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Alexandra Auguste is a versatile manager with strong organization, communication and executive management skills. She brings an array of experience from operations, administration and finance, managing strategic partnerships, marketing and event planning. She currently serves as Director of Community Investments at the Boston Women’s Fund where she oversees BWF’s grant making programs and practices while deepening relationships with grantees and partners.
Before joining BWF, Alex served as the Director of National Partnerships at The BASE, a sports and academic non-profit organization located in Boston, MA. At The BASE, Alex focused on building and strengthening relationships with academic, business, and civic leaders to create educational and economic pathways for urban youth to succeed.
Prior to joining The BASE, Alexandra served as the Professional Advisor Relations Officer and Donor Services Manager at the Boston Foundation. In these roles, she worked in partnership with professional advisors to help their clients develop private foundation alternatives, open donor advised funds, and think more strategically about their philanthropic strategies. Alex’s expertise of local non-profit organizations allowed her to become a trusted resource within the donor community.
Alex began her professional career at Goldman Sachs Agency Lending in Boston where she held operational positions within Securities Lending. With over 10 years of experience in finance, she has proven her ability to excel in both team-based and autonomous settings that require strict adherence to deadlines and strong attention to detail. These experiences have allowed Alex to become the successful and multifaceted manager that she is today. Alex earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Boston University.
Jermaine Harris is an 19-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department. He currently serves as the Community Policing Sergeant in CPD’s Area Four, where he develops community-based strategies involving law enforcement and nonprofit partners. Jermaine is a Chicago native who was born on the city’s Westside in the Austin community and is now a resident of North Lawndale. He is a graduate of Whitney Young High School and a United States Marine Corps veteran.
Jermaine holds pride in his ability to explore nontraditional policing roles in the Austin, Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, and Little Village communities. At the heart of his philosophy to positively impact the lives of Chicagoans is a goal to employ social justice as a violence prevention strategy. Addressing issues of access, equity, rights, and participation has yielded positive results in both reducing violence and improving the quality of life for residents in some of the city’s most troubled neighborhoods.
Jermaine participated as member of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s transition team on Public Safety
and Accountability. He is an alumnus of the University of Chicago, Civic Leadership Academy class of 2019 and Leadership Greater Chicago Signature Fellow since 2021.
Jermaine was named Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Officer of the Month in August 2019 and is a 3 time recipient of the Chicago Police Department Arnold Mireles Special Partnership Award. As the founding president of the Black Public Safety Alliance, Jermaine serves as an advisor to local and national police reform initiatives.
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