Who We Are

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that protects heirs’ property and promotes its sustainable use to provide increased economic benefit to historically under-served families.

Staff
Board
Partners
Financials
Jennie L. Stephens Chief Executive Officer - Leadership Team
Josh F. Walden Chief of Operations - Leadership Team jwalden@heirsproperty.org
Cheryl Reid Chief Financial Officer - Leadership Team creid@heirsproperty.org
Danyelle O'Hara Chief Projects Officer - Leadership Team dohara@heirsproperty.org
Brett Wadford Chief Partnerships Officer - Leadership Team bwadford@heirsproperty.org
Esther K. Adams Manager of Strategic Initiatives - Leadership Team eadams@heirsproperty.org
Brianna Bogan Director of Legal Services - Leadership Team bbogan@heirsproperty.org
David Bourgeois Field Operations Manager dbourgeois@heirsproperty.org
Steve Patterson Director of Forestry Services - Leadership Team spatterson@heirsproperty.org
Sharon Piggs Executive Assistant spiggs@heirsproperty.org
Alexa Stephens Director of Outreach - Leadership Team astephens@heirsproperty.org
Danica Whitney Executive Coordinator dwhitney@heirsproperty.org
Jacqueline Wilson Associate Director of Administration - Leadership Team jwilson@heirsproperty.org
Dorlisa C. Adams Outreach Liaison dadams@heirsproperty.org
Anna Garrick-Camara Paralegal - Orangeburg Office acamara@heirsproperty.org
Rhonda Champion Staff Accountant rchampion@heirsproperty.org
Kenneth Dunn Forester kdunn@heirsproperty.org
Ariel Ellerson Legal Administrative Assistant aellerson@heirsproperty.org
Antonia Francis Staff Attorney afrancis@heirsproperty.org
Monica Frasier Outreach Liaison mfrasier@heirsproperty.org
Sharmaine George Forestry Associate sgeorge@heirsproperty.org
Angel Gonzalez Finance and Database Specialist agonzalez@heirsproperty.org
Marcus Gurley Outreach Liaison - Orangeburg Office mgurley@heirsproperty.org
LaVerda James Paralegal ljames@heirsproperty.org
Sonya Laribo Human Resources Specialist slaribo@heirsproperty.org
Mikayla Mangle Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ mmangle@heirsproperty.org
Brendan McPherson Resource Development Associate bmcpherson@heirsproperty.org
Skylar Oyebade Staff Attorney soyebade@heirsproperty.org
Asija Rice Forester arice@heirsproperty.org
Brianna Roberts Paralegal/Legal Administration BROBERTS@HEIRSPROPERTY.ORG
Aashini Shrivastav Staff Attorney ashrivastav@heirsproperty.org
Latesha Smith Stewardship and Events Coordinator lsmith@heirsproperty.org
Nina "Nikki" Sperling Staff Attorney nsperling@heirsproperty.org
Janessa Taylor Marketing and Communication Specialist jtaylor@heirsproperty.org
Gino Truncellito Staff Attorney gtruncellito@heirsproperty.org
Y. Elizabeth Wellman Staff Attorney ewellman@heirsproperty.org
Walter Whetstone Forester wwhetstone@heirsproperty.org
James Williams Forester jwilliams@heirsproperty.org

Meet our Stellar 2023 Board!

Leonard A. McIntyre, PhD, Chair
Former College President

Kristopher Pickler, Vice Chair
Assistant General Counsel, Real Estate (Americas) at Honeywell

Jonathan P. Kresken,  JD, Treasurer
Assistant VP of Legacy Giving – The Citadel Foundation

Darlene L. Broughton, Secretary 
Resident Construction Engineer – S.C. Department of Transportation

Louis Manigault, Governance Comm. Chair
Senior Project Engineer – Lowcountry Superior Properties

Ashley H. Amundson, JD
Attorney – Harvey and Battey, P.A.

Charlie Blake, JD
Partner/Attorney – Finklea Hendrick & Blake, LLC

Sabrina A. Brown
Retired – Naval Health Clinic, Charleston

Brenda Hughes
Regional Community Health Coordinator – S.C. Dept. of Health and Environmental Control

Faith Rivers James, JD
Executive Director  – South Carolina Coastal Conservation League

Tory J. Liferidge
Pastor of Grace Reformed Episcopal Church and Executive Director of the Grace Impact Development Center

James (Jim) D. Myrick
Partner – Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

James (Jim) B. Porter III
(Retired) Group President / Strategic Advisor at WestRock Company

Alexander C. Rhue
Senior Vice President – Bank of America

Ellen Zisholtz
President at Center for Creative Partnerships

THANK YOU – DREAM TEAM!

2018 Funders of the Center include:

Benwood Foundation, Bonnie Management Company, Inc., Charleston County Bar Association, Coastal Community Foundation [Amanda’s Fund, Bakker Family Fund, Giving Back to Berkeley County , Home Community Fund, Lothmann Family Fund, Julia and Lee McLeod Endowment , OPEN Grants, Regional Cycle – Northern and Southern Lowcountry, The Beaufort Fund, Sharon and David Ward Family Fund, and Volvo Car Operations Community Fund], Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation, Ceres Foundation, Inc., Chicago Community Foundation, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Open Grants of CCF, Post & Courier Foundation, SC Bar Foundation, SC Forestry Foundation, Surdna Foundation, The Benwood Foundation, The Joanna Foundation, US Dept of Agriculture [US Forest Service, National Institute of Food & Agriculture, Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Natural Resources Conservation Service – DC and SC, U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities, Inc., Wells Fargo Foundation, and many generous individual donors like YOU!

 

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