EYVETTE A. JONES, Founder, CEO
Eyvette is a network TV producer whose resume includes shows for Paramount, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS and Quincy Jones Productions. Over the past decade she has produced programming for primetime network specials, celebrity profiles, variety shows and documentary TV. Her life was set on a new course when she wrote and produced “Four Mothers Stand Against Violence” for the 2001 Essence Awards - a story profiling mothers who lost innocent children to inner-city violence. Inspired by the women in that story Urban Possibilities was born.

Prior to a career in television, Jones was the driving force behind EAJ & Associates, a Chicago public relations consultant firm that specialized in PR strategic planning, business to business and convention publicity. As the chief spokesperson for Urban Possibilities she has recruited Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Sharon Osbourne and Orlando Jones to her cause.

JACKIE WOLF, Associate Director
Jackie joined Urban Possibilities as Associate Director in 2006. Prior to this, she founded a non-profit organization called Healing Art. Combining her love of design, art and public service, she staged exhibits and events with a common thread: using art and creativity to heal individuals and communities. Healing Art's inaugural exhibit - "Our Children's Reactions and Hopes for the Future After 9/11" - featured artwork by urban children ages 5-18. Through Healing Art, Jackie worked alongside organizations such as Kingsley Manor Assisted Living, Maryvale Orphanage, Sheenway School and Cultural Center, Western Avenue Elementary School, Downtown Women's Center, Veteran's Administration in Westwood, CA and more.

For over 15 years, Wolf has been an Art Director/Graphic Designer, managing her own firm Designland. She has worked with entertainment and corporate clients including: A&M Records, Rhino Records, Macy's West, Panasonic, The Macerich Company and more.

DAVID L. CRIPPENS, Board Chair
David Crippens is an executive consultant with 32 years of non-profit management, fundraising and media development experience. For 28 years he served as Senior Vice President of Foundations and Education for KCET-TV. During his long public television career, he raised well over $70 million and helped pioneer the use of educational outreach in prime-time television.

David founded and is the current chair of Unite-LA, an affiliate of the LA Chamber
of Commerce, which provides citywide school-to-career opportunities for Los Angeles students. He is also the chamber's representative to the Los Angeles Unified School District's Bond Oversight Committee and chair of the City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board Youth Council. He is actively involved in a variety of other local and national organizations and is the beneficiary of many awards for his service to education, broadcasting, and non-profits. As one of the country’s foremost non-profit advisors, he specializes in providing interim leadership for non-profit agencies facing transitional challenges.