Meet the 2025 Class of the Janine Lee Learning & Leadership Collaborative!
The 2025 Class of the Janine Lee Learning & Leadership Collaborative recently kicked off a year-long journey that will inspire and equip them to be social change agents who advance equity and justice within their organizations and communities.
This year’s cohort is the second in the history of the program, which was launched in 2023 as the Accelerating Equity Learning Collaborative. It was renamed last year to honor Janine Lee, who served as Philanthropy Southeast’s president and CEO for more than a decade before she passed away in February 2024.
Members of the 2025 Class met for an opening session online last month. Throughout this year, they’ll meet virtually and in locations throughout the Southeast, including St. Petersburg, Florida; Jackson, Mississippi; and Little Rock, Arkansas, before concluding their work at this year’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
Congratulations to the members of this year’s class!
 Cassio Batteast
Vice President of Programs
Foundation for the Mid South
Jackson, MS |
 Joyvin Benton
Program Officer
Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation
North Little Rock, AR |
 Elsa Blanco-Bridgen
Grants Manager
Quantum Foundation
West Palm Beach, FL |
 Victoria Brownlee
Officer - Education
Dogwood Health Trust
Asheville, NC |
 Erika Burnett
VP of Community Development
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Nashville, TN |
 Amber Burns-Jones
Director of Community Engagement
Community Foundation of Louisville
Louisville, KY |
 Jessica Hanak-Coulter
Senior Director, Strategic Consulting
Casey Family Programs
Camden, SC |
 Amanda Jaquez
Senior Associate
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Atlanta, GA |
 Camille Millar
Community Health Consultant
Kaiser Permanente
Atlanta, GA |
 Jamilla Pinder
Director, Community Engagement & Impact
Cone Health Foundation
Greensboro, NC |
 Sabrina Slade
Vice President
John Rex Endowment
Raleigh, NC |
