Our Staff
Barato Britt
President, CEO
Barato Britt became the sixth President/CEO of Edna Martin Christian Center on January 1, 2020. Prior to his directorship, he was our deputy executive director, leading the Leadership and Legacy Campus (our intergenerational hub for youth and seniors) where he oversaw day-to-day operations, and also led the Center’s Campus capital development strategies.
Prior to joining EMCC in April, 2009, Mr. Britt worked as a Site Manager for The Princeton Review, a Supplemental Education Service tutoring agency, where he managed programs serving over 300 youth in Indianapolis Public Schools. Mr. Britt also formerly served as the Executive Director for the Indiana Chapter of the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) and as Communications Coordinator for the Greater Educational Opportunities (GEO) Foundation from 2000-2004. His roots in Martindale Brightwood were planted in 1995, when he served as a beat writer, section editor covering the Indianapolis Colts for the Indianapolis Recorder.
Mr. Britt is also a Board Director for KIPP Indy Public Schools, a network of three K-12 public schools serving over a thousand students. Prior to joining the KIPP Indy Board, Mr. Britt served for 12 years as a member of the Board of Directors for the Irvington Community School Corporation, which also operates three charter schools in Indianapolis. A former member or the 100 Black Men of America and the Indianapolis Chapter, Mr. Britt also served the national organization as its Charter Schools Sub-committee chair. He served finally as a Director for Recycle Force, an organization whose mission is to provide transitional employment opportunities for the City’s hardest to serve former offenders from 2003-2015.
Administration
Barato Britt, Executive Director
Amy Greene, Vice President — Finance
Alexandra J. Hall, Director of Early Childhood Education
Tawnya McCrary, Operations Director
Past Leaders
Tysha Hardy-Sellers, 2008-2019
Rev. Lawrence Lindley, 1989-2008
Rev. Richard K. Padrick, 1980-1988
Rev. Frank Alexander, 1974-1979
Mrs. Edna Barnes Martin, 1941-1974
Full Staff
Maria Baca Vilchez — Family and Community Solutions – 2Gen
Cynthia Baker — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Randy Berryhill — Family and Community Solutions
Becky Besser — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Shalawn Bobo — Leadership and Legacy Campus- LLAPreK
Trina Boyd — Family and Community Solutions -2Gen
Barato Britt — President / CEO
Joyce Brown — Family and Community Solutions
Reggie Brownlee — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Jason Burkman — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Jennifer Burnett — Family and Community Solutions -2Gen
Keith Burns — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Alexander Butler — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Acey Byrd — Chief of Staff
Daria Cosby — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Dale Crabtree — Communication & Marketing
Tatianna Davis — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Dwayne Donigan — Family and Community Solutions -CS
Julian Edwards — Family and Community Solutions – CS
Kevin Getter — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Maggie Goeglein — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Carla Golder — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Amy Greene — Administrative
Alex Hall — MB7 Talent Acquisition Director / EMCM Director
Ta-Tanisha Hamler — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Ryan Hatton — Family and Community Solutions -CWF
Maya Hodgens Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Immanuel Ivey — Family and Community Solutions -CSEC
Latia Jointer — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Chelsea Jordan — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Ta’Quasha Manns — Family and Community Solutions – 2Gen
Kristyana Mayfield — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Tawnya McCrary — Family and Community Solutions -CWF
Candice McCrutchen — Family and Community Solutions -CWF
Ashley Moore — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Janae Morris — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Andrea Murphy — Family and Community Solutions -CS
Barbara Neal — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Christina Neely — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Evelyn Owens Leadership and Legacy Campus
LeNina Parham — Family and Community Solutions
Jacquita Pettigrew — Family and Community Solutions
Khalil Proctor — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Richard Reynolds — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Kristina Rose — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Jamie Scott — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Keshia Strange — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Mary Studley — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Joanne Threatt — Family and Community Solutions – CWF
Debra Towsend — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Terrance Trotter — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Sandra Webster — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Regina Whitson — EMCM Administrator /Assistant ECE Director
Yolanda Whitson — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
Jacob Windsor — Leadership and Legacy Campus
Kayla Winters — Leadership and Legacy Campus- LLAPreK
Erika Young — Family and Community Solutions – EMCM
