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
Paula Andrews | • | Data Specialist |
Becky Besser | • | Senior Program Coordinator |
Shalawn Bobo | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Trina Boyd | • | Outreach and Engagement Coordinator |
Barato Britt | • | President & CEO |
Joyce Brown | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Reggie Brownlee | • | Youth Program |
Shanay Buckley | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Keith Burns | • | Youth Program |
Omoro Burns | • | Youth Program |
Auddrka Burr | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Acey Byrd | • | VP for Operations |
Alissa Clark | • | Family Success Coach |
Margaret Cobb | • | Youth Program |
Daria Cosby | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Dale Crabtree | • | Marketing & Communications |
Tatianna Davis | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Yami Diaz-Ramirez | • | Youth Program |
Cicely English | • | Emergency Assistance Coordinator |
Magdalena Goeglein | • | VP for Data and Systems Management |
Amy Greene | • | Grants Compliance and Accounting |
Ta-Tanisha Hamler | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Janice Hatton | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Charla Hayes | • | Family Success Coach |
Maya Hodgens | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Chyann Hunter | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Michael Isaac | • | Family Success Coach |
Immanuel Ivey | • | Sr Director of Workforce Development and Entrepreneurship |
Ameriah Jackson | • | Youth Program |
Daniel Mallory | • | Family Success Coach |
Ta'Quasha Manns | • | Director of Family Solutions |
Sarah Miller | • | Youth Program |
Angelia Moore | • | VP for Programs |
Ashley Moore | • | Youth Program |
Andrea Murphy | • | Income Support Specialist |
Robert Neal | • | Martindale Brightwood Education Zone |
Barbara Neal | • | Youth Program |
Christina Neely | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Jay Nordgaard | • | Operations Specialist |
Evelyn Owens | • | Front Desk Administration |
Lenina Parham | • | Front Desk Administration |
Wendy Parker | • | Micro-Enterprise Coordinator |
Jacquita Pettigrew | • | YES/Re-Entry Coordinator |
Malik Plummer | • | Youth Program |
Regan Poole | • | Youth Program |
Jaelyn Powell | • | Youth Program |
Khalil Proctor | • | Youth Program |
Kristina Rose | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Stephanie Scaife | • | Family Success Coach |
Jamie Scott | • | Director of School-Aged Youth Programs |
Keshia Strange | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Mary Studley | • | Family Success Coach |
Patricia Taylor | • | Food Pantry Supervisor |
Karen Taylor | • | Youth Program |
Jasmine Thompson | • | Youth Program |
Joann Threatt | • | Intake Specialist |
Regina Whitson | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Yolanda Whitson | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
Jacob Windsor | • | Youth Program |
Kayla Winters | • | Director of Early Childhood Education |
Erika Young | • | Edna Martin Childcare Ministry |
