Networks
National Advisory Board
HOPE’s National Advisory Board (NAB) is a group of passionate and diverse leaders who are committed to spreading HOPE. NAB members are highly-regarded and experts from higher education, medicine, advocacy, research, families, and non-profits. Yet, they all share a common purpose of expanding access to positive childhood experiences to children and youth of all backgrounds through ongoing, collaborative partnerships between providers and families. NAB members offer their support and guidance through recommendations and thoughtful discussion about the goals, priorities, mission, and values of HOPE.

Rev. Darrell LaRue Armstrong

Corey Best

Renée Boynton-Jarrett

Wendy Ellis

Baraka Floyd

Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba

Ron Ferguson

Pradeep Gidwani

Elliott Orrin Hinkle

Pat Hunt

Tammy Piazza Hurley

Jennifer Jones

Danielle Laraque-Arena

Phyllis Niolon

Cailin O’Connor

Tamara Vesel, MD

David Willis
Family and Community Experts Council (FACEs)
Family and Community Experts Council (FACEs) is a group of parents, youth, and other family and community members who share a common purpose of expanding access to positive childhood experiences (PCEs) for families of all backgrounds through the ongoing, collaborative partnerships between providers and families that HOPE promotes. FACEs serves in an advisory capacity, similar to the advisory role of the National Advisory Board, and their recommendations are valued. The goal of meetings is to ensure that every Council member voices their perspective.
Katina R. Allen
Lived Experience Expert
Dee Bonnick
Lived Experience Expert
Elliott Orrin Hinkle
Unicorn Solutions
Pat Hunt
FREDLA
Kimberly Ladd
Aligned Hope
Beth Melton
Centerstone
Tashia Roberson-Wing
Lived Experience Expert
Amber Robinson
Lived Experience Expert
Allison Schild
Lived Experience Expert
April Scott
Lived Experience Expert
Bree Smith
Lived Experience Expert
John Verdejo
Lived Experience Expert
The value of lived expertise
At HOPE, we believe those whose lives have been most impacted by health and social systems hold the deepest wisdom on how to improve them. Their voices are not just valuable—they are essential to our understanding of complex social issues. We are committed to shifting power by ensuring that individuals with lived expertise are shaping policies, programs, and decisions that impact their families’ lives. Working at the intersection of academic knowledge, professional experience, and lived expertise, we can create a more inclusive, effective, and empathetic approach to serving children and families.