Our Mission
At LINK, it is important that our team reflect the communities we work with and champion; it is a critical first step to developing trust in the communities where we work.
Team LINK is proud of our staff diversity across the spectrums of gender, ethnicity, and race. Over 65% of Team LINK identify as women, and nearly 70% are people of color. Additionally, we are both local (our team actively recruits and employs residents from all eight wards of DC) and global (with a number of team members born and residing outside the U.S.). Together, they lead our offices in Washington, DC, with offices in St. Louis, Phoenix, New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Manchester, UK.
Team LINK ranges in age from our high school interns to our 95-year-old senior advisor, Charlie Brotman, who joined our team after a 70+ year career as a Washington legend in public relations and former Presidential Announcer. We also actively recruit and hire from programs that support formerly incarcerated individuals and teen parents and their children.
LINK team members come from diverse professional backgrounds; we do not have “just” consultants, we have practitioners who have lived and worked in the spaces and places where our clients operate.
Our Team
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Heaven Abraha
Project Manager
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Paola I. Asprilla
Associate
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Michael Akin
President
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Casey Anderson
Project Manager
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Celso Baez, III
Consultant, Texas Branch
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Corey Barenbrugge
Chief Operating Officer & Senior Strategist
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Charlie Brotman
Senior Advisor
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Janee Brown
Project Manager
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Robert Burke
Project Manager
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Kennedy Chester
Senior Project Manager
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Christian Clansky
Director | Strategic Communications
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Angela Congleton
Associate
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Ihamna Cubillos Valencia
Multimedia Director
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Eric Delgado
Urban Alliance Intern
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Joseph (Jae) Early
Project Manager
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Lakina Edwards
Associate
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Joe Falcone
Video Production Manager
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Tariq Gaston
Associate
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Majy Gibboney
Associate
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Madison Greene
Designer
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Faith Hadi
Creative Associate
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Michelle Hansen
Director | Business Operations
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Matt Helfrich
Senior Project Manager & UK Branch Manager
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Poppy Humphrey
Director | Standards & Accountability
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Jevin D. Hodge
Director | Partnerships
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Jamal Holtz
Chief of Staff
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Joe Houston
Associate
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Isabella Ianniciello
Creative Associate
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Ana Kammarman
Associate
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Eugene Kinlow
Associate
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Felicia Klimpacher
Associate
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Carole Lambert
Director | Mission Optimization
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Gabriel (Gabo) Lemos
Creative Director
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Edward Mark
Senior Creative Associate
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Tray McGhaney
Web Manager
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Maddy Miller
Associate
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Sayed "Erfan" Nabizada
Associate
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Soe Naing
Content Designer & Digital Coordinator
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Jasmine Nash
Senior Associate
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Sherryl Newman
Director | Engagement
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Sheena Pegarido
Vice President, Communications & Events
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Zamiya Sabour
Senior Associate
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Sofia Shore
Associate
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Divinia Shorter
Senior Associate
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Donnell Stephens
Urban Alliance Intern
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Ben Stern
Digital Manager
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Poet Taylor
Engagement Coordinator
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Oliver Trigony
Associate
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Richard Watkins
Associate
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Storm White
Associate
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