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 holds an MS in Urban Environmental Systems Management from the Pratt Institute. She also serves as cofounder of Brooklyn Peace Center.
COFOUNDER and BOARD MEMBER
Jason Storbakken is cofounder of Radical Living and Brooklyn Peace Center. He also serves as Senior Chaplain at the Bowery Mission. He holds 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
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.
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.