About Us

Chair

   Project Manager at Windsor Commercial since 2007. He pursued and obtained his North Carolina Residential Contractors License in 1993. And in 1996, John was hired by Taylor Built Homes, Inc., a residential builder in Winston-Salem, NC to manage their construction. While employed by Taylor Built Homes, he constructed a variety of spec and custom homes ranging from 1800-ft-2 to 12,000-ft-2 and in value up to $2.2 Million. John has managed the construction of over 50 homes at Uwharrie Point on Badin Lake. 

In August 2007 John transitioned to Windsor Commercial where he continues to work as a Project Manager. In this role, John has constructed a wide variety of projects including light medical, retail, educational, industrial, and multi-family.

John has been married to his wife, Jeanne, for 30 years and they have four children. 

John is active in the leadership of his church. In the past, John has helped coordinate construction projects locally with his church for Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County and projects in Haiti. In his free time, he enjoys working on cars in his garage, particularly the restoration of old BMW’s.

Secretary

   Retired Purchasing Professional. A native of Winston-Salem and graduate of Carver High School and North Carolina Central University, Betty has resided in New Jersey since 1963, except for a 12-year hiatus in Atlanta, GA. Most of her career was spent as a buyer or in administrative positions.

Previous Employers --

• Consolidated Edison Company of NY: Director - Minority Vending and Procurement Specialist
• Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA:  Buyer
• Spelman College, Atlanta, GA:  Assistant Director, Administrative Support Services
• Drew University, Madison, NJ:  Assistant Director - Purchasing

Current (P/T) Employer -- 

• Township of Piscataway, NJ:  Senior Center Receptionist

For the past five years or more, Betty has partnered with her brother, Jerry, on his vision to uplift the employment status of residents of underserved communities by, initially, hiring them in his own business.  The “revolving-door” experiences of those efforts revealed a major need – not only for training in workforce skills, but in basic ‘life skills” for successful, long-term employment.  His vision is based in ‘collaboration’ through the many resources that already exist in these communities.

Mother of  Pamela L. Harris and Kevin M. Dent. Grandmother of Loren Dent, Kobi Dent, Kira Harris, Avery Dent and Mia Harris.

Do School Founder and Executive Director

   A native of Winston-Salem and the youngest of five children of Clarence C. and Viola Mackey Anderson. Jerry has resided here in the city for most of his life. He graduated from Carver High School and attended Winston-Salem State University prior to his induction into the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War era.

Jerry is owner of a landscape/renovation business – Impact Solutions of the Triad LLC – servicing homeowners and small businesses in surrounding communities. From its inception, he has hired and trained workers from the re-entry community. From this perspective he has seen, first-hand, the need for serious changes in the paradigm to reverse existing trends in employment and economic development in underserved communities.

He is an activist, speaker and writer, focused primarily on community education and collaboration as ‘next steps’ in developing a successful model for this challenge in 27105 and similar communities. In 2019, he received the designation “Community Scholar” for his work with Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM). 

   Founder and Executive Director of 4 EVER REENTRY, Inc., he is devoted to bringing awareness to communities, organizations and law-enforcement agencies on the plights of the former offender populations, as well as introducing strategies to break the recidivism cycles.

Migrating from New York City 21 years ago, Michael began his career here in Winston-Salem working with the former offender populations – at the time, only 18- to 25-year-old convicted felons – strictly in the community and on probation. His passion and effectiveness led to an opportunity in 2005 to work with the Project Re-entry Program and facilitate pre-release classes within the NC Department of Corrections. His dedication to the success of the participants and the program contributed to the expansion of the program from 1 NC State prison, to at one point, 14 NC State prisons.

Michael retired in 2022 after 17 years with Project Re-entry, Piedmont Triad Regional Council and Goodwill Industries of NW NC.

Recognized by: 

• The Violent Crimes Task Force of the Winston-Salem Police Department multiple times, 2005-2022
• USA Middle District of North Carolina, 2022

   Founder and President of Sunnyside Millwork Inc. David, who grew up on his dad’s construction sites in Seattle and Maine, developed a love for building things at a young age. Starting on a construction crew at the age of 16 in coastal Maine gave him the opportunity to work with high-end materials and highly skilled craftsmen. A pursuit of playing music took David and his piano skills to Fort Lauderdale, FL where he learned that the musician’s life was not for him. It did, however, lead to the opportunity of working in a fellow musician’s custom cabinet shop. By the age of 23, David was managing the cabinet shop installations and fabrication operations. In 2013, after being married for a year, David and his wife, Amber, started looking for cities to live where they would want to settle down and raise a family. This led them to Winston-Salem. Winston has become home for David and his family and they have put down deep roots by opening Sunnyside Millwork in 2016, which is a custom cabinetry shop, and Lynnwood Builders in 2019 which is a high-end residential general contracting company. In his free time, which is sparse, David enjoys flying airplanes and fishing.