BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 



Dr. Glenda Smith-Lee
President, CEO

MBA in Business Management from Pepperdine University,
BS in Business Administration, University of Southern California.
Doctorate of Ministry from the Southern California School of Ministry
Retired Business Manager from Northrop Grumman Space Technology after 33 1/2 years. Co-pastor of Holy Temple Foursquare Church
Motivational Speaker, Singer, Musician, and the Visionary of ‘Reach Me.’
 
       
  Cassandra E. Garrett
Secretary

Attended Howard University, pledged Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, member of Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity, Inc., received Bachelor of Ministry degree from the Southern California School of Ministry, lay minister for 18 years, Interim Pastor of Southwestern Church of God, works with the Southwestern Church of God Educational Services Program.
 
       
  Leonard Fisher

Graduate of Los Angeles Bible College.
An evangelist, retreat speaker, and member of Christian Men in Action
 
       
  Dr. Michael L. Wilson
Treasurer

Pastor Michael L. Wilson is the pastor of the Believers Community Church of Los Angeles, Ca. He is a dedicated family man with 5 children, and a loving wife name Charise Wilson. Pastor Wilson is also an engineer with the Boeing Company over 25 years, and holds a BS/BA/MBA/D Min degree.
 
       
  Priscilla Radcliffe

Community Service: Teaching the principles of HIV awareness, how to use cosmetics for skin care; proper foods for heathly living the holistic way and self-esteem seminars. The audiences for seminars include veterans, attends to the homeless, cancer patients, and youth at risk.

Evangelist Ratcliff renders the following services to the efforts of L.A. Shonte', one of California's largest Aids foundations.

1982 Bio-Chemisty Degree from Texas Southern University, Houston Texas.
1999 Received Certificate of Completion of Ministry Studies Institute, Crenshaw Christian Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2000 Received Ordination & Ministerial License
 
       
  Quilla Sallis

Hospitality Coordinator with Reach Me Foundation and an integral part of planning committee for special events and fundraisers.
 
       
  Ralph Hanson

Mr. Ralph Hanson was born in Belize and migrated to the United States in the early 90’s.  He matriculated into Los Angeles Trade Technical College where he received his Associate in Architecture and graduated with Honors.  He has worked in the architectural field for over 10 years.   He is credited with the design over 50% of the Quizino’s in Southern California.  He has taken the initiative for most of his Architectural career to run his own Architectural Design Firm, R.A. Hanson and Associates. 

Mr. Hanson joined the ReachMe Foundation over a year ago and has been a consistent participant in our program providing a strong male leadership presence.

Mr. Hanson is committed to showing our youth that achieving a higher education is a priority and achievable!   One of his long term goals is to find a way to teach our youth how to achieve generational wealth.

 
       
 

Gerterlyn (Lynne) Hanson

Ms. Lynne Hanson graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tuskegee University with a Batchelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE).  She has worked as a System Engineer for over 20 years with emphasis in Radio Frequency Engineering.  She has been employed by many high tech corporations including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where she was one of the first students to be awarded a JPL sponsored NASA Fellowship to complete her BSEE; the Boeing Company, where she achieved the level of Scientist and Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting firm, where she is now supporting the development of new satellites to provide increased capability to the Global Positioning System (GPS) as a consultant to the Air Force.

Ms. Hanson has also been a professor at Tuskegee University where she taught AC and DC Circuit analysis.  It is while she attended and taught at Tuskegee that she developed the foundation for her book titled “Get an ‘A ’In All Your Technical Courses

Ms. Hanson’s passion is teaching.   She strives to impart to our youth that math is easy and how important and achievable it is to go on to higher levels of education.  She is committed to helping our youth achieve that by staffing the ReachMe program as an instructor.

 
       
  Anthony Fisher

Anthony has earned his Bachelor degree in Graphic Design (’96) and Master degree in Educational Technology (’99) from Azusa Pacific University. Anthony has been awarded various design awards and his skillsets vary. From designing posters, websites, multimedia packages and fullly integrated campaigns, Anthony has become one of the premiere African American designers in the country and has served over 200 clients in the last 5 years. Some of the industries that Anthony has serviced include architecture, entertainment, non-profit, education, technology, real estate, arts and communication.
     
 

Wendi Turnipseed

Wendi holds a Bachelors degree in Biochemistry from the University of Georgia and M.B.A with Finance concentration from Georgia State University. She has been tutoring math to students from elementary school through college level for over 10 years and designs educational video games featured on her site, www.Joi711.com.