Board of Trustees
Chair
DeeAndria Hampton, M.Div., MPA
Indianapolis, Indiana
DeeAndria brings expertise in organizational development and efficiency as well as a passion for ensuring everyone has a safe place.
Vice Chair
Malcolm Foley, M.Div., Ph.D.
Waco, Texas
Malcolm brings a passion for finding creative ways to bring about radical change.
Secretary
Liza Cagua-McAllister
Boston, Massachusetts
Liza brings a wealth of nonprofit and personal experience catalyzing communities on the margins to address systems of oppression.
Treasurer
Randall Korver-Glenn, CPA, MBA
Raleigh, North Carolina
Randall brings financial leadership experience, thoughtful attention to
detail, and a drive to fix the deep inequalities embedded in our systems.
Trustee
Dinesh McCoy, J.D.
Chicago, Illinois
Dinesh brings a legal background in
along with a desire to see transformative change achieved through holistic, strategic interventions.
Our Founder and Director
Junia Howell, Ph.D.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Junia was formally trained as an urban sociologist and race scholar. Her academic research identifying how housing and disaster relief policies uphold White supremacy has been widely cited in news media, legislative hearings, and federal and local bills.
Recognizing that research on problems rarely results in actionable solutions, Junia founded eruka to address the issues she’s spent over a decade investigating.
Junia is eruka’s Director and holds a faculty position at the University of Illinois Chicago. She previously was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh and received her Ph.D. from Rice University.