Our Leadership

Board of Directors

Advance Peace is guided by a passionate and deeply invested Board of Directors and National Team united by shared values and a collective commitment to transforming communities and reimagining public safety. Rooted in lived experience and driven by evidence-based practice, our leadership brings both heart and expertise to the work of community violence intervention. Together, we empower those most impacted by gun violence to lead lasting change and advance strategies that foster safety, healing, and opportunity in cities across the nation.

Our Leadership

Advance Peace is led by a dedicated team of professionals and community leaders who share a deep commitment to ending cyclical and retaliatory gun violence through healing, opportunity, and accountability.

While we do not list our Board of Directors or staff publicly on this page, we welcome inquiries from individuals, organizations, and partners who wish to learn more about our leadership or connect with specific members of our team.

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Eric Welch

Fellowship Ambassador

Eric represents AP as a former Peacemaker Fellow. Eric provides counsel to audiences interested in a Fellow’s perspective of the AP Peacemaker Fellowship strategy. Eric also supports AP’s orientation and development of new Fellows. Eric is a senior studying Political Science at Florida A&M University. Eric is considering pursing a Masters in Public Policy and/or a Juris Doctor Degree.

Arnold Threets

Justice

Arnold brings important law enforcement expertise and perspective to the AP team. Arnold currently serves as Captain and Administrative Division Commander in the Richmond Police Department. Arnold is a 25+ year veteran police officer with extensive experience in community policing and special investigations.

Kevin Muccular

Training & Development

Kevin facilitates outreach training and development services for new AP cities. Formerly, Kevin served as Program Coordinator for Richmond’s Office of Neighborhood Safety. Kevin is a motivator, entrepreneur, and business leader. A trained youth pastor, Kevin facilitates staff development and coaching, as well as Fellow preparation and advancement.

Johann Frazier

Administration

Johann provides administrative guidance and support to the CEO. Johann is eager to serve administratively in organizations that implement and develop strategies to promote justice and racial equity oriented outcomes. Her longstanding, reliable results in providing administrative technical assistance benefit those served in the communities we work with.

Tammi Edwards

Operations

Tammi offers guidance and support to the AP operations portfolio. Tammi serves as Operations Administrator for the City of Richmond Office of Neighborhood Safety. Tammi is also founder of Project MARC (Making a Real Commitment) 25, a leadership development program for girls and women designed to move them from dependency to self-sufficiency.

Sam Vaughn

Program

Sam provides guidance and support to the AP program portfolio. Sam serves as Program Manager for the City of Richmond Office of Neighborhood Safety, where he is responsible for day-to-day program management of the Street Outreach and Operation Peacemaker Fellowship strategies. With AP, he serves as the CEO’s partner on strategy expansion.

Devone Boggan

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Advance Peace

Prior to founding Advance Peace, DeVone served as Neighborhood Safety Director and Director of the City of Richmond (California) Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS). As Director of ONS, DeVone was responsible for the development, implementation, and management of comprehensive approaches to reducing firearm assaults, preventing retaliation associated with firearm conflict, and transforming the lives of the city’s most lethal young men. DeVone is a national authority on urban gun violence prevention and intervention.

Angela Glover Blackwell

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, PolicyLink

Angela is a national authority on poverty issues, recently contributing a chapter to Ending Poverty in America: How to Restore the American Dream (The New Press, 2007). Prior to founding PolicyLink, a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity, Angela served as Senior Vice President for The Rockefeller Foundation. She directed the foundation’s domestic and cultural divisions and developed the Next Generation Leadership and Building Democracy programs, centered on issues of inclusion, race, and policy.

Chet Hewitt

President & Chief Executive Officer, Sierra Health Foundation

Prior to joining the Sierra Health Foundation, Chet spent five years as the Agency Director for the Alameda County Social Services Agency, where he was credited with transforming its child welfare system into a national model. He also worked as Associate Director for The Rockefeller Foundation in New York, and he established and managed the West Coast office in San Francisco. Chet is a recipient of the Annie E. Casey Foundation Child & Family Leaders Fellowship and the 2009 Black Child Welfare Administrator of the Year.

Michael Tubbs

Special Advisor to California Governor Gavin Newsom for Economic Mobilit

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Roy L. Austin, Jr.

Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis

Roy is a new partner at Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis and is responsible for expanding the firm’s litigation and data practice. Roy is the former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Urban Affairs, Justice and Opportunity in the Domestic Policy Council. Roy also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice. At the White House, Roy helped lead efforts focused on criminal justice and civil rights. Within the Civil Rights Division, Roy supervised the criminal justice and law enforcement portfolios.

Nora Campos

Legislator

Inspired by her parents’ work with the farm worker movement and Cesar E. Chavez, Assembly Member Campos began her work for economic, social, environmental, and political justice as a young girl marching alongside farm workers.
Growing up in a working class neighborhood of San Jose, Assembly Member Campos worked to advance incentives to keep thousands of jobs in California.

Assembly Member Campos served San Jose for nearly a decade as a Councilmember from 2001-10. Nora co-chaired San Jose’s Family/Domestic Violence Advisory Board.

Nora Campos served as the Assembly’s Democratic Whip and Assembly Speaker Pro Tem. Nora championed the right of children to learn English and healthcare for every child in California, Chaired the Select Committee on the Status of Girls and Women of Color and authored AB-80 Inter-agency Task Force on the Status of Boys and Men of Color.

Amber Williams

Vice President - Legal, L Brands, Inc.

Amber leads global ethics and compliance for a multinational specialty retailer whose flagship brands include Victoria’s Secret, PINK and Bath & Body Works. Before joining L Brands, Amber served in various attorney roles at Walmart, most recently as senior associate general counsel and section head for US compliance. She’s actively engaged with organizations focused on advancing educational opportunity and gender and racial equality.