REACH Riverside Team
Our Community
An historically vibrant close-knit neighborhood of families who have watched their potential stifled in recent years, Riverside residents know that now is the time to thrive.
Our neighbors are ready for the change that REACH Riverside will bring to the future of their community and many generations to come.
Our Staff
Logan Herring
Chief Executive Officer
Kenyetta McCurdy-Byrd
Chief Operating Officer
Dave Ford
Chief Financial Strategist
Kristin Barnekov-Short
Director of Economic Opportunities
Tynetta Brown
Director of Development and Marketing/Communications
Julie Bieber
Director of Global Impact
Calisa Emerson
Development and Marketing/Communications Assistant
Richard Parson Jr.
Community Health Coordinator
Tinesha Thomas
Executive Assistant/Office Manager
Our Board of Directors
Charles S. McDowell, Esq.
Board Chairman and Attorney, Of Counsel, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
Stephen Briggs
Vice President of Community Relations, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Beatrice Patton Dixon
Community Representative
Don Fulton
Managing Partner, George J. Weiner Associates, LLP
Rita Landgraf
Director, Partnership for Healthy Communities, University of Delaware
Bettina Tweardy Riveros
Esq. Chief Health Equity Officer; Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Community Engagement, Christiana Care Health System
Sonia Paredes
Riverside Resident
Dionna J. Sargent
Vice President, Community Development, Cinnaire
Fred Sears
Retired President, Delaware Community Foundation
James "Ray" Rhodes
Board Chair, Kingswood Community Center
Kevin L. Smith
Chief Executive Officer, Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County
James Spadola
Board Chair, Wilmington Housing Authority
Jocelyn Stewart
Retired, Director of Community Relations, Barclay’s Bank
Our Advisory Board
Dr. Tony Allen
President, Delaware State University
The Honorable Margaret Rose Henry
Retired Delaware State Senator
Robert Buccini
Co-President, The Buccini Pollin Group
Gary Stockbridge
President, Delmarva Power
Cerron Cade
Secretary of Labor, The State of Delaware
SPECIAL EDITION: Lunch & Learn
Lunch & Learn: Episode 1
Featuring Rita Landgraf, Director of Partnership for Healthy Communities at University of Delaware and Michelle Pope Director of Community Engagement at Nemours Children's Health.
Lunch & Learn: Episode 2
Featuring Melody Phillips, Director of Operatons at The Warehouse and Khi'Aire Martin and Nysir Wright, teen employees at The Warehouse.
Lunch & Learn: Episode 3
Featuring James "Ray" Rhodes, Executive Director at Christina Cultural Arts Center, Markevis Gideon, Founder of NERDiT NOW, and Jaki Bland, Riverside Resident.
Lunch & Learn: Episode 4
Featuring Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Wilmington City Council President Hanifa Shabazz and District 1 Councilwoman Zanthia Oliver.
