Our Board Members

Ben Holden, Chief Executive Officer & CFCV Fund Manager 

Trip Tomlinson, CFCV Fund Manager 

Melanie V. Slaton, Corporate Secretary 

Bianca H. Brown, Esq.  

US Department of Homeland Security, Judge 

LaRae Moore, Esq. 

Partner at Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, P.C.  

Lou Dillard 

Retired, after a 35-year career at TSYS (now Global Payments)

Gwen Ruff 

Columbus Water Works
Senior Vice President, Customer Relations & Corporate Relations 

 

Karl Douglass 

Political Consultant  

 

Melanie Slaton-Holden, Esq. 

Partner at Hall Booth Smith, P.C.  

 

Ben Holden, Esq.  

Professor, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism 

Trip Tomlinson, Esq.  

Retired Partner, Pope McGlamry, PC

Joy Holden, Esq.

Civil Rights Attorney in Washington, D.C.

Tameka McKenzie  

Columbus State University Academic Advisor & Retention Specialist

Mark Alexander

AL Enterprises Education Facilitator