Meet the team
For over a decade PowerCorpsPHL has been committed to providing high-quality career training. Our organization empowers Philadelphia’s youth through paid programs spanning 4 to 24 months, leading to sustainable careers in energy and community-focused fields. We extend our impact nationwide by sharing our successful model with other cities.
Freddy Ortiz
Manager, Sawmill Operations
Social Enterprise Operations
Robin Lowe-Skillern
Supervisor, Water and Land Management
Industry Training
Sabri Stamps
Youth Development Practitioner Apprentice
Programming
Board of directors
Mariama White-Hammond
Pastor, Facilitator/Consultant, Social Justice Activist
New Roots AME Church
Nicole ElMurr
Associate,
Troutman Pepper’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group
Marcos Castillo
Program Coordinator for Community Engagement,
Small Things Philly
Aaron Kirkland
Superintendent of Green Stormwater Operations,
Philadelphia Water Department
Nadir Lane
Engineering Aide,
Rodriguez Consulting
Angel Lopez
Development Coordinator,
Philadelphia Youth Basketball
Sangeeta Prasad, Esq.
Stoneleigh Foundation and regional juvenile justice stakeholders
Felicia Rinier, MPP
GreenLight Fund
Philadelphia
Lisbeth Shepherd
Entrepreneur in Residence
at MIT’s designX,
MIT’s School of Architecture + Planning
Catie Wolfgang
Philadelphia Research and Policy Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts
ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS
Anthony Fortune
Assistant Crew Lead
Solar States
Cohorts 12 & 13
PowerCorps helps you prepare to become a professional in any trade or opportunity you choose to go into. Give 100% and PowerCorps will match with 150%.
Latifah A Douglas
Mid Atlantic Trails and Relations Coordinator
Appalachian Mountain Club
Cohorts 19 and 20
Cashmir Woodward
Level 2 Engineering aider
Philadelphia Water Department
Cohorts 13, 14, and 15
To me, PowerCorpsPHL means family and growth. PowerCorps provides paths to successful careers and opportunities that you never thought you’d have the chance to experience. They supply you with knowledge outside a career as well. I have achieved a successful career in Land Surveying and I was able to get a house using what I learned through the workshop they offered on building credit. If you get the chance to go through PowerCorpsPHL, take advantage of every opportunity and workshop, down to the Fellowships. You also have to apply yourself and show them you want it for yourself and your family.