Our Board
Ginny Robertson – President

Jennifer Klotz – Secretary

Rose Fauntleroy – Member

Kim Farabee – Member

Kim has always been a compassionate person and a positive influence to everyone. She is eternally grateful for God’s grace and mercy; and for The Light of Truth Center. Kim is a graduate of Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School. Upon her gradation from the Community College of Baltimore County in 2014, she will receive her Associate of Arts Degree. Kim was born and raised in Baltimore Maryland is the youngest of five children.
Nilene Harris – Member

Pamela R. Frazier – Member

The vision came because of her own recovery (26 years) from addiction and her spiritual teachings from The Johnnie Colemon Institute, where she has a Master and Master Plus Certificate. In 2002 she founded N’ The Spirit Transformational Living “Where Miracles Happen” (NTS) Recovery Home for women, which is licensed and funded by Illinois Department of Substance Abuse (DASA), she has helped over 350 women, who have lived at NTS.
Ms. Frazier is presently Vice President of The Black Ensemble Theater Auxiliary Board, she has been the Vice President of The Jessie “Ma” Houston Prison/Jail Outpost Ministries of the Rainbow/Push Coalition, where she continues to minister to women and men in jails and prisons throughout the State of Illinois. She is the Past President and current Board Member of Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals (IAAP), The Illinois affiliate of National Association of Addiction Professionals (NAADAC). Ms. Frazier was presented with The Harriet Tubman Trail Blazer Award in 2014 by The Creativity United “We Dream In Color” Organization. Ms. Frazier’s belief is that there is a great need to heal holistically and that her assignment is to always be there to help women and men on their journey. Ms. Frazier is a Motivational Speaker, and has spoken at Today’s Black Women Expo. She also has a tape “Empowerment, Moving on to a Higher Level of Consciousness” and has done Workshops on “Healing The Child Within.”
Roy Owens – Member

His critcial skills are Community activism and service through community organizing, political campaign planning and stratagem and solicitation of federal, state and local funding for social programs to benefit those in need. Various computer and technology skills. He is an expert in the following: CA Unicenter TNG, CA Advanced Help Desk Option, CA Advanced Storage Option, Remote Control Option, CA Automation Point, CA storage applications (ArcServe, SRM, Mail Manager), Windows 2003 server, Windows NT Server 4.0 and 3.51, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows 98 and network security.
Roy has been an international traveler and has experienced the following countries:Korea, Germany, France, Spain, Tangier, England, Canada, Mexico and Holland
Lydia Santiago Wilson – Member

Lydia’s certifications include LCSW-C, State of Maryland, CAC-AD, State of Maryland, Certified Clinical Supervisor, Certified Associate ounselor/Alcohol and Drug, Chronic Disease Model for Addiction Treatment and Trauma Informed Care Certificate, Ferentz Institute.
Lydia’s career experience is extensive. She was Clinical Director of the Avery Halfway House for Women and Children where she worked passionately to assess clients and provide treatments needs for clients. She was also Program Director Journey’s Program Maryland Treatment Centers, Inc. where she managed staff as well as handled her own caseload of families while providing bi-lingual services for non-English speaking clients. As a Clinical Supervisor for CRC Health Pine Heights Treatment Center, Lydia also supervised a team of substance abuse counselors while carrying a case load of clients. She also worked as an Administrative Director for the Right Turn IMPACT center where she would supervise trainees and facilitate therapeutic and educational groups.
Currently, Lydia works as a Behavior Health Therapist at Healthcare for the Homeless where she assesses and diagnoses clients, provide therapy and facilitates substance abuse and mental health groups for very vulnerable homeless clients.
Dr. Marilyn Blackston – Member

She is boarded as an Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon. Dr. Blackston received certification as a Wellness Coach and an Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner.
She is a proponent of holistic healing, which focusses on all aspects of an individual’s wellbeing: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Dr. Blackston pushes her patients to become their fittest best through a combination of healthy eating, exercise, and stress management techniques.
Her area of expertise is assisting middle-aged professional women in embracing a permanently healthy lifestyle to the point that they naturally lose weight, and their physicians discontinue prescribed medications.
Professional Highlights Physician Consultant at Faircode Associates, LLC President/EFT Practitioner and Wellness Coach/Consultant at MLB Ventures, Inc., Granite Scientific and medical writer at Airway Technologies
Medical Accreditation She is a board-certified Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon. She received licensed certification as a Wellness Coach in 2008. In 2011 she became certified in the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as a means to help clients with their fears, frustrations and emotional distress.
Accomplishments Blackston is the first African-American woman to complete a surgical residency at the University of Maryland.
Education Residency in the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (1979 – 1983) Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biochemistry from Brown University, Providence, RI (1975 – 1979)
Dena Ward Wane – Member

Disturbed by the disintegrating family and the disruptions in the lives of children, Ms. Wane has been motivated to dedicate and commit her time to the advancement and well-being of underprivileged, disadvantaged, and underserved women and children. She has accomplished this through her service to several national and international non-profit organizations on a voluntary basis. Having served as the Coordinator of Overseas Cultural Affairs for F.O.O.D. (Friends Organized for Overseas Development), she had the opportunity to participate in the development of a training program for native women and children in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. In 1995, she traveled to China to attend the Fourth World Conference on Women, representing W.O.R.L.D. (Women Organized Resources for Liberia’s Development, Inc.), an international organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of women and children in developing countries in West Africa. Through these and other associations, she has gained a wealth of experience in the advocacy of women and children.
Ms. Wane serves on the Board of Directors as Finance Chair for FBI Baltimore Citizens Academy Alumni Association, a 501(c)3 organization separate and apart from the FBI that supports and serves the Community Outreach Initiatives of the FBI through education; public awareness campaigns; and preparedness to provide for a safer community. Ms. Wane has strong organizational and management skills, extensive experience in communication with diverse populations and a strong commitment to teamwork.)
Affiliations
Vice President – BATGO (Baltimore Academy and Trade Guild Organization)
Board Member -Rosa Pryor Music Scholarship Fund
Co-Owner/Vice President – AFRAM World (Interational Trade Company
Advisory Council Member – Cooperative Extension Service/ Univ. of Md
Finance Chair/Board of Directors – FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association
President -Times Community Services, Inc
Michelle Ludlow – Member

BarbarJean Shaneman – Member

Now retired, Bj volunteers her time, healthcare skills and knowledge, providing free healthcare services and is the accredited developer and /or founder for several community healthcare programs; “Our Community Comes First”, a provider of Hypertension Research with the National Institute of Health; “Mind, Heart and Body Program”, provider of healthcare awareness knowledge and hands-on services during community health fairs; Park West Medical Center, founded in Brown’s Memorial Church, provider of needed community healthcare; Baltimore American Indian Center serving the health needs through traditional verses Western medicine to this population; Co-developer for the Men and Family Center in which she changed the name from” Men Center” in order to give dignity to the men served, a new meaning in family nurturing; St. Matthew’s Community Long-Term Outreach Program/Center founder in the St. Matthew’s Gospel Tabernacle Apostolic Faith Church, based on a real dream of Bishop William A. and Elder Roselee Thomas to give back to the community through healthcare and education in the community where the church sits; Grant Writing 101, “Meat and Potatoes” of Grant Writing developed to strengthen the community in giving back to their communities and entrepreneurship and the BJ Women’s Wellness Center, host site Women Accepting Responsibility, Inc. provider of women’s healthcare.
She is published in many medical journals for her research in hypertension, vaccines and drug therapy. Authoring several health education tools on Men’s Health for Morgan State University’s “New Minority Men’s Health Consortium”; Cancer Among Men for “Bishops Annual Meeting”, St. Matthew’s Gospel Tabernacle Apostolic Faith Church and Health Navigator for Women and Breast Cancer for “Total Health Care Medical Center” staff through the Komen for the Cure Foundation.
She wears many hats to bring and to assure partnerships of healthcare services will benefit the community residents and clients she serve.)
Paris Elliott – Member
