Sabrina Diz
Executive Director
Sabrina Diz leads the organization’s strategic vision, resource mobilization, and international community-driven agricultural and rural development initiatives.
With more than a decade of experience in international development, nonprofit leadership, and strategic fundraising, she specializes in designing and scaling programs that empower rural communities as leaders of sustainable change.
Her expertise includes agricultural livelihoods, food security, climate resilience, women’s economic empowerment, and community-led development, with a strong focus on evidence-based decision-making and lasting impact.
Winston Carroo
Program Consultant,
West Africa Initiative
Terence Courtney
Director of Cooperative Development & Strategic Initiatives
Federation of Southern Cooperatives / Land Assistance Fund
East Point, Ga
Joan Charles
Grenada Community Development Agency (GRENCODA)
Depradine St., Gouyave, St. John’s, Grenada
grenco@spiceisle.com (2015)
Raymon Shange
Board Secretary-Treasurer
Assistant Dean for Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension
Director, Carver Integrative Sustainability Center, Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Sciences
Tuskegee, AL
rshange@tuskegee.edu (2019)
June Kim
Business Owner
junehee103@hotmail.com (2002)
Edward J. Pennick
Member-at-large
Rev. Leo Woodberry
President
EJ Pastor, Exe Dir. New Alpha Community Development Group
www.newalphacdc.com
Florence, SC
newalphacdc@gmail.com (2019)
Mikhiela Sherrod
Director of US Programs
PhD, OXFAM America
Boston, MA
June 2025 Board Retreat in Florence, SC
Held at the New Alpha Community Church
Board members and consultants came together at the June 2025 Retreat, themed Under Construction, to shape Rural LISC’s strategy for fundraising, program development, and U.S. and international programming.
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