Network Leadership
CRSSLA is guided by a partnership between South LA's legacy organizations and dedicated community leaders.
CRSSLA Leadership and Academic Partners
Justice Committee Chair – Bernita Walker; Education Committee Co-Chairs – Cedric Nelms and Alberta Moore; Senior Academic Advisor – Dr. Brenda Wiewel, USC Keck School of Medicine, Supervisor Graduate Student Interns.
Cheryl Branch
Executive Director & Network Lead
Affiliation: LA Metropolitan Churches (LAM)
Leads CRSSLA’s daily strategy and crisis response across South Los Angeles. Cheryl Branch is a seasoned community leader with over three decades of experience in urban development and social advocacy. Her leadership focuses on housing equity, violence prevention, and grassroots mobilization, forging impactful partnerships across corporate, faith-based, and community sectors.
Robert Sausedo
Co-Founder Emeritus
Affiliation: Community Build, Inc. (CBI)
CRSSLA’s founding president who helped shape the network’s vision and continues to advise its work. Robert Sausedo has served more than 30 years addressing youth, economic development, and justice on local and national levels. At Community Build, Inc., he manages housing, employment, and gang intervention programs serving South Los Angeles.
LAM Staff
Tracey Branch
Operations Manager
Affiliation: LA Metropolitan Churches
Candy Centieo
Community Health Worker
Affiliation: LA Metropolitan Churches
Contractors
Kenneth Carter
Technology Specialist
Affiliation: CRSSLA
Joshua Gray
Graphic Designer
Affiliation: CRSSLA
Naomi McSwain
Communications Consultant
Affiliation: CRSSLA
Timothy Morris
Website Specialist
Affiliation: CRSSLA
KEY TEAM LEADERS
Get to know the key leaders among our partners working together to provide a wealth of expertise and resources for our neighborhoods.
Jerry Abraham, MD
Leader; Physician/Medical Advisor
Kedren Community Health Center
Vincent Anthony, MD, MPH
Leader
LA Metropolitan Churches
Nichole Banks
Leader and Project Support
Abundant Birth Project
Rev. Dawnesha Beaver
Liaison to Kedren Health & Street Medicine Team
Charles R. Drew University
Yolanda Beckles
Leader; Education Committee Member
The Knowledge Shop / NAAAPY
Carrie Broadus
Member; Public Health Committee Member
LA Metropolitan Churches
Michael Browning
Chair, Data Committee; Public Health Member
Black Women Rally for Action
Britney Chine
Leader; Partner
HACLA / Watts WorkSource Center
Coach Ron Crockett
Leader; Public Health Committee Member
Fun Zone Reading Club
Dr. Suzanne Cutter
Senior Advisor and Healthcare Partner
CUREtology / Meet the Black Doctors
Lauren Espy, MPH
Healthcare Partner and Programs Director
MLK Jr. Community Healthcare
Cedric Farmer
Leader and Community Health Worker
Urban Recovery LA / LAM
Laura Hernandez, MSW
Supervisor of Student Interns
Nuna Behavioral Healthcare
Sylvia Drew Ivey, JD
Leader; Special Assistant to the President
Charles R. Drew University
Adjoa Jones, MBA
Leader; AAIMM Prevention Initiative Director
LA County Dept of Public Health
Miyume McKinley, LCSW
Leader; Behavioral Health Partner
Epiphany Counseling Services
Gabriela Mitchell
Leader; Special Projects Director
The Knowledge Shop
Alberta Moore
Leader; Education Co-Chair
Randal D. Simmons Foundation
Cedric Nelms
Education Committee Co-Chair; Organizer
Innovate Public Schools
Qwendolyn Price
Leader; Advisory Board Member
LA Metropolitan Churches
Coretta Rolfe
Partner; Enrollment Liaison
Covered California
Joanne Russel
Leader; Public Health Committee Member
Let’s Make it Happen
Roger “DangerMan” Tinsley
Education Committee Member; Backbone Support
DangerMan Educational Foundation
Bernita Walker
Justice Committee Chair; Specialist
Project Peacemakers, Inc.