Candice Crawford
Operations and Finance Director
Photo by Constance Mensh Photography
Candice Crawford serves as the Operations and Finance Director for me too. International. She has dedicated her career to public service working to innovate solutions for operational efficiency and revenue growth and management. She has served in leadership capacities within the organizations where she has led strategic and capacity building processes, as well as assisted with fundraising efforts that has garnered grant funding and other resources.
Candice continues to engage in community service efforts related to education, workforce, and community development by serving on boards and advisory groups such as Teach for America of Metro Atlanta, Families First, Atlanta Beltline 67, and MAFDET. Additionally, she is a member of LEAD Atlanta Class of 2019.
Candice graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Spelman College. She also earned a master’s degree in Public Administration from City University of New York-Baruch School of Public Affairs where she was a recipient the National Urban Fellows Public Service Fellowship.
Dani Ayers
Chief Executive Officer
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Dani Ayers is an organizational development and strategy executive. She has led inside small, grassroots organizations, as well as multi-billion-dollar enterprises over the last 18 years. Her passion for the multi-layered work of racial and social justice, gender equity, and education has been the center point of her career path and leadership development. She has held roles as Enterprise Executive Vice President with Black Women’s Health Imperative, Director of Organizational Development for a portfolio of Boys & Girls Clubs in the Southwest US, and Managing Director with Art Sanctuary, a Black arts for social change organization in Philadelphia. Dani specializes in building organizational infrastructure and developing internal operations and culture in service to mission. As the first CEO of me too. International, the organization undergirding the work of Tarana Burke’s visionary ‘me too.’ Movement, Dani built the global organization’s foundational infrastructure and has led day-to-day operations for the past six years. Dani has a Bachelor’s degree in public relations and a Master’s degree in African American Studies, both from Temple University. Dani lives in metro Atlanta and serves on several boards and advisory councils. She loves spending time with her three nephews, traveling the world, reading historical fiction, and semicolons.
Dr. KáLyn Coghill
Director of Digital Engagement
Dr. KáLyn (Kay) Coghill, PhD (they/them), is an award-winning practitioner, educator, and activist with a deep commitment to reproductive, Black liberation, and survivor justice. A Black non-binary femme poet and community organizer, Dr. Kay has over a decade of experience in the communications industry. They served as the Digital Director for ‘me too.’, specializing in strategic campaigns, narratives, and activations that raise awareness about survivors’ justice and efforts to end sexual violence. They are now the Director of Digital Engagement, focusing on building out the audience and digital initiatives for the organization.
Dr. Kay is a dedicated board member of the Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project, a local abortion fund and reproductive justice organization, where they also work as an abortion doula. Dr. Kay is also an adjunct instructor at Virginia Commonwealth University and J. Sargent Reynolds Community College.
Beyond their academic and professional roles, Dr. Kay facilitates a sister circle called GLOW at a local high school, empowering Black teens with knowledge about Black Feminism and Hip Hop Feminism. Their extensive experience is grounded in social justice, digital content creation and strategy, and gender-based violence research.
Iresha Picot, M.Ed, LBS
Healing and Support Specialist
Iresha Picot, M.Ed, LBS is a Licensed Behavior Specialist and Therapist. A Philly transplant by way of Virginia, Iresha is the co-editor of the book, “The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives” and has written articles in the Research in the Teaching of English, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Elephant Journal, Aunt Chloe’s Journal, and For Harriet. She has been featured in NPR, NBC, WHYY, 6ABC, Bicycle Magazine, FOX29, and PBS American Portraits. Iresha directed her first short film with Love Now Media, called the “The Do-Over”, which explores the transformation from childhood trauma to renewal and community responsibility. In 2021, Iresha hosted a “Sis, are you good?” digital series with Girltrek, INC that centered Mental Health check-ins with Black Women and piloted a virtual therapeutic program for people incarcerated with the prison abolitionist organization, “Let’s Get Free”. Iresha is the founder and ride leader for Black Girl Joy Bike Ride, a bicycle accessibility group for Black Women in Philadelphia. Black Girl Joy Bike Ride just made Philly magazine’s “Best of Philly” for 2024.
Jazmine Wilson, JD
Digital Organizer
Jazmine Wilson (she/her) is a digital strategist, lawyer, and advocate. She is a native of Cincinnati, OH, and a proud graduate of the Southern University Law Center, and The Ohio State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Strategic Communication in 2013. She also earned a Public Policy Certificate from the National Institute of Lobbying & Ethics in 2022.
Jazmine’s work centers vulnerable and underrepresented communities, particularly Black women and femmes and Black queer folks, and is situated at the intersection of social justice, policy analysis, and digital media. She has served on multiple nonprofit organization boards and held multiple leadership positions as a law student, and in her communities. Jazmine was also an inaugural Fannie Lou Hamer Government Relations Fellow with the Congressional Black Caucus Institute in 2022, and a Research Intern with the Lavender Rights Project for two years. As Digital Organizer, she applies her unique creative-legal lens to the creation of compelling narratives and campaigns that highlight evidence-based research and community action toward the eradication of SGBV.
Natasha (Natty) Camille
Healing and Support Specialist
Natasha (Natty) Camille, LMSW, is a psychotherapist who works with individuals, couples, and families. They currently work at NYC Affirmative Psychotherapy, a group practice that centers queer and TGNC people of color. Natty has an extensive history of working with adolescents and young adults of color across gender and sexuality spectrums in the capacity of a clinician, an educator, and an advocate. As a clinician, they focus on identity development (particularly in the areas of gender and sexuality), racial trauma, intimacy & relationships, as well as survivors of violence.
Natty has been committed to anti-sexual violence activism and education ever since they were in high school. Some of their most notable work includes serving as a peer educator at their university’s rape crisis center, leading their chapter of Take Back the Night to be more inclusive of the stories and experiences of survivors of color, and designing & implementing an afterschool program named T.R.U.T.H. (Thinking Resistance and Uniting Through Healing) Project for young Black women and TGNC youth to address topics such as sexual violence, consent, and body autonomy through discussions, activities, and experiential healing exercises.
Shesheena A. Bray
Director of Programs and Partnerships
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Mother, therapist, activist, educator. Shesheena A. Bray is a Boston native who has taken up roots in Philadelphia. Shesheena came to Philadelphia to attend Temple University in 2003 and fell in love with the rich culture of the city. In service to her new home, Shesheena dedicated over a decade to deepening her understanding of her community’s needs as an educator and social justice advocate. In 2014, Shesheena realized her service to Black and Brown communities was best actualized through her passion, mental and emotional wellness. Honing her focus and training, Shesheena earned her M.S.Ed in mental health counseling from The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education in 2016. In 2017, Shesheena launched Going Inward Wellness, LLC. Through Going Inward Wellness, LLC Shesheena sees individuals and couples for psychotherapy; hosts wellness workshops for global majority women; teaches mindfulness to youth and adults; and hosts a 10-day morning routine program, The Morning Routine Refresh. Notable assignments and partnerships include The People’s Emergency Center; the Life After Trauma Organization (LATO); the North Philadelphia Community Healing Project; Village of Arts and Humanity; GirlTrek; What is Mindfulness (WIM); the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; and ArtWell. You can also join Shesheena at her weekly virtual meditations, The 720 Meditation.
Tarana Burke
Founder & Chief Vision Officer
Photo by Portraits to the People
For more than 25 years, activist and advocate Tarana J. Burke has worked at the intersection of sexual violence and racial justice. Fueled by commitments to interrupt sexual violence and other systemic inequalities disproportionately impacting marginalized people, particularly Black women and girls, Tarana has created and led various campaigns focused on increasing access to resources and support for impacted communities, including the ‘me too.’ movement, which to date has galvanized millions of survivors and allies around the world.
