Leadership Team
Founder & Executive Director
Bruce Main, DMin
Vice President of Human Resources, Operations, and Volunteer Programs
Pamela Foxx, MS
Vice President of Schools
Andy Joshua, MPM
Vice President of Programs
Siomara Wedderburn, MSW
Vice President of Development and Finance
Lindsey Markelz, MSW
CamdenForward School Principal
Terry Bullock, MEd
UrbanPromise Academy Principal
Calvin Carthan
Director of Children and Youth Ministries
Albert Vega
StreetLeader Director
Tony Vega
Director of Experiential Learning
Jim Cummings
Administration

Pamela Foxx

Chief People Officer
pfoxx@urbanpromiseusa.org

Tom Ward

Operations and Facilities Manager
tward@urbanpromiseusa.org

Nilsa Gonzalez

Admin Support
UrbanPromise Alumni
ngonzalez@urbanpromiseusa.org

Andy Cross

Chief Financial Officer
across@urbanpromiseusa.org

Elizabeth Wilson

Bookkeeper
ewilson@urbanpromiseusa.org

John Bahm

Workgroup Manager
jbahm@urbanpromiseusa.org

Monique Jones

People Operations Manager
mjones@urbanpromiseusa.org

Karen Savage

HR Business Partner
ksavage@urbanpromiseusa.org

Duane Aretz

Facilities Coordinator
daretz@urbanpromiseusa.org

Development

Lindsey Markelz

Director of Development
lmarkelz@urbanpromiseusa.org

Jennifer Giordano

Director of Donor Relations
jgiordano@urbanpromiseusa.org

LaToya McCoy

Church Relations Manager
lmccoy@urbanpromiseusa.org

Troyana Pearson

Development Associate
UrbanPromise Alumni
tpearson@urbanpromiseusa.org

Shannon Oberg

Creative Director
soberg@urbanpromiseusa.org

Jason “Tam” Do

Donor Engagement Officer
UrbanPromise Alumni
jtdo@urbanpromiseusa.org

Barbara Schwartz

School Donor Relations Manager
bschwartz@urbanpromiseusa.org

Brent Schroeder

Individual Giving and Campaign Director
bschroeder@urbanpromiseusa.org

Toni Farmer

Director of Community Engagement
tfarmer@urbanpromiseusa.org

Jane Scarpellino

Grants Officer
jscarpellino@urbanpromiseusa.org

Children's Ministry

Albert Vega

Director of Children & Youth Ministries
UrbanPromise Alumni
avega@urbanpromiseusa.org

Brandon Santiago

Program Director of Camp Spirit
UrbanPromise Alumni
bsantiago@urbanpromiseusa.org

Derrick Sondrini

Program Director of Camp Grace
UrbanPromise Alumni
dsondrini@urbanpromiseusa.org

Geneva McDowell

Program Administrator
gmcdowell@urbanpromiseusa.org

CamdenForward School (K-8th Grade)

Andy Joshua

Head of Schools
ajoshua@urbanpromiseusa.org

Pauline Murfree

Administrative Director of School Operations
pmurfree@urbanpromiseusa.org

Cari Koss

Second Grade Teacher
ckoss@urbanpromiseusa.org

Sarah Lawlor

Fifth Grade Teacher
slawlor@urbanpromiseusa.org

Macey Williams

Middle School Science Teacher
mwilliams@urbanpromiseusa.org

Luz Garcia

Receptionist
lgarcia@urbanpromiseusa.org

Destiny Diggs

Elevate Supervisor
ddiggs@urbanpromiseusa.org

Terry Bullock

Principal
tbullock@urbanpromiseusa.org

Jennifer DeFay

Kindergarten Teacher
jdefay@urbanpromiseusa.org

Alexis Hammock

Third Grade Teacher
ahammock@urbanpromiseusa.org

Yvette Cooper

Middle School History Teacher
ycooper@urbanpromiseusa.org

Sue Bartholomew

Librarian
sbartholomew@urbanpromiseusa.org

Kelsey Byrne

Teacher Assistant Intern
kbyrne@urbanpromiseusa.org

Ryan McCormick

Vice Principal
rmccormick@urbanpromiseusa.org

Nijah McEady

First Grade Teacher
nmceady@urbanpromiseusa.org

Debra Welch

Fourth Grade Teacher
dwelch@urbanpromiseusa.org

Folayan Ford

Middle School English Teacher
fford@urbanpromiseusa.org

Kerry Hammock

K-8 Physical Education Teacher
khammock@urbanpromiseusa.org

Damaris Yax-Santos

Classroom Aid
dyax@urbanpromiseusa.org

StreetLeader Program

Tony Vega

Director of StreetLeaders
UrbanPromise Alumni
antoniovega@urbanpromiseusa.org

Karrie Jean-Baptiste

Teen Development Coordinator
kjeanbaptiste@urbanpromiseusa.org

Gail Koplin

College Advisor
gkoplin@urbanpromiseusa.org

UrbanPromise Academy

Andy Joshua

Head of Schools
ajoshua@urbanpromiseusa.org

Loren Shatz

History Teacher
lshatz@urbanpromiseusa.org

Cameron Crawford

Chapel and Physical Education Teacher
ccrawford@urbanpromiseusa.org

Calvin Carthan

Principal
ccarthan@urbanpromiseusa.org

Christina Van Osten

Science Teacher
costen@urbanpromiseusa.org

William Finnegan

Math Teacher
wfinnegan@urbanpromiseusa.org

Marycel Rodriguez

Dean of Students
mrodriguez@urbanpromiseusa.org

Paige Yoder Celestin

English Teacher
pcelestin@urbanpromiseusa.org

UrbanTrekkers

Jim Cummings

Director of Experiential Learning
jcummings@urbanpromiseusa.org

Kevin Callahan

BoatWorks Program Director
kcallahan@urbanpromiseusa.org

Joann Higgins

Assistant Director of Experiential Learning
jhiggins@urbanpromiseusa.org

Evan Williams

Expeditions Director
ewilliams@urbanpromiseusa.org

Luis Arevalo, Jr.

RiverGuide Supervisor
larevalo@urbanpromiseusa.org

Rachel Chew

RiverGuide Supervisor
rchew@urbanpromiseusa.org

Wellness Program

Siomara Wedderburn

Director of Wellness
UrbanPromise Alumni

swedderburn@urbanpromiseusa.org

Jessica Shinn

Wellness School Counselor
jshinn@urbanpromiseusa.org

Bonita Bell

Wellness Program Coordinator

bbell@urbanpromiseusa.org