Board Members

  • Crystal Stewart

    Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC

    Community Member

  • Maisha Riddlesprigger

    Head of Academics, Overtime and former Ketcham Elementary School Principal

  • You!

    Yes, maybe you.

  • Hope Brown

    Owner, Tax-Minded Bookkeeper

    Ward 8 Resident

CARE Anacostia’s Board includes community members with diverse backgrounds, dedicated to elevating the performance of the youth and their schools in Anacostia.

CARE Anacostia’s board members understand the following:

  • Education is a civil rights issue.

  • Systemic racism’s impact on public education.

  • The history of Washington, DC’s educational landscape.

  • The structure and landscape of the community we desire to organize.

  • The lived experience of the marginalized communities and schools we desire to mobilize.

Board members have the desire to support CARE Anacostia with their:

  • Time

  • Talent

  • Treasure

  • Testimony

  • Ties

If you would like to nominate someone to serve on CARE Anacostia’s Board, please contact us. We would love to schedule a chat.

  • Community Member

    Fairlawn resident and Washingtonian

  • During her tenure as principal of two different DC public schools in Wards 7 and 8, Maisha Riddlesprigger consistently focused on improving student achievement, mental health support, and student outcomes. In her three years as principal at Davis Elementary School in Ward 7, Maisha doubled student proficiency rates in ELA and math. Similarly, she doubled ELA and nearly tripled math proficiency rates at Ketcham Elementary School in Ward 8. Maisha now serves as Head of Academics at Overtime Elite, and brings her previous experience and achievement in DCPS to the CARE Anacostia team.

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