Karen Bollers

Karen Bollers is an educator in Prince George’s County, Maryland. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood and Special Education at Bowie State University. She also holds a Master Degree in Reading. She has worked in the public-school system for over 20 years. Some of her roles throughout the years include: being a classroom teacher, Stem Fair Coordinator, Testing Coordinator, Science EC, being on the School Improvement Team and other roles. Karen enjoys teaching and working with children knowing that she helped to make a positive impact on the lives of her students. Being a part of Blossoms of Guyana allows her to further positively impact lives of children.

Sharon Bollers

Sharon Bollers serves as Director of Lending at Enterprise Community Loan Fund the CDFI arm under Enterprise Community Partners where she covers the DC Metro, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland markets. She is responsible components of Enterprise Community Loan Fund’s loan origination and capital deployment including lending goals for BIPOC-led developers through Enterprise’s Equity Path Forward initiative

Sharon started her career with Enterprise as a Senior Loan Officer where she was responsible for managing the due diligence, underwriting, and structuring of financing products and portfolios in the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast Region and Ohio. Prior to joining ECLF, she served as a Portfolio Management Officer at Bank of America for over eight years. Her primary focus was on not-for-profit clients, political organizations, unions and education clients for which she served as the Bank’s Southeast region’s subject matter expert. Ms. Bollers has a B.A. in Banking and Finance from Lincoln University, PA an MBA from the R.H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Maryland.

Lianne Thompson -Totty

Lianne Thompson Totty born and raised in Guyana is a Patient Services Administrator at a major teaching hospital in Washington DC. She also writes books for children. She is the author of “Baby went to Heaven” and “Baby goes Home – A journey from the NICU home.”

Lianne received her Bachelor’s Degree in Health information Technology from the Catholic University of America. She enjoys reading and giving back to the Guyanese community.

Jourdan Saunders

Jourdan Saunders, MS, CCC-SLP, has been a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) for over 11 years using her expertise as the CEO & Founder of The Resource Key which focuses on inclusive impact branding to ensure people with disabilities are included, and making meaningful connections with brands. The Resource Key helps brands build inclusion and accessibility into internal and external marketing strategies.

Jourdan was awarded LinkedIn Top Voices 2020: Equity in the Workplace, established one of the first resource websites for students interested in the field of Speech Language Pathology (www.futureslps.com) which has received recognition worldwide, owner of one of the largest SLP resources groups on LinkedIn with over 20,000 members, and selected as top 100 Speech Language Pathologists impacting the field. Her work has been featured in Fast Company, USA Gymnastics, American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA), MarketWatch, PopSugar, Association of University Centers on Disability, and Kennedy Center.

Jourdan has developed inclusive gymnastics programs, reading literacy programs, and is the author of Our Reading Literacy Kitchen: Fresh Approaches to Target Reading Literacy Skills. Her creativity, leadership, and diverse skillset is evident from her work as an advisor to companies and organizations ranging from digital speech therapy, gymnastics, international reading literacy initiatives, culinary industry technology platform, and many more.

To find out more information about Jourdan’s work visit https://www.jourdansaunders.com

Trichelle Bollers

Trichelle Bollers, currently resides in Guyana. She is a medical technologist at the Guyana Defense Force. She has a strong interest in public health with a concentration in occupational health and safety. In her free time, she serves as a member of her church’s youth ministries executive. She also enjoys working out, reading, browsing and outdoor adventure.