Our Team

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We Are Here To Serve You

Our talented team diligently works together to fulfill our mission, leveraging our expertise and passion to create a positive impact and serve the community.

Rev. Akil Dickens

Vice Chair

Thomasina Gray

Member

Linda Hart, LICSW

Member

Rev. Kanika Jones, Ph.D.

Founder & Executive Director

Rev. Tony Lee

Immediate Past Chair

Rebecca Lightbourn

Member

Yvonne Magee, Ph.D.

Chair

Earnestine Moore

Treasurer

Jacqui Steele-McCall

Secretary

Rev. Akil Dickens

Vice Chair

Rev. Kenneth Akil Dickens
Vice Chair

Thomasina Gray

Member

Thomasina Gray
Member

Linda Hart, LICSW

Member

Linda Hart, LICSW
Member

Rev. Kanika Jones, Ph.D.

Founder & Executive Director

Rev. Kanika Jones, Ph.D.
Founder & Member

Kanika Magee, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, is the Senior Minister to Youth at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church in Fort Washington, Maryland. In this capacity, she leads over 20 ministries in program, budget and strategic planning. She conducts regular Bible studies for ministries and a weekly Bible Study for children ages 4 to 11. Rev. Magee brings creativity and excellence to this ministry, as children are led in an interactive praise and worship service which engages their talents and imaginations as the Bible is brought to life through costumes, props and role playing. She conducts motivational workshops throughout the nation and has instituted innovative programs including a youth leadership development initiative, internship program, college tours, entrepreneurship program and youth-planned conferences attracting over 1,000 youth from across the nation.

Rev. Magee is the sole proprietor of an independent consulting practice, bringing needed assistance and business acumen to non-profit organizations in the areas of community and economic development throughout the country. Rev. Magee is a poet and a writer, with four published children’s books including “Today I Got Saved” and “What Color is Heaven??” Her efforts have been recognized through her acceptance into the Cambridge Professional Listing of Non-Profit Professionals and Leadership Greater Washington class of 2008. She has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the National Black MBA Association Fellowship, the Executive Leadership Council Excellence in Business Commentary Award and the Ivan Earle Taylor Scholarship.

Rev. Magee earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the Howard University School of Business, a Master of Divinity degree from the Howard University School of Divinity and an MBA from Georgetown University. She has conducted doctoral studies at the George Washington University in Organizational Behavior and is currently pursuing Ph.D.’s in Religion at the Catholic University of America and Baltimore Hebrew University. Rev. Magee recently founded a non-profit organization to provide youth programs in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Rev. Tony Lee

Immediate Past Chair

Rev. Tony Lee
Immediate Past Chair

Rebecca Lightbourn

Member

Rebecca Lightbourn
Member

Yvonne Magee, Ph.D.

Chair

Yvonne Magee, Ph.D.
Chair

Earnestine Moore

Treasurer

Earnestine Moore
Treasurer

Jacqui Steele-McCall

Secretary

Our Team

We Are Here To Serve You

Rev. Kenneth Akil Dickens Vice Chair

Thomasina Gray Member

Linda Hart, LICSW Member

Rev. Kanika Jones, Ph.D. Founder & Member

Rev. Tony Lee Immediate Past Chair

Rebecca Lightbourn Member

Yvonne Magee, Ph.D. Chair

Earnestine Moore Treasurer

Jacqui Steele-McCall Secretary

Rev. Kenneth Akil Dickens
Vice Chair

Thomasina Gray
Member

Linda Hart, LICSW
Member

Rev. Kanika Jones, Ph.D.
Founder & Member

Rev. Tony Lee
Immediate Past Chair

Rebecca Lightbourn
Member

Yvonne Magee, Ph.D.
Chair

Earnestine Moore
Treasurer

Jacqui Steele-McCall
Secretary