Tifanie Rudd is a certified life coach who has been finding jobs for Triad individuals since 2005. Rudd is CEO of M8D 2 Rise, Inc., a business she started in 2011.

She has volunteered in the Greensboro community for more than 15 years, assisting people with physical, mental and emotional disabilities, low self esteem, and aiding the homeless and battered women. Rudd is a commissioner on Greensboro's Commission on the Status of Women and serves on the boards of Greensboro Academy, People to People and the Fire Relief Fund. She was asked to join the Community Connectors by Police Chief Brian James and has spearheaded his initiative to find 500 jobs for youths this summer.

She has a BA in Divinity and a Master's Degree in Christian Counseling from Grace Christian College.

Dr. Karen T. Jackson is faculty in the Leadership Studies and Adult Education department at North Carolina A&T State University where she teaches research design, quantitative and qualitative research methods, ethics, and policy courses and works with students to design their dissertation studies. Dr. Jackson is a researcher and evaluator. Her work is grounded in systems and organization theory, policy studies, understanding of community engagement, equity, and social justice. 

Her previous work with the Greensboro Police Department includes coordination of the Department of Justice Project Safe Neighborhood program and a contributing researcher on the analysis of implicit bias in traffic stops and searches report. As a Community Connections volunteer she provides guidance related to funding, research, and advocacy for community engagement.

Dr. Jackson received her PhD in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from North Carolina State University, MEd in Curriculum and Instruction and Mathematics from The University of Southern Mississippi, and BS in Chemistry from The University of Southern Mississippi.

Dori Goebel has a deep passion to "see Greensboro be a unified thriving city -- racially,  economically and socially."

Recently, she graduated from the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce "Other Voices'' program and from the Greensboro Police Department's Citizen Police Academy. She is on the board of Victoria's House, a playhouse and art space for children that is a collaboration with YWCA Greensboro's Emergency Family Shelter.

Goebel and her husband Bill, of 27 years, have three children and are members of Westover Church. Dori and Bill have travelled on several interfaith missions with The Community Foundation and Greensboro Jewish Federation.

She is a 1987 graduate of Appalachian State University and holds a degree in Communications.

Cheryl Kersky is a retired newspaper reporter and editor, who relocated to Greensboro almost four years ago, from suburban Chicago, with her husband Stuart. 

She is an active community volunteer, who has enjoyed working on a variety of events and projects at Beth David Synagogue, the Greensboro Jewish Federation and Greensboro Hadassah. She has also served on the board of the Greensboro Newcomers Club and the Greensboro Bound Literary Festival and Triad Jewish Film Festival organizing committees. 

Cheryl and Stuart have two children who live out of state. 

A native Philadelphian, she is a graduate of Temple University and holds a degree in Communications.

Regina Glaspie has worked in media industries for more than 32 years -- the last 14 years in North Carolina. Currently, Glaspie is running her consultant company, Arbonne International LLC, and working with the Greensboro Police Department on community outreach.

She has worked in community outreach in Manhattan, Chicago, and throughout North Carolina, while serving on the board for the state's Press Association from 2008-16.

Her previous positions include Regional Audience Development Director for the Triad at Gatehouse Media, LLC, Marketing Director for the North Carolina Group at BH Media, and Landmark Communications. Before returning to North Carolina in 2006, she worked for The New York Times Company and Dow Jones & Company. 

Officer LaTonya D. Guy learned at an early age from her grandmother Katherine Johnson that an individual can help heal the world.

“I fell in love with Community Oriented Policing when I became PNRC (Police Neighborhood 

Officer Guy joined the Greensboro Police Department in 2003. The mother of three was the only female graduate of the 89th Police Basic Introductory Course.

She has hosted domestic violence, women’s empowerment, and ice cream social events at Claremont Homes. A 3-day youth leadership event resulted in CPR certifications for the youths who attended. She has personally donated health and hygiene bags for female youths. An avid coupon-clipper, she donates many of the goods to individuals, families, and organizations. She also donates holiday meals to Claremont Homes families.

Officer Guy, a key connector on Greensboro Police Chief Brian’s James’ initiative, was already in the spirit of “doing” to right wrongs. She named her nonprofit Katherine’s Whisper a Little Prayer Network after her grandmother.

“Anytime things weren’t going right, and you were having a bad day my grandmother would say: ‘go to a quiet place and whisper a little prayer.’ She promised whatever it was that was stressing you out, you could make it through it.”

It is Officer Guy’s hope that her "growing network of resources, connections, interventions, information or whatever you need will make the situation better.”