Our Team

Access Youth staff have broad expertise and experience in juvenile justice, youth development, mediation/conflict resolution, and program management.

Leadership Team

Jodi Ovca, Executive Director

Caitlin Ellsworth, Director of Finance and Operations

Charity Jones, Senior Director of Programs (Restorative Justice in Schools)

Harley Morgan, Assistant Director of Programs (Truancy Prevention)

Programs Team

Jessica Butts, Program Manager, Restorative Justice in Schools (Kramer MS)

Christopher Craft, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (Johnson MS)

Emily Hall, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (Kramer MS)

Crystina Harris, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (Hart MS)

Demetria Jackson, Sr. Program Manager, Restorative Justice in Schools  (Johnson MS)

Emmanuel Jenkins, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (Ballou HS)

Marimba Johnson-Bright, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (Eastern HS)

Trinity Jones, Program Manager, Restorative Justice in Schools (Ballou HS)

Raymond Lyons, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (Ballou HS)

NaKyiah Nichols, Program Manager, Restorative Justice in Schools (Hart MS)

Ty’Ronn Spriggs, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (Kramer MS)

Phitilda Taplah, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (Anacostia HS)

Alethia Tilford, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (Kelly Miller MS)

Jade Young, Program Manager, Truancy Prevention (H.D. Woodson HS)