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
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
Bukola Adeyanju | • | Academic Success Coach | Latisha Black | • | Family Success Coach | Trina Boyd | • | Outreach and Engagement Coordinator |
Barato Britt | • | President & CEO | Jason Burkman | • | Program Staff |
Keith Burns | • | Youth Program |
Omoro Burns | • | Youth Program | Greg Byers | • | Studio Coordinator |
Acey Byrd | • | VP for Operations | Pam Carr | • | Family Success Coach | Anthony Conley | • | Grant Compliance Specialist |
Daria Cosby | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry | Poppy Cosby | • | Support |
Dale Crabtree | • | Marketing & Communications | Candra Dixon | • | YES Coordinator | Jayda Dixon | • | Child Care | Belinda Drake | • | VP of Programs |
Cicely English | • | Emergency Assistance Coordinator | Alyecia Flores | • | Child Care | DeAngela Hall | • | KIPP |
Magdalena Goeglein | • | Chief Operating Officer |
Ta-Tanisha Hamler | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Janice Hatton | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry | Tommonica Hill | • | Child Care | Michael Hunt | • | Program Assistant |
Chyann Hunter | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry | Michelle Irwin | • | Child Care |
Immanuel Ivey | • | Executive Director Edna Martin CBDO | Maia Jones | • | Child Care | Pam Kennedy | • | Director Early Childhood Education | Brittany Keno | • | Director of Workforce Development | Lynn Kinslow | • | Family Engagement Coordinator | Tiffany Linza | • | Family Success Coach |
Ta'Quasha Manns | • | Director of Family Solutions | Chris Massie | • | Program Staff |
Sarah Miller | • | Youth Program | Bill Mitchell | • | I.T. Coordinator |
Ashley Moore | • | Youth Program |
Andrea Murphy | • | Income Support Specialist |
Christina Neely | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Jay Nordgaard | • | Operations Specialist |
Evelyn Owens | • | Front Desk Administration |
Lenina Parham | • | Officer Manager | Lupe Perez | • | H.R. Coordinator |
Jacquita Pettigrew | • | YES/Re-Entry Coordinator | Raul Reyes-Gonzalez | • | Career, Education & Training Coordinator |
Kristina Rose | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry | Kernest Russell | • | Family Success Coach | Julie Samboy | • | KICP Coordinator |
Stephanie Scaife | • | Family Success Coach | Sarah Scheibelhut | • | Marketing Intern |
Jamie Scott | • | Director of School-Aged Youth Programs |
Karen Taylor | • | Senior Programs |
Joann Threatt | • | Intake Specialist | Talayon Wallace | • | KIPP Unite Coordinator | Dollie Whiteside | • | Child Care | Nakisha Whitson | • | Child Care |
Regina Whitson | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry | Jazzmin Williams | • | Family Success Coach |
Erika Young | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |