postpartum and Parenting. She plans and facilitates groups for pregnant and parenting young people onsite and in school-based settings. Christine also provides support with financial literacy, access to educational opportunities, accessing community resources and general support with parenting skills.
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Brooke Westphalen
Brooke is our Development and Communications Coordinator. She is responsible for a variety of fundraising and communication efforts including donor stewardship, event planning support, community outreach, in-kind donation drives and maintaining the donor database.
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Kari Zimmerman
Kari is our Executive Director. She leads all staff and is responsible for the organization's consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives.
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