Our Team

Our leadership team and board of directors bring decades of experience in social services, ministry, mental health, and community development. More importantly, they share a passion for walking alongside women in their journey to healing and wholeness.

  • Sheila Locatelli

    Founder & CEO

  • Tracie Franklin

    Program Manager

  • Ronda Gardner

    Case Manager

  • Joyce Ann Osagie

    Finance Manager

Board of Directors

  • Theresa Medsker – Board President

  • O’Dasha Blue – Board Secretary

  • Adrienne Jones - Board Treasury

  • Dr. Shamarah Hutchins

  • Sheila Locatelli

 Advisory Board

  • Retired Director of Department of Public Works, City of Cleveland; Professor, Cleveland State University

  • Retired Vice President of Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Case Western Reserve University

  • Director of Leadership and Community Development, Building Hope in the City