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Board of Directors 2002-2004 Chairperson Mr. Jay Durrah : Sr. Staff Consultant, Verizon Board Members Ms. Alveta Addison, Coordinator, Student Programs Mr. Chris Cathcart, Public Relations, One Diaspora Project Mr. Howard Hamilton, Project Manager, Fannie Mae Ms. Nancy Harvin, Special Event Coordinator Mrs. Elma Jalloh, Financial Advisor Mrs. Yolanda Miller-Stiff, Chief Financial Officer, Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America Mr. Khoran Newell, Student Member, Morgan State Mrs. Marion Solomon, Federal Employee, Treasury Department Staff Valerie Bloomfield, Executive Director President of RISE, Inc. Emeritus Mr. Howard Newell, Founder, Organization Director Board of Directors Emeritus Mr. Imhotep Mahraka 1960-1996 Mrs. Katie M. Newell Founding Members 1990 Jay Durrah, William Freeman, Howard Hamilton, Mannotti Jenkins, James Minerve, Howard Newell, Edwin Reese
Funders RISE, Inc. has received over 1 million dollars in grant awards from several District Government agencies and Washington foundations, which included:
: :	Department of Housing & Community Development Enterprise Community Grantee 1999-2003
: :	The Office of Mayor for Public Safety Juvenile Grant Admin. 2000-2003
: :	DC Children Youth Investment Trust Corporation 2002-2003
: :	Department of Health HIV/AIDS Admin. 2001-2003
: :	Department of Human Services Income Maintenance Admin. 2002
: :	Department of Health Addictions Prevention Recovery Admin. 1998, 2001-2002
: :	Washington AIDS Partnership
: :	Department of Human Services 1999
: :	Office of Early Childhood Development 1997-1998
: :	District of Columbia Housing Authority 1996-1997
Contact information For additional information, questions or concerns contact Valerie Bloomfield, Executive Director or Jay Durrah, Board Chairman at: Telephone: 202-561-3440 : : Fax 202-561-3442 RISE,Inc. 3219 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20032
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