Community Organizing and Family Issues
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of those who built the organizational foundation of COFI.
COFI Sponsoring Committee -1994-95
Pastor Alvin Bergh
Lina Cramer
Barbara Engel
Jacky Grimshaw
Anne Hallett
Judy Hertz
Maria Mangual
Della Mitchell
Barack Obama
Elce Redmond
Amanda Rivera
Mary Scott Boria
John Schmidt
Coretta McFerron
Kaye Wilson
Ellen Schumer, Founding Director and President
Nancy Aardema, Founding Vice-President
Sandra O’Donnell, Founding Vice-President
Founding Board of Trustees (1996)
Carlos Azcoitia
Earl Durham (deceased), Jacky Grimshaw, Anne Hallett, Sandra O’Donnell, Renae Ogletree , Miguel Palacio, Amanda Rivera ,Greg Washington, Kaye Wilson
Our Thanks to past Board Members
Nilofer Ahsan Patty Buenrostro Mark McDaniel Daisy Rivera Doris North Schulte Jose Torres