Who We Are

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that protects heirs’ property and promotes its sustainable use to provide increased economic benefit to historically under-served families.

Staff
Board
Partners
Financials
Jennie L. Stephens Chief Executive Officer - Leadership Team
Josh F. Walden Chief of Operations - Leadership Team
Cheryl Reid Chief Financial Officer - Leadership Team
Danyelle O'Hara Chief Projects Officer - Leadership Team
Brett Wadford Chief Partnerships Officer - Leadership Team
Brianna Jackson Director of Legal Services - Leadership Team bjackson@heirsproperty.org
Esther Adams Director of Community Engagement eadams@heirsproperty.org
Nulani Bennett Director of Development nbennett@heirsproperty.org
David Bourgeois Field Operations Manager dbourgeois@heirsproperty.org
Keisha Kirkland Director of Communications kkirkland@heirsproperty.org
Steve Patterson Director of Forestry Services - Leadership Team spatterson@heirsproperty.org
Sharon Piggs Executive Assistant spiggs@heirsproperty.org
Alexa Stephens Director of Outreach - Leadership Team astephens@heirsproperty.org
Danica Whitney Executive Coordinator dwhitney@heirsproperty.org
Jacqueline Wilson Director of Administration - Leadership Team jwilson@heirsproperty.org
Dorlisa C. Adams Outreach Liaison dadams@heirsproperty.org
Anthony Brown Community Engagement Specialist abrown@heirsproperty.org
Anna Garrick-Camara Paralegal - Orangeburg Office acamara@heirsproperty.org
Courtney Cannon Staff Attorney ccannon@heirsproperty.org
Rhonda Champion Accounting Manager rchampion@heirsproperty.org
Kenneth Dunn Forester kdunn@heirsproperty.org
Ariel Ellerson Legal Administrative Assistant aellerson@heirsproperty.org
Monica Frasier Outreach Liaison mfrasier@heirsproperty.org
Sterling Gilliard Grants Accountant sgilliard@heirsproperty.org
Angel Gonzalez Finance and Database Specialist agonzalez@heirsproperty.org
Monica Graves Outreach Liaison mgraves@heirsproperty.org
Marcus Gurley Community Liaison Coordinator - Orangeburg Office mgurley@heirsproperty.org
LaVerda James Paralegal ljames@heirsproperty.org
Sarah Jones Forestry Administrative Associate sjones@heirsproperty.org
Katrice Keith Legal Administrative Assistant - Florence Office kkeith@heirsproperty.org
Sonya Laribo Human Resources Specialist slaribo@heirsproperty.org
Mikayla Mangle, Esq. Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ mmangle@heirsproperty.org
Alexis Martin Regional Forester amartin@heirsproperty.org
Madison Martin Staff Attorney mmartin@heirsproperty.org
Brendan McPherson Resource Development Associate bmcpherson@heirsproperty.org
David J. Meury Staff Attorney dmeury@heirsproperty.org
Rena Pinckney Legal Administrative Assistant rpinckney@heirsproperty.org
Henry "Hank" Poole Forester hpoole@heirsproperty.org
Markus Reneau LDF Marshall-Motley Fellow mreneau@heirsproperty.org
Asija Rice Forester arice@heirsproperty.org
Kayra Rice Community Engagement Specialist krice@heirsproperty.org
Brianna Roberts Program Support Coordinator BROBERTS@HEIRSPROPERTY.ORG
Hunter Roberts Forestry Technician hroberts@heirsproperty.org
Aashini Shrivastav Staff Attorney ashrivastav@heirsproperty.org
Latesha Smith Stewardship and Events Coordinator lsmith@heirsproperty.org
Nina "Nikki" Sperling, Esq. Staff Attorney nsperling@heirsproperty.org
Janessa Taylor Marketing and Communication Specialist jtaylor@heirsproperty.org
Gino Truncellito Staff Attorney gtruncellito@heirsproperty.org
Rufus Washington Staff Accountant rwashington@heirsproperty.org
Y. Elizabeth Wellman Staff Attorney ewellman@heirsproperty.org
Walter Whetstone Forester wwhetstone@heirsproperty.org
Courtney B. White, Esq. Staff Attorney cwhite@heirsproperty.org
James Williams Forester jwilliams@heirsproperty.org

Meet our Stellar 2024 Board!

Kristopher Pickler, Chair
General Counsel, Global Real Estate – Honeywell International

Leonard A. McIntyre, PhD, Immediate Past Chair
Former College President

James (Jim) D. Myrick,  Vice Chair
Partner – Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Darlene L. Broughton, Secretary, Fundraising Committee Chair 
Resident Construction Engineer – S.C. Department of Transportation

Alexander C. Rhue, Treasurer
TD Bank

Louis Manigault, Governance Committee Chair
Senior Project Engineer – Lowcountry Superior Properties

Ashley H. Amundson, JD
Attorney – Harvey and Battey, P.A.

Sabrina A. Brown
Retired – Naval Health Clinic, Charleston

Angela Richmond Gaddist
Regional Communications Director- United Healthcare, Charlotte, NC

Brenda Hughes
Regional Community Health Coordinator – S.C. Dept. of Health and Environmental Control

Faith Rivers James, JD
Executive Director  – South Carolina Coastal Conservation League

Tory J. Liferidge
Pastor – Grace Reformed Episcopal Church

Cynthia Odell
Senior Advisory Specialist – Wells Fargo

Margie A. Pizarro, Esq
Trial Counsel – Poulin Willey Anastopoulo, LLC

Christopher Richardson, Esq
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel – BDV Solutions, LLC

Ellen Zisholtz
President/CEO and Founder – Center for Creative Partnerships

THANK YOU – DREAM TEAM!

2018 Funders of the Center include:

Benwood Foundation, Bonnie Management Company, Inc., Charleston County Bar Association, Coastal Community Foundation [Amanda’s Fund, Bakker Family Fund, Giving Back to Berkeley County , Home Community Fund, Lothmann Family Fund, Julia and Lee McLeod Endowment , OPEN Grants, Regional Cycle – Northern and Southern Lowcountry, The Beaufort Fund, Sharon and David Ward Family Fund, and Volvo Car Operations Community Fund], Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation, Ceres Foundation, Inc., Chicago Community Foundation, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Open Grants of CCF, Post & Courier Foundation, SC Bar Foundation, SC Forestry Foundation, Surdna Foundation, The Benwood Foundation, The Joanna Foundation, US Dept of Agriculture [US Forest Service, National Institute of Food & Agriculture, Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Natural Resources Conservation Service – DC and SC, U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Inc., Wells Fargo Foundation, and many generous individual donors like YOU!

 

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