{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Partners in Community Development","home_page_url":"https://thepicd.org","description":"Partners in Community Development","author":{"name":"Partners in Community Development"},"items":[{"id":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/jamie-hicks","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/eebd38d4-0663-4cdd-9a3a-cd55caab43f8/Jamie%20Haywood.jpg\"/><p>Jamie is part of a Family of Banks through her work at ERIEBANK in Cleveland, OH, where she serves as the Community Assistant Office Manager.</p>","url":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/jamie-hicks","title":"Jamie Hicks","summary":"Jamie is part of a Family of Banks through her work at ERIEBANK in Cleveland, OH, where she serves as the Community Assistant Office Manager.","date_modified":"2026-07-06T16:47:38Z"},{"id":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/madeline-little","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/eebd38d4-0663-4cdd-9a3a-cd55caab43f8/Madeline%20Little.JPG\"/><p>Currently, I serve as the Communications & Alumni Relations Specialist at Say Yes Buffalo, where I lead strategic messaging, engagement initiatives, and alumni connections that uplift and support scholars across the city...</p>","url":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/madeline-little","title":"Madeline Little","summary":"Currently, I serve as the Communications & Alumni Relations Specialist at Say Yes Buffalo, where I lead strategic messaging, engagement initiatives, and alumni connections that uplift and support scholars across the city...","date_modified":"2026-05-20T14:03:24Z"},{"id":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/phalyn-hayward","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/eebd38d4-0663-4cdd-9a3a-cd55caab43f8/Phalyn%20Hayward.jpg\"/><p>Phalyn Hayward is a creative strategist, educator, and community-centered programmer with over seven years of experience designing and facilitating engaging public-facing experiences. 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She currently serves as the Deputy Director at Monroe County in the Department of Diversity, ...</p>","url":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/ebony-burgess","title":"Ebony Burgess","summary":"Ebony Burgess is a life coach and certified mediator with over 20 years of experience in non-profit and government leadership. She currently serves as the Deputy Director at Monroe County in the Department of Diversity, ...","date_modified":"2026-03-24T23:37:56Z"},{"id":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/stephanie-peete","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/eebd38d4-0663-4cdd-9a3a-cd55caab43f8/SP%20solo2%20(1)%20-%20Stephanie%20(1).jpg\"/><p>Stephanie Peete is the Sr. Director of Workforce Development at Say Yes Buffalo, where she leads programs and strategies to create equitable opportunities for Buffalo’s emerging talent. She also created the Employer Thin...</p>","url":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/stephanie-peete","title":"Stephanie Peete","summary":"Stephanie Peete is the Sr. Director of Workforce Development at Say Yes Buffalo, where she leads programs and strategies to create equitable opportunities for Buffalo’s emerging talent. She also created the Employer Thin...","date_modified":"2026-03-24T23:29:45Z"},{"id":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/wilber-wil-green","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/eebd38d4-0663-4cdd-9a3a-cd55caab43f8/Wil%20Green%20headshot.jpg\"/><p>Wilbert (Wil) R. Green II is a seasoned educator, program director, and community leader with  30 years of experience advancing education and youth development in Buffalo, New York. A proud product of the city’s East Sid...</p>","url":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/wilber-wil-green","title":"Dr. Wilbert \"Wil\" Green","summary":"Wilbert (Wil) R. 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Holding a Master's in Program Evaluation from Western Governors University and a Doc...","date_modified":"2026-03-23T18:29:06Z"},{"id":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/deja-davis","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/eebd38d4-0663-4cdd-9a3a-cd55caab43f8/IMG_2245%20-%20Deja%20Davis.JPG\"/><p>Deja Davis is a faith-led speaker, Registered Nurse, and mental health advocate currently pursuing her Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree. She supports women particularly women of color in nurturing emot...</p>","url":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/deja-davis","title":"Deja Davis ","summary":"Deja Davis is a faith-led speaker, Registered Nurse, and mental health advocate currently pursuing her Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree. 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With over 30...</p>","url":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/stephanie-armstrong","title":"Stephanie Armstrong","summary":"Stephanie Armstrong is a multidimensional Brand Architect, Strategist, and transformational speaker respected for her ability to merge high-level business strategy with human behavior and quantum energetics. With over 30...","date_modified":"2026-03-22T05:08:52Z"},{"id":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/franchelle-parker","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/eebd38d4-0663-4cdd-9a3a-cd55caab43f8/DSCF3220%20-%20Open%20Buffalo.jpg\"/><p>Franchelle Parker is a systems disruptor, visionary strategist, and unapologetic architect of community power. 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Pearson, Ed.D., FNP-C is a healthcare executive, clinician, and leadership strategist committed to building bridges between potential and power for women of color in complex professional spaces. She is respec...","date_modified":"2026-03-22T04:38:03Z"},{"id":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/la-tanya-k-walton-brown","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/eebd38d4-0663-4cdd-9a3a-cd55caab43f8/334941924_2374422189401596_4552770014942564185.jpg\"/><p>LaTanya Walton-Brown is a people-first HR leader with more than 20 years of experience strengthening equitable hiring, onboarding, and retention practices across nonprofits, education, and social services. 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La Shawn Dav...</p>","url":"https://thepicd.org/2026-featured-speakers-1/f/deja-middlebrook-la-shawn-davis","title":"Deja Middlebrook & La Shawn Davis","summary":"Walking Through Solutions LLC is a behavioral health organization led by La Shawn Davis, LMSW, and Deja L. Middlebrook, JD, LMSW, to provide an inclusive environment for therapy and mental health education.  La Shawn Dav...","date_modified":"2026-03-22T03:46:54Z"}]}