Intersection of Change

We are excited to welcome back Marlene Clarke as the program director of our Strength to Love II program! Fresh off celebration of her beloved Knicks winning the NBA championship, Marlene brings valuable leadership and workforce development expertise to our team!

Marlene brings management and operations leadership to this position along with expertise in service delivery, business development, and oversight of multiple program models and systems in the areas of workforce development, family supports and HIV/AIDS services. Her experience includes providing technical assistance, capacity building support, grant monitoring and government audits for various public and private entities in California, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland. Most recently she oversaw a multimillion-dollar portfolio of federally funded grants focusing on workforce development and alleviating food insecurity. Marlene was nominated by her peers and received The Maryland Workforce Association’s award for Leadership at their annual “Raising the Bar” conference, recognizing her workforce development accomplishments in Baltimore City. She enjoys long distance running and coaching entrepreneurs.

Join us this Saturday, May 30 at our Strength to Love II farm to support our community farm stand run by our youth workforce development participants!

Big thanks to The Commercial Group for their support with 60 yards of mulch at our farm and greenspaces! Extra thanks to their employee Andy who brought in a skid loader to help spread all this mulch around!