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Clifton Sweeney
Cohort 2

The Fellowship experience has provided me with a deeper feeling of success when working with youth - a positive feeling. I sometimes question whether I am being effective in my job and the Fellowship has helped me understand that I can make a real difference for kids. The Fellowship has also helped me to better understand what is going on when youth misbehave and taught me to seek to understand - not judge.

Fellows and the agency that sponsored their participation in the Fellowship are listed below by Cohort.

Cohort One

  • Megan Billow - West Side Ecumenical Ministry
  • Lisa Bugenske - Shaker Heights Youth Center
  • Marcie Catron - YWCA
  • Annemarie Grassi - Open Doors, Inc.
  • Kahari Hicks - Open Doors, Inc.
  • Tracee Ingram - YWCA
  • Angela Isom - Henry Johnson Center Inc.
  • Julie Jackson - Applewood Centers Inc
  • AJ Jennings - Open Doors, Inc.
  • Dorcus Johnson - City of Cleveland Recreation Department, Glenville
  • Trevina Johnson - YMCA
  • Joanne Murphy - YMCA
  • Robert Navis - Near West Theatre
  • LaTanya Nolcox - Center for Families and Children, Rap Art
  • Kate Renaud - City Year Cleveland
  • Rose Young - Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center

Cohort Two

  • Roberta Baioni - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland
  • Erica Davis-James - Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, Covenant Project
  • Jeff Ehlert - Berea Children's Home
  • Connie Fletcher - YOU
  • Gerald Ford - YO! Cleveland
  • Lydia Hill - City of Cleveland, Department of  Health
  • Lamar Hinchen - City of Cleveland Recreation Department, Central
  • Marissa Jewell - Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center
  • Lametris Joiner - The LaDorr Foundation
  • Melissa Keith - Shaker Heights Youth Center
  • Valerie Pinkney-Duke - Center for Families and Children, Rap Art
  • Isaiah Rembert - City Year Cleveland
  • Clifton Sweeney - Open Doors, Inc.

Cohort Three

  • Michael Anderson - West Side Ecumenical Ministry
  • Vicky Dennis - Buckeye Area Development Corporation
  • Jeff English - St. Martin de Porres Family Center
  • Marsha Gray - Shaker Heights Youth Center
  • Kelly Harris - GAP (Girls Achieving Possibilities), Orange Senior Center
  • Atunyese Herron - Murtis H. Taylor Multi Service Center
  • Fanon Hill - East End Neighborhood House
  • Kristina Knight - Shaker Heights Prevention Coalition
  • Alicia Petrella - Partnership for a Safer Cleveland
  • Willie Scott - Boys and Girls Club, King Kennedy
  • Brittainy Warne - Bellfaire JCB
  • Brooke Winkler - The Village Network
  • Nicole Worthey - Mt. Pleasant Community Zone
  • Kimberly York - Bridges Mentoring Center for Youth Development

Cohort Four

  • Honey Bell-Bey - Cleveland UMADAOP
  • Kristen Ciofani - Cleveland Botanical Garden
  • Valerie Czerwien - Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
  • Jeanna Davis - Fatima Family Center
  • Rashad Davis - Bellefaire JCB
  • Joellen Denk - Cleveland Public Library, Hough Branch
  • Tracie Drake - Lakewood Public Library
  • Pamela Hubbard - Golden Ciphers
  • Marcia Johnson - Catholic Charities-Tapestry
  • Colleen Kushlak - City Year Cleveland
  • Kelly Letostak - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland
  • John McBride - Open Doors, Inc.
  • Sarah Oliver - Bellefaire JCB
  • Carol Wells - West Side Ecumenical Ministry
  • LaVont Wilson - Cleveland Recreation Department, Thurgood Marshall

Cohort Five

  • Charles Baldwin - The Village Network
  • Nancy Calos - Adoption Network Cleveland
  • Francisca Chaidez-Gutierrez - Murtis H. Taylor Multi Service Center
  • Bonnie DeMarchi - Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma Branch
  • John Gill - Arrupe Neighborhood House
  • Khadijah Guy - Youth Opportunities Unlimited
  • Michelle Hunter - Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland, Bellaire Gardens
  • Kalia Johnson - Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland
  • Kristine Krisko - Bellefaire JCB
  • Michael Matthews - Neighborhood Leadership Institute
  • Chanelle McCloud - Youth Opportunities Unlimited
  • Sarah Schneider - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland
  • Alisa Smedley - E-City
  • Megan Walsh - May Dugan Center

Cohort Six

  • Bobby Bolden - Fatima Family Center
  • Julia Boxler - Cuyahoga County Public Library
  • Maggie Bruening - Open Doors, Inc.
  • Shanti Coaston - Bellefaire JCB
  • Lisa Fellows - City Year Cleveland
  • Clarence Gaines - Boys Hope Girls Hope
  • Kevin James - Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland
  • Holley Martens - Shaker Heights Youth Center
  • Meleika Mohamoud - Cleveland Christian Home
  • Brenda Pryor - Let's Talk About Youth Enrichment Program
  • Leah Shultz - Bellefaire JCB
  • Nora Steele - Lakewood Division of Youth, H2O
  • Carlos Taylor - City Year Cleveland
  • Daniel Valentin - Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
  • Candice Wallace - Case Western Reserve University

Cohort Seven

  • Jerry Billups - Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland, Broadway Club
  • Odette Boone - The Ohio State University Extension
  • Beverly Brown - Rainey Institute
  • Nicole Debose - Cuyahoga County Family and Children First Council
  • Brenna Friesner - Cuyahoga County Public Library, Beachwood Branch
  • Harriet Hadley - Scranton Road Development Corporation, Youth Jobs Partnership
  • Robbin Hudson - Neighborhood Leadership Institute
  • Kim Juhas - KidsHealth 2020
  • Jacquelyn Lee-Ivey - Safiri Rites of Passage
  • Kitty Leung - Asian Services in Action, Inc.
  • Audrey Leventhal - Shaker Heights Public Library
  • Berinna Martin - Bellefaire JCB
  • Laura Morello - Adoption Network Cleveland
  • Chyrel Oates - Antioch Development Corporation
  • Avril Sargeant - Euclid Family to Family Collaborative, Euclid YMCA
  • Gail Thomas - The Citizenship Youth Leadership Program

Cohort Eight

  • Brandi Boswell - Role Models, Inc.
  • Leonard Davis - Tapestry, St. Martin de Porres Family Center
  • Orlando Grant - Weed & Seed, Central Neighborhood
  • Deanna Jarvis - Girl Scouts of North East Ohio
  • April Kenny - Fairfax Recreation Center
  • Sarah Kepple - Cuyahoga County Public Library-Fairview Park Branch
  • Sandra Nosse - Cleveland Public Library - Woodland Branch
  • Katie Schnell - Open Doors, Inc.
  • Lucille Short - Arts of Peace
  • Valli Spahn - Adoption Network Cleveland
  • Brenda Stark - Youth Opportunities Unlimited
  • Damon Taylor - WIRE-Net
  • Paul Theodore - Open Doors, Inc.
  • Rahsurah Tinsley - Employment and Family Services
  • Matthew Williams - America SCORES Cleveland

Cohort Nine

  • Adam Artman- The Intergenerational School
  • Yvonne Blair-Burnette- AppleWood Centers, INC
  • Lewis Burrell III- Cleveland Department of Public Health
  • Charisse Callieham-Warr- Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center
  • Marsha Cerny- Euclid Collaborative/ Euclid YMCA
  • Laura Fulton- Berea Children's Home and Family Services
  • Sarah Hershey- Bellefaire JCB
  • Ben Hughes- Fatima Family Center
  • Renee Jones- The Renee Jones Empowerment
  • Todd Kennedy- YMCA
  • Julie Liedtke- Cuyahoga County Public Library-Mayfield Branch
  • Katie Morris- Esperanza Inc
  • Courtney Nicolai- Euclid Collaborative/ Euclid YMCA
  • Yvonne Pointer- City of Cleveland - Community of Relations
  • Arniece Basit- Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association
  • Jackie Roberson- Peace in the Hood

Cohort Ten

  • Ayanna Abi-Kyles- Adoption Network Cleveland
  • Sandy Chiu- City Year
  • Laura Einsel- Progressive Arts Alliance
  • Carmen Feliciano- Esperanza, Inc.
  • Kristin Hinkel- LNE & Associates
  • Jill Hinkle-Dye- Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court
  • Hope Johnson- Cuyahoga County Tapestry of Care
  • Alexander (Alex) Leslie- Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
  • Sylvia Little Harris- Thea Bowman Center
  • Amy Rosenbluth- Shaker Hts Youth Center/Open Doors
  • Jesus Sanchez- Cleveland Botanical Garden
  • Nancie Skonezny- Cuyahoga County Public Library-Solon
  • Jeff Smith- Open Doors Academy
  • Anita Thompson- Euclid Collaborative
  • Shelley Toney- City Year Cleveland