Learn More About Our Board Members
Fatima M. Smith, MSW
Founder
I’m a Black cisgender woman who resides in the suburbs of Richmond, VA with my baby and husband. I love connecting people, laughing, dancing and tasting good wine and bourbon. I am passionate about creating communities where violence and oppression are nonexistent and folks can be their healthy, authentic selves. I am a “social mom-trepreneur”, philanthropist, proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc, and graduate of George Mason University & Virginia Commonwealth University. If you have questions, ask me and even if I don’t know the answer I am happy to connect you with someone in my network that does have the answer.
Why Collective 365?: I wanted to create a way to celebrate & invest in Black & Brown folks who are doing dope things in their community. I knew I wanted to do something that put trust in those doing the work and saw that what was being done was not working.
"I don’t break the rules, I just challenge them”
- Ella Baker
Lenise Mazyck, LCSW, CCTP, NIMHP
Lenise Mazyck (She/Her) is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW). She currently practices in Virginia and Washington, DC. Lenise graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. She then went on to obtain her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of South Carolina.
She has become a “student of others,” growing a love for helping people work through lifelong trauma from a holistic perspective. She is the therapist owner of Roots to Results counseling, LLC, a practice centered around the core belief that growth starts from the root. Lenise believes that “Rest is your right, not your reward.” She is certified in trauma-informed practice, grief, complex trauma, and the effects of nutrition on trauma and the brain. Her specialties include areas such as: anxiety, depression, Adult Neurodivergence, and life changes for people of color. Lenise enjoys building connections with clients based on their own needs where everyone can learn from each other. She also loves speaking to people across the world about her areas of passion and loving using her voice to transform the lives of others.
When she is not in the therapy office, Lenise enjoys teaching social work students at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also the CEO of Rooted in Connections LLC, a non-profit centered around closing gaps in care for people in need across the state of Virginia. She also enjoys spending time with others and loves to travel and experience other cultures in an immersive way.
Bianca Myrick
Board President
Bianca Myrick is a native of Petersburg, Virginia, and the founder and executive director of Pretty Purposed, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering adolescent girls to grow and glow. As a middle grades educator, Bianca has a passion for working with adolescents and saw a need in her community where girls could have a safe space. She continues to work with the Pretty Purposed board, staff, and volunteers to build organizational capacity and increase opportunities for women and girls, through securing funding, building strategic partnerships, and developing its GIRLS program. Supporting Black-led organizations is specifically important to her because she understands first-hand the unique barriers they face in obtaining funding. In addition to her role as executive director of Pretty Purposed, Bianca is a consultant for Mentor Virginia, where she is a part of a team that supports the work of over 300 youth organizations around the state of Virginia. She is a 2010 graduate of Virginia State University, where she currently serves as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Bianca also has a masters degree in public administration from Virginia Commonwealth University, and hopes to receive her certificate in nonprofit management soon. Her goal is to continue advocating for women, girls, and families through her work as a nonprofit leader and her consulting career. While she has many roles, her most fulfilling one is that of being a mom to her son, Bryce.
Why Collective 365?: I wanted to be a part of changing the face of philanthropy, specifically as it relates to decreasing funding barriers for black and brown organizations.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you
-Maya Angelou
Rodneisha Henderson
(Board Treasurer)
Rodneisha Henderson, CPA, is a finance professional, entrepreneur, and advocate for financial education with more than 10 years of accounting experience. A native of Richmond, Virginia, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Saint Augustine’s University. In addition to her career in accounting, Rodneisha is the founder of The Book Closer, a bookkeeping boutique that helps small business owners gain clarity and confidence around their finances.
Rodneisha is committed to using her financial expertise in service of something bigger than herself. She is especially passionate about increasing financial literacy among younger generations and helping Black and Brown entrepreneurs better understand the financial side of building sustainable businesses.
For Rodneisha, giving back means sharing the knowledge and resources she has gained to help others build stronger financial foundations and create opportunities for generations to come.
Outside of accounting and entrepreneurship, Rodneisha is a wife and mom who enjoys reading, traveling, and spending quality time with her husband and children.
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Natisha Knight
Board Vice President
Natisha is a former teacher, but forever educator who taught public school for 12 years. For the last 8 she has served in various nonprofit leadership roles. She enjoys exploring and traveling with her daughter, Naysa.
Why Collective 365?: The mission and vision of the organization align with my personal values. Collective 365 gives ownership and decision making power to the very people best equipped to make decisions to uplift and empower Black and Brown communities.
“You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.”
-Maya Angelou, And Still I Rise
Abbey Phillips, MSW
Abbey Philips is the Chief of Staff for Senator Jennifer McClellan who represents the 9th District in the Virginia Senate. Abbey has over 10 years of experience with policy research, development, and analysis. She has worked alongside community activist, families, educators, and legislators in developing and advocating for policy change to address evictions, human trafficking, criminal justice reform, domestic and sexual assault, reproductive health access, equity in education, environmental justice, food access and economic development. Abbey is an avid community volunteer, currently serving as Henrico Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) where she volunteers to create a voice for the children in foster care and in the middle of custody cases. Abbey is a social worker, parent, partner, runner, softball player, musician, sexual assault survivor, and an advocate at heart. One of her favorite books is Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and has the following quote posted on her bathroom mirror as a daily reminder of the power we all hold to create change in the world.
Why Collective 365?: I find a lot of my daily inspiration in the work I see happening in the community. Collective 365 is raising the bar in how we approach equitable community investing and the power of giving and philanthropy, providing an opportunity for us to invest time, money and talent in those making an impact in the Black and Brown community that may not have access to traditional funding streams. This kind of investment and work is essential to building equity in our communities and I am so honored to play a role in expanding this mission and vital work.
"All that you touch you Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God Is Change."
-Octavia Butler
Stefán Young-Sherfey
Bio coming soon
Kheila Jones
Kheila Jones, MPA, R-CPRS, CNP, is the Founder and Executive Director of Atlantic Outreach Group (AOG), a Richmond-based nonprofit dedicated to removing barriers and creating pathways to stability, recovery, and economic mobility. With more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and entrepreneurship, Kheila has built and expanded community-based programs addressing substance use recovery, housing instability, hunger, workforce development, and other barriers affecting underserved communities.
Her leadership is grounded in a belief that sustainable change requires more than meeting immediate needs. It requires addressing the systems and conditions that created those needs. Through her service with Collective365, Kheila is committed to advancing community-centered philanthropy, strengthening Black and Brown communities, and ensuring that resources and decision-making power reach the people closest to the challenges and the solutions.