PEACE, Inc. Board of Directors
Officers
Judge James H. Cecile
Board President
Committee: Development, Executive
Paula Freedman
1st Vice President
Committee: Planning, Executive
Robert T. Tackman
Treasurer
Committee: Finance, Development, Executive
Erich W. Shafer
Secretary
Committee: Development, Fundraising, Executive
Directors
Eric J. T. Caballero
Committee: Finance
Nicholas J. DeMartino
Committee: Development
Mitayah Donerlson
Committee: Finance
Steve Hodgens
Committee: Planning
Michael W. La Flair
Committee: Finance
Tysha Martin
Committee: Planning, Executive
Christopher Montgomery
Committee: EEO/Personnel
Edward Perry
Committee: EEO/Personnel
Patricia Usherwood Fitzpatrick
Committee: Finance
Jason J. Wallace
Committee: EEO/Personnel, Executive
Tylah Worrell
Committee: Rotating
Directors Emeritus
Bertha Adams(†)
Christine Bailey
Richard W. Baker(†)
Deraux L. Branch
George W. Chapman
Ralph Conte(†)
Shirley Copes
Laverne Frett
Elizabeth Hakanson
Dwight L. Hicks
Emma L. Johnston(†)
Pastor Phyllis Lee-Williams
Gary M. Russell
David A. Scharoun
Rick Shafer
Tonia L. Thornton
Executive Director Emeritus
Joseph E. O’Hara
Executive Director
Meetings for the PEACE, Inc. Board of Directors
September 2026 to June 2027 Schedule
| DATE | TIME |
| Monday, September 28, 2026 | 4:45 PM |
| Monday, October 26, 2026 | 4:45 PM |
| Monday, November 23, 2026 | 4:45 PM |
| Monday, December 14, 2026 | 4:45 PM |
| January 2027 (date TBD) | (time TBD) |
| Monday, February 22, 2027 | 4:45 PM |
| Monday, March 22, 2027 | 4:45 PM |
| Monday, April 26, 2027 | 4:45 PM |
| Monday, May 24, 2027 | 4:45 PM |
| Monday, June 28, 2027 (Annual Meeting) | 4:45 PM |
All meetings are held at PEACE, Inc., 217 S. Salina St., 2nd Flr. (unless indicated otherwise).
The PEACE, Inc. Board of Directors goes on recess during the months of July and August.
