One representative from each Partner organization serves on the Investor Council, which advises and guides the Partnership.

Chair:
  • Sharon B. Taylor
    Vice President of Education and Training
    Goodwill of Central Virginia
Members:
  • Barbara Couto Sipe
    Assistant Vice-President, United Way - Children, Youth and Families
    Director, Success By 6®

  • Mark E. Emblidge
    Executive Director
    Virginia Literacy Foundation/The Literacy Institute at VCU/Even Start

  • Amy Strite
    Executive Director
    Children’s Health Involving Parents of Greater Richmond (CHIP)

  • Robin L. Foster, MD
    Associate Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
    VCU Medical Center

  • Frances Stanley (Alternate)
    GIS/Research Analyst
    Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Virginia LISC)

  • Grace Sparks
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Family Lifeline

  • John C. Purnell, Jr.
    Executive Director
    Friends Association for Children

  • Johanna Schuchert
    Executive Director
    Prevent Child Abuse Virginia (PCAV)

  • Sue Rockwell
    Executive Director
    Reach Out and Read Virginia

Ex officio:
  • William L. Roberts, Jr.
    Executive Director
    Robins Foundation
Staff:
  • Sally Rose Ribeiro
    Executive Director
    Partnership for Families Northside, Inc.





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