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Mark Quinn
Board Chair
Lucas Diaz
Board Member
ldiaz@rootedschools.org
Lucas is a Dominican-born immigrant to the United States who has lived in the New Orleans area since the 1970s. He completed his PhD in Sociology from Tulane University’s City, Culture, and Community program in 2022 after working 20 years in the local non-profit and government sector.
Since 2000, Lucas has worked on non-profit management, community engagement and organizing, government-based public participation programs and policies, leadership development, and non-profit fundraising. He co-founded and led a New Orleans based community non-profit organization serving the Latinx community in 2007, then served as the first director of the Mayor's Neighborhood Engagement Office for the City of New Orleans from 2011 to 2013. During his time in City Hall, Lucas wrote public participation policies and designed community engagement programs that are still in use today. In 2017, Lucas co-created and implemented a 12-month public leadership fellowship for Allegany Franciscan Ministries in Florida that enabled four cohorts to develop their public leadership capacities.
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Nikkia Patrick
Board Member
Board Member - Parent Representative
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Shannon Glapion
Board Member
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