BARCC Leadership

President & Commercial Development Liaison
Mell Monroe
monroe@thebarcc.org

Vice President of Strategy
Safety / Security & Clean and Green
Dr. Keith McCoy
keith@thebarcc.org

Treasurer & Fundraising Director
Pamela Dempsey
pam@bronzevilleproperties.com

Records Chair & Condominium Liaison Director
Angela Higginbotham-Monroe
angie@thebarcc.org

Director of Activities & Marketing
Jonese Burnett
jonese@thebarcc.org

Director of Membership Development
Michelle Brown
michelle@thebarcc.org

Director of External Communications
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Director of Safety & Security / Chairman
Marie Smith
marie@thebarcc.org

Director of Condominium Development
Iva Funderberg
iva@thebarcc.org

Director of Commercial Development
Akari Muhansi
akari@thebarcc.org

Co-Director of Commercial Development
Teshera Henderson
teshera@thebarcc.org

Asst. Director of Commercial Development
Clarence Carson
clarence@thebarcc.org

Political Liaison
Tyrone Forte
tforte@thebarcc.org

Director of Condominium
Development Outreach
Marvell Turnage
marvell@thebarcc.org

Communications Director
Mechele Elias
mechele@thebarcc.org

Board Member
Phaedra Leslie
phaedra@thebarcc.org
Meet the BARCC Board Members


Phaedra Leslie
Director of Membership Development
phaedra@thebarcc.org

Phaedra M. Leslie is the Sr. Vice President, responsible for new business development, managing high profile clients and complex, multi-faceted projects, creating innovative diversity strategies in procurement for corporate, government and institutional clients for Target Group, Inc. (an economic development consulting firm in Chicago).

As Account Executive, it was Phaedra's job to create economic opportunity programs for the inclusion of minority and women contractors/vendors, as well as Chicago residents for real estate developers, institutions and government agencies. She has been with Target Group, Inc. for 6 years and has managed many large and complex projects including the University Center of Chicago the newly built shared residential hall of Columbia College, Roosevelt University and DePaul University located in downtown Chicago. One of her most recent projects includes the Children’s Memorial Lurie Hospital Project and the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation mixed income residential development "Oakwood Shores" and "Lake Park Crescent" located in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

A native of Chicago, she graduated from Morgan Park High School and went on to attend Denison College with a double major in English Literature and Mass Media. She continued her education at the University of Phoenix where she gained a Masters in Organizational Management.She is a member of Women in Planning and Development, Teen Living Programs Associate Board, and the 3rd Ward 2016 Olympics Committee.


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