Our Team
![Cherisna Jean-Marie](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cherisna-Jean-Marie.png)
Our Founder & CEO
Cherisna Jean-Marie, M.DIV.
Faith Leader | Community Organizer | Anti-Racist Activist
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Our Founding Board Members
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Rev. Dr. Brandon Blake
- Senior Pastor
- New Sunny Mount Baptist Church - St. Louis, MO
![Stacey Rhodes](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Stacey-Rhodes.png)
Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas
- E. Rhodes Professor of Ethics and Society
- Vanderbilt Divinity School - Nashville, TN
![Shauna Flemming](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Shauna-Flemming.png)
Dr. Shauna Flemming
- Health Scientist
- Washington, DC
![Dante Bryant](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Dante-Bryant.png)
Dr. Dante Bryant
- Assistant Professor of Social Work, Affiliated Faculty Race & Social Equity Academy
- UNC Charlotte / College of Health and Human Services - Charlotte, NC
![Cemere James](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cemere-James.png)
Cemerè James
- Racial Equity and Child Advocate
- Children's Defense Fund - Washington, DC
![Jay Clifton](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Jay-Clifton.png)
Attorney Jay Cliffton
- Attorney & Entrepreneur
- The Law Office of Jay Clifton - Nashville, TN
Our Advisors
![Pat Clark](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pat-Clark.png)
Pat Clark
- Chief Program Officer for the Fund for Nonviolence (FNV)
- Fund for Nonviolence - Austin, TX
![John Welch](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/John-Welch.png)
Rev. Dr. John Welch
- Chair, Board of Directors | Gamaliel Network
- Pittsburg, PA
![Andrea Barbour](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Andrea-Barbour.png)
Andrea Barbour
- Public Planner
- Nashville, TN
![Arlene Avakian](https://co-conspiratorinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Arlene-Avakian.png)
Arlene Avakian
- Professor Emeritus Women Studies
- New Hemisphere, NE