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Meet Our Team

 

Our Foundation's Team is comprised of leaders who have spent their life careers working on social and economic change for a level playing field in higher educational opportunities for all. We are committed to the curcial innovation of higher education in a totally new way.

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Dr. Emanuel Ward, D. CED

Founder & CEO

 

Dr. Ward has worked in his community for over thirty years helping straggling families and educating children since 1989. He enjoys partnering with parents to help young children succeed in pressuring higher education... He leads the Foundation in achieving operational and strategic goals, including the Foundation's funding and donor development. Management of grants, program operations, advisory board relations, human capital management, community relations and administrative matters.

drward@rjrfoundation.org

O: 903-615-3154 

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Griselda Escobar

Administrative Assistant

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Griselda is responsible for support of our foundation. Documentation and correspondence, our administrative team, organizing meeting, greeting and welcoming office visitors and managing the foundation's activities. 

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Brad Pitts

Educational Advisor Team Leader​

 

Is responsible for project specific student scholarship programs, creating our tracking systems of deliverable awards, staffing, training and supervising Educational Consultants. 

bpitts@rjrfoundation.org

O: 903-615-3154

Dr. Litisha Haynes, Ed. D

Chief Executive Advisor

 

Dr. Haynes acts as our strategic partner for the Lifecycle Student Scholarships between our Employees, Senior Leadership and our Chief Executive Officer. 

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