The Key Bridge Foundation operates using a co-leadership model with principals Donzell Robinson and Lewis Dabney. The co-leadership model gives us the distinct advantage of having two leaders fully capable of leading the organization, with a dynamic partnership that models the principles of Conflict Resolution and combines complementary strengths. Lewis and Donzell take a split-task approach to the leadership responsibilities of the foundation. Lewis is responsible for ensuring that all endeavors are in line with the organizational philosophies of the Key Bridge Foundation. Donzell  is responsible for developing systematic approaches for those endeavors.

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Lewis Dabney, Executive Director

Lewis Dabney joined the Key Bridge Foundation in January 2000. Lewis has been active in the Conflict Resolution field since 1996, with degrees in Anthropology and Religious Studies from the University of Virginia, and a Master's Science in Conflict Resolution from George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (now S-CAR) that focused on ethnic and religious conflict. He is a nationally recognized leader in the mediation of disputes pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act, and with his colleagues at Key Bridge, has managed the US Department of Justice's national ADA Mediation Program under contract for over 10 years.

Lewis has been an active leader in the Association for Conflict Resolution, serving as Chair of the International Section, and as Secretary of the Board. He has lectured on various aspects of Conflict Resolution practice at universities in North and South America, South and Southeast Asia, and Europe. His specialties are ADA Mediation, Program Management, ADR Training, System Design, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ethnic and Religious Conflict, Rule of Law.

Jennifer Graville Bricker, Program Manager

Jennifer Graville Bricker is the Program Manager for Key Bridge Foundation's Community Conferencing Program in Prince George's County. She holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Transformation with a concentration in restorative justice from Eastern Mennonite University's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. She is trained in several restorative justice modalities, including peacemaking circles, victim offender mediation, and community conferencing. Originally from Northern California, she studied elementary teaching at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Jennifer spent a year teaching English at a public school in Chile and after moving to Chicago in 2006, she ran a community-based tutoring program, supporting families and students in Chicago Public Schools. In 2009, she co-authored a grant-funded book entitled First Steps: An Introduction to Life in America to support refugees resettling in the United States.

Baissou Sissoko, Associate Program Manager

Baissou Sissoko is the Key Bridge Foundation’s Associate Program Manager. He is responsible for much of the coordinating efforts needed for opening and managing cases received from the Department of Justice, in addition to maintaining contact with the Department, colleagues, mediators and involved parties. Baissou a multilingual and experienced conflict resolution practitioner trained in several mediation models and restorative justice processes, implementing attained skills as a volunteer to mediation and other conflict resolution centers.

Baissou holds an MA from the University of Baltimore in Negotiation and Conflict Management.

Connie Pulliam, Associate Program Director

Connie Pulliam joined The Key Bridge Foundation in January of 2015, as a Community Conference Facilitator. Prior to joining The Key Bridge Foundation Connie was the Mediation Coordinator for The State’s Attorney’s Office in Montgomery County, MD. Connie’s experience also includes serving as a Dispute Resolution Specialist for the District of Columbia’s Superior Court Multi-Door Division.

Connie is a mediator in Prince George’s County and also volunteers at The Family Tree, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect. Through Family Tree, Connie continues to teach parenting classes in Prince George’s County, primarily for parents whose children have been removed from the home. Connie served as a Volunteer Maryland Coordinator for The Family Tree through AmeriCorps. As a Volunteer Maryland Coordinator, she conducted seminars regarding brain development in children and adolescents as well as recruited and trained qualified candidates for other Family Tree Programs.

Thomas McCloud, Program Manager

Thom McCloud holds degrees in Urban Studies and Public Administration from Rutgers University and attained his JD from Georgetown University Law Center, and brings to KBF extensive management experience and a deep legal knowledge of civil rights law and alternative dispute resolution. He is an adjunct professor teaching mediation at the community college level and serves as Chair of Community Mediation Prince George's. He also serves as a volunteer mediator on the rosters for the Maryland District and Circuit Courts In addition to his active involvement in community mediation, Thom is also a community conference facilitator and restorative dialog mediator.

Thom has served in senior level management positions in local government and non-profit organizations at the national level in association and human resources management and as a senior congressional aide in the U.S. House of Representatives.