DESTINY OUTREACH - Key Persons


Allysunn Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS

Ann Kusumoto

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • President & CEO of Kusumoto & Associates Diversity Strategies

Ava Youngblood

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • President & CEO of Youngblood Executive Search, Inc

Bill Leider

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Strategy & Change Management

Bliss W. Browne

Job Titles:
  • Curriculum & Organizational Consultant and Project Mentor
  • Founder / CEO, Imagine Chicago
  • Strategic Advisor to Destiny Outreach 's Dreams & Destiny® Campaign
Bliss W. Browne serves as a strategic advisor to Destiny Outreach's Dreams & Destiny® Campaign in the areas of program design, curriculum development and organizational development. Browne also serves on Destiny Outreach's Regional Educational Advisory Council.

Bruce Goldner - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • LEGAL COUNSEL

C. Milano Harden

Job Titles:
  • Program Director
  • Program & Curriculum Consultant
Milano Harden works with Destiny Outreach in a number of critical strategy and program design roles including executive leadership, organizational development, curriculum development and design of group learning experiences. He provides coordination and strategy support for the Regional Educational Advisory Council. Milano also serves as co-facilitator during Destiny Outreach's programs.

Casey Whitney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Public Relations

Cheri Pavi Dawson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Administrative Executive
  • Executive Administration to the Executive Director
  • Executive Services, Independent Contractor
Cheri Pavi Dawson provides executive administration to the Executive Director of Destiny Outreach. Ms. Dawson has 30 years of experience in the areas of business administration and computer technology. She is proficient in office management, information technologies, public relations and special events planning. She also serves as the Office Administrator and Director of Information Technology for Mount Calvary Christian Center in Seattle, Washington. Cheri has a passion for youth development and restoration and has served as a chaplain and mentor for the Washington's King County Department of Youth Correction.

Cheryl Coffee Curry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS

Christopher Keenen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • VP, Warner Bros. Animation

Courtney Hill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the PUBLIC RELATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL Team
  • Assistant Account Executive / Hill & Knowlton

Danita E. Patterson - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Founder & CEO of Destiny Outreach and CEO of Destiny Unlimited, Inc
  • PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM STAFF & CONSULTANTS
Danita E. Patterson, Founder & CEO of Destiny Outreach, is a creative visionary who has dedicated her life's work to empowering people to dream and live their destiny through positive media and human development education. Danita has utilized her 18 years of entertainment media knowledge to enhance the fields of education by creating "edutainment" programs, consulting with Chicago Public Schools' Learning Technologies Department, and working with the human development of young people and adults in engaging learning environments.

David Kleeman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Executive Director, American Center for Children & Media

DeEtta West

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Executive Assistant to Jamie Kellner, Chairman & CEO of Turner Broadcasting

Enriqueta Bauer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Cultural Communications Public Relations

J. E. Clark Delanois

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Vice President, the Northern Trust Company

Janis Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Director of Diversity, Aon Risk Services

Jeff Turner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS

John Bellamy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • CEO, Artistic Communication Center

Karen B. Rosen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Director of CPAs for the Public Interest, Illinois CPA Society

Kathryn Linehan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Development Consultant, Studio Without Walls

Kelly Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Educational Consulting Producer, Kids Say the Darndest Things

LaTonia Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • President & Senior Consultant, Designing Your Destiny

Lester Coney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Senior Managing Director, Aon Risk Services

Lester McCarroll

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • President & CEO of McCarroll & Associates

Marie Carr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Partner, DiamondCluster International, Inc.

Mark Bush

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Co - Founder & Vice President, Songpro / Nintendo Game Boy

Michael Diaz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Director of Current Programming, Kids' WB! Network

Obena Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Artistic Director, ETA

Paul Arntson

Job Titles:
  • REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ( REAC )

Phil Fischer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • President & CEO, Online Entertainment

Sandra Patterson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Real Estate Broker and Regional Trainer of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Sandra Y. Williams - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Staff Consultant
Sandra Williams works closely with the CEO, providing administrative support and fund development assistance. Sandra serves as the Chicago Area Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Coordinator for Destiny Outreach. She is responsible for establishing effective working relationships with loaned executives and agency coordinators and developing strategies for appeals to federal employees. Sandra is also responsible for the design, development and implementation of volunteer management programs for CFC and the Dreams & Destiny® programs.

Selma Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS

Tina-Marie Adams - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • Member of the PUBLIC RELATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL Team
  • Senior Vice President
  • Senior Vice President, Hill & Knowlton

Victoria Lowe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the NATIONAL BOARD of ADVISORS
  • President & CEO, Alert Staffing