Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO REVEAL STORIES ABOUT FREEDOM'S HEROES, FROM THE ERA OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CONTEMPORARY TIMES, CHALLENGING AND INSPIRING EVERYONE TO TAKE COURAGEOUS STEPS FOR FREEDOM TODAY.
EDUCATION: TO EDUCATE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN (K-12), INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD THROUGH GUIDED TOURS, TEACHER WORKSHOPS, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS, SCHOLARLY LECTURES, PUBLIC FORUMS, FIRST-PERSON RE-ENACTMENTS, AND DIGITAL/DISTANCE LEARNING INITIATIVES, INCLUDING PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING DIGITAL CONTENT NATIONWIDE.
MUSEUM OPERATION: TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE CONDUIT FOR THE PUBLIC DISSEMINATION ON THE IMPACT OF SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE USE OF HIGH-TECH INTERACTIVE PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS, ROTATING TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS, AND A COLLECTION OF OWNED AND BORROWED ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING AN AUTHENTIC 19TH CENTURY SLAVE PEN FROM MASON COUNTY, KENTUCKY. THE MUSEUM ALSO FEATURES A FULL SERVICE GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY, A GIFT SHOP OFFERING FAIR-TRADE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC GOODS, A TEACHER RESOURCE AND EDUCATION CENTER, AND MULTI-PURPOSE CLASSROOM SPACE.
COMMUNITY: TO FORM PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH LIKE PURPOSE ENTITIES AND TO HOST COMMUNITY FORUMS AND PARTNER PROGRAMS THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE FREEDOM CENTER. PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOR-PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT ENTITIES ENABLE THE FREEDOM CENTER TO EXPAND THE RESOURCES AND THE REACH OF ITS PURPOSE, INCLUDING THE AWARENESS OF THE SIX CONTEMPORARY UNFREEDOMS: RACISM, ILLITERACY, GENOCIDE, HUNGER, TYRANNY, AND SLAVERY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Dion Brown | OUTGOING PRESIDENT | 40 | $210,500 |
| Jacqueline Dace | DEPUTY DIRECTOR | 40 | $103,810 |
| Woodrow Keown Jr | PRESIDENT & COO | 40 | $0 |
| Susan Taylor | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Sundar Raman | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Sean Rugless | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ron Delyons | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Rita Mcneil Danish | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Reverend Damon Lynch Jr | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Strange | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Booth Jr | HON CO-CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Mona Malik | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Martine Dunn | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Martin Mooney | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Marian Spencer | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Lama Khoury | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Kenneth Robinson | HON CO-CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Kala Gibson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| John Pepper | HON CO-CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Berkemeier | TREASURER, CFO | 3 | $0 |
| Jeffery Hopkins | CO-CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Jamahal Boyd | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Hon Susan J Dlott | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Hon Nathaniel Jones | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Homa Yavar | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Pierce | CEO | 3 | $0 |
| Edwin Rigaud | HON CO-CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Edgar Smith Jr | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Newsome | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Brown | OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| C Ed Massey | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Thomas | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Beverly A Grant | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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