COFOUNDER and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Vonetta Storbakken is cofounder and executive director of Radical Living. She has lived in Bedford-Stuyvesant since she was 10 years old. As a child growing up in Bed-Stuy in the 1980s and ‘90s, she was a witness to urban decay and the eventual renewal. Vonetta earned a BA in Business from SUNY Stony Brook and an MS in Urban Environmental Systems Management from the Pratt Institute. She has gained these skills and experiences to engage, educate and equip the young people in her community.
COFOUNDER and BOARD MEMBER
Jason Storbakken s founding director at Brooklyn Peace Center, pastor at Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship, and serves as Senior Chaplain at the Bowery Mission. He holds a BA from University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MDiv from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York and a Doctor of Ministry from Boston University School of Theology.
BOARD MEMBERS
Ann Rader and Edgar Hayes are the founders of the Freedom Farm Community, a Christian-based farm that shares organic produce with neighbors in need and does youth and young adult ministry through farm work and intentional community.
Peony Nobrega-Walcott joined Radical Living as a youth participant in 8th grade. She has since graduated Babson College with a BA in Business. And now serves as a youth advisor
Lisa Williamson served as a pediatrician for 18 years in Queens, specializing in the healthcare of children in NYC’s foster care system and teenage mothers with infants. Currents, she is the pastor at Calvary Fellowship AME Church, the host site for Radical Living.
Denise Haggins (retired) provided more than thirty years of service to citizens of New York City Human Resources Administration and the Administration for Children’s Services, respectively. She is a member of Calvary Fellowship AME Church where she serves as the Director of Christian Education.