Youth Opportunity Union Advisory Committee

 Stacey Bottoms, assistant to State Senator Rob Rolison and Associate Minister, Youth Director and Assistant Clerk of Beulah Baptist Church,

 Dr. Renee Fillette-Miccio, Executive Director of Dutchess Outreach,

 Heidi Kirschner, President/ CEO, The YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County,

 Geraldine Laybourne, Co-Founder of Day One Early Learning Community and former Nickelodeon President

 Wesley Lee, former Coordinator of the Even Start Family Literacy program for the Poughkeepsie City School District and adjunct Professor of History and Government at Dutchess Community College,

 John Nelson, Assistant Vice President, Community, Government, Public Relations, Nuvance Health,

 Karmen Smallwood, Assistant Commissioner for Youth Services, Dutchess County Department of Community & Family Services,

 L’Quette Taylor; Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Community Matters 2,

 Nedra Patterson Thompson, Poughkeepsie Common Council Member

 Gabriela Vega-Matthews, Latino community organizer