Sage is a Baton Rouge native and a graduate of University High School and the University of Georgia.

Before assuming the role of Executive Director in 2016, Sage served as a member of the Baton Rouge Green Board of Directors for 6 years, including 2 years as Board President. She has a long history working with a variety of non-profit organizations.  

Sage lives in the Garden District with her husband, Cullen, and her son, Leland. Her favorite tree is a Baldcypress.

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Lynn Clark has been with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge since March of 2004. She was the Development Director for 4 ½ years and has had the responsibility of Executive Director of the affiliate since May of 2008.

In both positions, Mrs. Clark has written and successfully managed grants of over several million dollars. She also has extensive experience managing HUD grants used to build a total of 34 Habitat homes and complete 35 critical home repairs and weatherizations on homes owned by individuals under 50% MFI.

The affiliate has also experienced exponential growth having completed over 260 homes in the past 16 years, tripling the home inventory of the first 15 years of the affiliate.

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Kathleen Stewart Richey became the Director of Louisiana CASA in May, 2015.  She began her career as an attorney representing children in child dependency and delinquency matters.  During this time she served on the Children's Code Project Committee which drafted the Louisiana law regarding children's issues.  In 1991, she became the first Juvenile Judge in East Baton Rouge Parish, where she served until 2015. 

During her 24 years on the bench she was instrumental in establishing Capital Area CASA and was named Louisiana CASA Judge of the year in 1997.  Additionally, she was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to the Court Improvement Program Advisory Committee at its inception in 1994 and has remained active with the Court Improvement Program to the present time.  Judge Richey is a member of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, serving as president of the Council in 2001, and chairman of the Liaison Committee with the Department of Children and Family Services from 2001-2008. 

Judge Richey has been appointed to numerous legislative task forces, most notably the Legislative Task Force on Legal Representation in CINC Matters, which created the Child Advocacy Program in Louisiana.  She served on the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, the Juvenile Underage Drinking Enforcement (J.U.D.E.) Task Force, the Audubon Girl Scout Council Board of Directors, the Baton Rouge Bar Association Teen Court Committee and the Baton Rouge Bar Association Pro Bono Committee.  Additionally, she has been a trainer for1) the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2) the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 3) the Louisiana Judicial College, 4) the Pelican Center for Children and Families 5) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and 6) the Louisiana and Baton Rouge Bar Associations. 

Judge Richey has been honored by receiving the YWCA Woman of Achievement Award, the Louisiana CASA Judge of the Year Award, the LSBA Children’s Law Award, the Baton Rouge Children’s Coalition For the Love of Children Award, and the Catherine D. Kimball Award for Advancement of the Administration of Justice.

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Darlene Adams Rowland has dedicated her professional career to sustaining a vibrant local food system by supporting Louisiana’s small family specialty crop farmers.  As the Executive Director of Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA), she oversees four locations of the Red Stick Farmers Market in Baton Rouge that provide direct sales opportunities for Louisiana’s small family farmers. She serves on the Flagship Market’s Community of Practice Group for the Farmers Market Coalition to collaborate and share best practices for farmers' markets nationwide.

Darlene has been a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals for over a decade and has served on the Board of Directors in numerous capacities including Secretary, Vice President of Communications, and Governmental Relations Chair. She is also an accomplished writer as a contributor to Country Roads Magazine, curating compelling stories that highlight local foodways and travel.

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James “Big Brown” Joseph is a former Harlem Globetrotter and a current UPS driver who pours his time and heart into helping communities across south Louisiana. 

Big Brown helps kids and families whenever and however is needed, often by rallying coworkers and community members. Together, they provide AC units and fans to those who don’t have them, collect school supplies, paint and beautify civic spaces and so much more. 

In 2020, Big Brown and his fund "Big Brown Reaching Out Fund" at the Baton Rouge Area Foundation stepped up for families and kids in Lafayette and Lake Charles after devastating hurricanes and floods, providing supplies, shelter, and toys.

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Kenneth Campbell became New Schools for Baton Rouge's CEO in 2022, bringing decades of experience in creating exceptional education opportunities for students in the south. Most recently, Campbell served as Executive Director for IDEA Public Schools of Southern Louisiana, one of the nation’s leading charter management organizations, where he was responsible for launching IDEA’s first school outside of the state of Texas and building a network of high-performing college-preparatory charter schools across south Louisiana. Prior to his role with IDEA, Campbell served as the President of the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO). As a founding member, his leadership helped protect and strengthen parental choice programs across the country and helped spearhead efforts to launch new parental choice efforts in some of America’s most underserved communities.

Kenneth Campbell was also a founding Director of Charter Schools for the Louisiana Department of Education, where, in the years following Hurricane Katrina, he was responsible for rebuilding New Orleans’s education infrastructure through high-quality charter schools and implemented systems, policies, and practices to transform failing schools across the state into higher-performing charter schools. The Mississippi native is the founding board member of various education organizations, such as 4.0 Schools, Building Excellent Schools, and D.C. Charter School Resource Center. Campbell routinely advises the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and the National Association of Charter School Authorizers on standards, practices, and policies.

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Jillian Sergio is the Executive Director for the Companion Animal Alliance and has been in this role since April 2019. Previously, Jillian was CAA’s Outreach Manager overseeing the Communications, Adoptions, Foster, Rescue, and Volunteer departments. Her work depended on coordination with our veterinary, intake, and kennel teams. During her time away, she was Manager of the Steamboat Springs, CO public shelter, including all aspects of shelter operations. Prior to working in animal welfare, Jillian’s background included nonprofit program management.

Thanks to the work of the CAA, our parish’s animal save rate has gone from just 20% of abandoned animals to 89% annually. 

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Charlotte Claiborne is the Executive Director of the Bridge Center for Hope. Charlotte spent 17 years working for Entergy, managing several multimillion-dollar contracts and serving as a budget analyst and manager on some projects until she left in 2016. The Bridge Center became operational in 2021 and has served over 2,200+ patients since opening its doors.

The Bridge Center for Hope, an independent nonprofit, is the first-ever adult crisis receiving facility in East Baton Rouge Parish and the State of Louisiana designed as a short-term crisis stabilization center to treat individuals 18 years or older who are experiencing a mental health crisis and/or substance use challenges who reside in East Baton Rouge Parish.

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Trey Godfrey is the Senior Vice President of Policy at the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. In this role, he drives regional and state-level initiatives to create a more competitive region for business growth and talent development, particularly through the organization’s public policy and government affairs activity. Additionally, Trey leads strategic coalition building for regional initiatives, including those related to education, workforce, transportation, quality of place, entrepreneurship and small businesses, criminal justice, and others. 

Prior to his current role at BRAC, Trey served as the executive director of 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge. At the 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge, Trey expanded its membership and mission, including launching programs related to economic development, mentoring, entrepreneurship, and education. 

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