Board of Directors

Get to know the people who help support the Kindezi Schools

Board Members

The Kindezi Schools
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Damon Bailey

Chair

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Sally Westmoreland

Vice Chair

Sally Westmoreland

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Charmaine Barnhill

Treasurer 

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Oneika Cassanova

Oneika Cassanova

Oneika Cassanova is the Group Finance Manager at Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft, she was a Vice President at U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management, rounding out a 12-year career in the Financial Services industry with roles at major institutions like U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo Bank.

 Born and raised in Jamaica, Oneika is deeply committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is actively involved in various initiatives aimed at promoting these values and her dedication to these causes reaches out into the community where she volunteers to uplift the youth in disadvantaged situations through educational and mentorship opportunities. Oneika holds a  Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and International Relations from Randolph – Macon College and a Master’s Degree in Finance from Nova Southeastern University. Away from work, she loves spending quality time with her family, traveling, and exploring the charms of Georgia, her new home state.

 

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Rebecca Cagle

Rebecca Cagle

 

Ms. Cagle brings decades of experience as a trusted advisor to nonprofit executives and as an executive herself. She helped found Promise54, an advisory firm that supports social impact organizations with a range of culture and talent-focused supports. While there, she co-led the talent strategy practice. Before helping found Promise54, Ms. Cagle worked as an Associate Partner on the Talent Advising Team at Bellwether Education Partners. From 2007-2015, she worked on Teach For America’s national recruitment team in a variety of roles, leading the organization’s teacher recruitment in the South along with several national strategic initiatives. Earlier in her career, Ms. Cagle worked as a middle school teacher in rural North Carolina. She holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Yale University and lives in Atlanta with her husband and three children.

 

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Elizabeth Duncan-Watt

Elizabeth Duncan-Watt

Ms. Duncan-Watt splits her professional time between urban agriculture, as a farmer on small-scale sustainable vegetable farms in Atlanta, and social impact consulting, as a Director at APCO Worldwide. Elizabeth is a member of APCO's social impact and sustainability practice, advising organizations on growing and communicating their efforts to build a more equitable and sustainable future. She started her career supporting the creation of a foundation focused on bringing social-emotional learning to youth in rural Egypt. Ms. Duncan-Watt received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in Arabic & Arabic Studies and her graduate degree from New York University in Global Affairs and Human Rights. She lives in Southwest Atlanta and is the proud parent of two Kindezi at Gideons geniuses. 
 
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Sarah Cash

Sarah Cash

Ms. Cash is the Land Acquisition Manager at Georgia Power Company. Immediately prior to her current role, she served as the Assistant Corporate Secretary at Southern Company. She also practiced law for more than a decade at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP and in Georgia Power’s legal department.

Ms. Cash is a former board member of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and the Development Authority of Fulton County. She received her bachelor’s degree from Duke University and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. She lives in Southwest Atlanta with her husband and their four children, all of whom are Kindezi geniuses.

 
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Board Meeting

Schedule

The Kindezi Schools

Notice: The Kindezi Schools will enter an executive session during its meeting on 9.18.2026 to discuss or deliberate upon the appointment, employment, compensation, hiring, disciplinary action or dismissal, or periodic evaluation or rating of a public officer or employee: (OCGA 50-14-3(6))
Sept 18, 2026 8:30am - 10am Kindezi at Gideons 897 Welch St SW Atlanta, GA 30310
Nov 19, 2026 6pm - 7:30pm Kindezi West 286 Wilson Mill Rd SW Atlanta, GA 30331
Jan 29, 2027 8:30am - 10am Kindezi Old Fourth Ward 386 Pine St NE Atlanta, GA 30308
Mar 18, 2027 6pm -7:30pm Kindezi at Gideons 897 Welch St SW Atlanta, GA 30310
Apr 16, 2027 8:30am - 10am Kindezi West 286 Wilson Mill Rd SW Atlanta, GA 30331
May 20, 2027 6pm - 7:30pm Kindezi Old Fourth Ward 386 Pine St NE Atlanta, GA 30308

Committee Meeting

Schedule

The Kindezi Schools

Please email sechols@kindezi.org for virtual meeting links

Governance Committee

The Governance Committee meetings occur on the fourth Thursday of the month at 9am.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee meetings occur on the third Monday of every month at 8:15 am.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee meetings occur on the second Friday of the month at 8:30 am.

Academic Committee

The Academic Committee meetings occur on the fourth Friday of the month at 8:45 am.

Board Meeting

Participation Policy

The Kindezi Schools

All Board meetings are open to the public.

Time is set aside at each regularly scheduled meeting to provide stakeholders the opportunity to address the Board. The public comment period is designed to gain input from the public and not for immediate responses by the Board to the public comments presented.

Individuals who wish to address the governing board at a Board meeting will be required to sign up in advance of the meeting by emailing the Executive Director (kgunn@kindezi.org) and the Board Chair (boardchair@kindezi.org) at least 24 hours in advance.

  • Speakers should be courteous and professional. The presiding Board officer may terminate public comments that are profane, vulgar, or defamatory.

  • Speakers will be heard in the order in which they emailed in their request to speak.

  • Speakers have three minutes each and must stop speaking promptly when signaled.

  • The board reserves the right to cap the public comment period to the first seven individuals who sign up.

  • Speakers may not address confidential student or personnel matters, but may submit such concerns to the Board in writing.

  • Board members will not respond to the comments during the meeting. If follow-up is necessary, the appropriate staff or a representative of the Board will follow-up in a timely manner via email, letter, or telephone.

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Board Documents

Board meeting agendas, minutes, budget, charter, and other important policy documents

Kindezi Board Documents