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Our People Who we are Community Bridge, Inc. is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary partnership of researchers, parents, and practitioners in the local community who are united by and committed to the goal of supporting the optimal development of children, youth, and families. We are dedicated to bridging the gap between the “ivory tower” and the front lines: We believe that families and practitioners who are on the front lines of building and sustaining healthy families and communities should have full access to the best research, tools, and information available. At the same time, we believe that the exchange between the ivory tower and the front lines should be bi-directional: Those on the front lines should both benefit from research-based services and practices, and should shape the development of the research, information, and tools that are available to them. We are committed to providing the highest quality programs, services, tools, and information available in the areas of child, youth, family, and community development; educational support; and parent education and training. Collectively, our Executive Board, Advisory Board, and Collaborating Researchers and Practitioners have an extensive history of working hand in hand with parents, children, and families from all walks of life, and in particular, those from ethnic minority backgrounds and disadvantaged communities, to bring about positive child, youth, and family development and community empowerment. Advisory Board Alethea Bell Director, Human Resources Department, City of Durham, NC Velma Bethea Seventh-grade Learning Disabilities Teacher, Chewning Middle School, Durham, NC Grace Dzidzienyo Neighborhood Redevelopment/Small Business Development Specialist, Office of Economic and Employment Development, City of Durham; President and CEO of enyo international, Inc., a U.S. based company whose primary focus is to create opportunity for economic sustainability in Africa; and Adjunct Professor of Political Science (and previously, Public Administration) at North Carolina Central University Ricki Fuller Executive Director, The Fuller Institute; and Women’s Counselor, Southside Church of Christ, Durham, NC Nancy Hill, M.A., Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director of Developmental Psychology, Duke University Barbara Parker Principal, R.N. Harris Elementary School (Arts Magnet), Durham, NC William Stephens Evangelist, Southside Church of Christ, Durham, NC; and Principal, Quality Education Institute of Durham Board of Directors Calvin L. Anderson Senior Clinical Data Coordinator, Quintiles, Durham, NC Durwin P. Jones, J.D. Attorney, Construction Law and Business & Commercial Litigation, Gordon, Muir & Foley, LLP, Hartford, CT Karla Pratt Owner/Director of Karla’s Day Care Home, a licensed, five-star day care home, Durham, NC Jennifer N. Williams (Board Secretary) Human Resources, ESPN Headquarters, Bristol, CT Joyce Williams-Jones, J.D. (Board Chairperson) Attorney, Legislative Commissioners’ Office, CT General Assembly, Hartford, CT Collaborating researchers, practitioners, and agencies Valerie Anderson, M.A., Ph.D., Developmental Psychology Executive Director, Community Bridge, Inc. (Click here to download Curriculum Vitae) Tracey Bennett, M.A., Early Childhood Education Instructor, Early Childhood Associate, Vance-Granville Community College Stephanie Coard, M.A., Ph.D., Clinical Psychology Research Associate, 3-C Institute for Social Development; and Research Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences, Duke University Monique Feast, M.S.W. Social worker in the areas of foster care, ambulatory care and spinal cord injury, Durham, NC Lisa Inman, M.A., Higher Education Community Director, Student Family Housing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ronda Thorington, M.A., LPC, Founding Clinical Director of the CARE Crisis Stabilization Program, Children's Center of Hamden, Inc., Hamden, CT Michael Williams, M.Ed. Former Assistant Principal of Shepard Middle Magnet School, Durham, NC Robin Walker-Sterling, J.D. Supervising Attorney, Children’s Law Center, Washington, D.C.