Meet our Board

Michael Taylor is the founding Site Director of CEO Atlanta, part of the Center for Employment Opportunities, one of the nation’s leading organizations focused on employment and economic mobility for individuals returning from incarceration. His background includes employer engagement, business development, stakeholder relationship management, workforce development, and reentry employment.

Michael previously served with WorkSource Atlanta and currently serves as Chairman of the Metro Atlanta Reentry Coalition, providing Legacy Harvest with significant expertise in reentry, workforce partnerships, employer engagement, and community collaboration. He is a graduate of Morehouse College.

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Asher Levans is a U.S. Navy veteran and has been promoted to VET Technical Assistant Monitor with the Office of Workforce Development. His career has centered on helping veterans successfully navigate employment, career development, and employer connections.

Asher brings expertise in career coaching, workshop facilitation, veterans employment services, employer engagement, and translating military experience into skills employers understand. During his Navy service, he served as a Hospital Corpsman during Operation Enduring Freedom. His community involvement has also included veteran outreach, economic empowerment, and volunteer service.

Dr. Roderick Cunningham is Founder and Executive Director of the Beverly Cunningham Outreach Program, a DeKalb County-based 501(c)(3) organization created to support survivors of domestic violence, youth, families, and individuals facing significant barriers.

Since its founding in 2010, the organization has served more than 10,100 children, women, and families through domestic violence services, economic empowerment initiatives, and community outreach. Dr. Cunningham has extensive nonprofit leadership, community partnership, and corporate operations experience, including management responsibility for large-scale corporate security operations.

His background provides Legacy Harvest with valuable expertise in nonprofit management, vulnerable-population services, community engagement, partnership development, and organizational operations.

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Joshua Williams brings experience in workforce development, economic development, government relations, talent development, strategic planning, and business engagement.

His professional experience includes work with the Decide DeKalb Development Authority and WorkSource DeKalb, along with service on the Board of Directors of the South DeKalb Business Association. Joshua’s work focuses on connecting residents, businesses, and communities to resources that support economic mobility and opportunity.

He also contributes experience in community communication and mental-health advocacy through podcasting and public engagement.

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Denise Kenner-Virgil has more than 10 years of WIA/WIOA workforce development experience, with particular expertise in youth services, program performance, professional development, training, and program design.

Throughout her career, she has worked with youth, adults, and dislocated workers and has helped more than 800 young people transition into employment, postsecondary education, military service, and other productive pathways.

Her background gives Legacy Harvest significant expertise in youth programming, workforce performance, case-management systems, program improvement, and employment outcomes.

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Sonja Baisden Shell is a U.S. Navy veteran with extensive experience in workforce development and public service. She currently serves with the Farm Service Agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture and previously spent approximately 12 years administering WIOA services through local workforce centers.

Her experience includes career counseling, occupational training, supportive services, employment placement, and helping individuals move toward sustainable employment and self-sufficiency.

Sonja holds an MBA with a concentration in Human Resources, a bachelor’s degree in Counseling and Human Services, and an associate degree in Business Administration. Her background strengthens Legacy Harvest’s capacity in workforce services, human resources, government programs, community engagement, and participant support.

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