Staff & Board
Intersection of Change
Elder C.W. Harris
Founder
A life-long resident of the Sandtown-Winchester community, Elder Harris has been a long-time activist for the community. He pastored Newborn Community of Faith Church from 1982 and in 1996 established Newborn Holistic Ministries, now renamed as Intersection of Change, to provide programming to address community needs. In recent years he has continued to cultivate community programming with initiatives that have included urban farming and services for ex-offenders. He remains active as member of the board of directors and advocate for the community!
Todd Marcus
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Todd is a community activist, jazz musician, and resident of our Sandtown-Winchester community since 1997. As executive director and co-founder of Intersection of Change he supports the work of our Martha’s Place, Jubilee Arts, and Strength to Love II programs and holds a degree in urban studies from Rutgers University. Originally from New Jersey, he came to the community as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in 1995 and never left. As a musician, his work as a bass clarinetist and composer includes leading ensembles from 2-10 musicians and often incorporates Middle Eastern influences from his Egyptian heritage.
Phone: 410.728.2227
Email: toddmarcus@intersectionofchange.org
Amelia F. Harris
Co-Founder
Amelia is a cofounder of Intersection of Change, a woman of faith, compassion and love who seeks to live out the meaning of being a servant-leader. Raised in Baltimore, she received her AA Degree at Baltimore City Community College as well as her BA and MA degrees in Biblical Studies from North Carolina College of Theology. She retired from Baltimore City’s Central Payroll and Department of Law divisions in 1995 to work with her husband & community activist Elder C.W. Harris where she helped in starting a health center in the community and then Martha’s Place. She is a member of CCDA, Sandtown-Winchester, a former Board Chair of New Song Community Learning Center and Board Secretary for CUTS. She loves to travel and is known among her community as ‘Momma’.
alex paolucci
Grants & Engagement Coordinator
Alex is passionate about community development and economic inequality. They recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Political Science and International Studies and a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. After serving as a Maryland Public Service Scholar at Intersection of Change in s2025, they were drawn to the organization’s commitment to its mission and returned to work there full time. Alex is originally from Southern California, but fell in love with Baltimore after moving there for college. In their free time, they love to crochet, travel, and go on walks.
Grants email: development@intersectionofchange.org
Volunteer Coordinator email: volunteercoordinator@intersectionofchange.org
Martha's Place
jasper nance
Program Director
With over 15 years of experience in the social service field, Jasper is passionate about helping others from all walks of life through counseling, mentorship, program development and improvement. Born and raised in the Carolinas, he has spent most of his professional life in the Maryland and Washington, D.C.area. He earned a B.A. in Sociology from Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C. and earned his masters in Social Work from Howard University. Outside of work Jasper enjoys time with his family, listening to music, and horseback riding.
Phone: 410.728.8402
Email: jaspernance@marthasplace.org
Sherrie Todd
Addictions Counselor
Sherrie has been in the field of alcohol and drug counseling since 1989. She received a masters in Adult Education and Counseling in 1997 and was licensed and credentialed in counseling by the State of Maryland in 1999. She has worked in all fields of substance abuse services from abstinence-based care and medication assisted services to co-occurring treatment services. She is also employed as a licensed therapist at MPB Group, Inc. in Columbia, Maryland.
Nancy spence
Peer Support Coordinator
Nancy is a lifelong resident of Baltimore, MD. She struggled with her drug addiction for 33 years. Fortunately someone recommended Martha’s Place. After completing the program, she continues to stay connected by running groups, assisting clients and participating in other activities.
As Peer Coordinator and another drug treatment facility, Nancy feels called to give back both to help others and keep herself grounded in her recovery as well.
Jubilee Arts
Genifer Fraser
Program Director
Genifer is a community artist and educator who uses a multitude of mediums and expressive colors to create paintings, installations, and immersive experiences. She has always sought out ways to marry her passion for the arts and affinity for learning with conscious social engagement. In 2021, she earned her MFA in Community Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art and completed two terms in the Community Art Collaborative AmeriCorps Program as the Community Artist in Residence at Port Discovery Children’s Museum. She hopes to continue to expand her craft, pushing the themes of her work with the goals of meaningful social engagement and empathy building in mind.
Email: director@jubileeartsbaltimore.org
Phone: 410.728.1199
Hope McCorkle
Program Coordinator
HOPE is an award-winning transdisciplinary artist, educator, muralist, and performer whose work serves as a portal for healing. She holds a BFA in Studio Art and Psychology from New York University. Blending storytelling with painting, collage, movement, and sculpture, HOPE explores themes of memory, mental health, and shadow work to create emotionally immersive, transformative art. She is also one half of Hope and Faith ♡, an interdisciplinary collective with her twin sibling, FAITH. Together, they create scrolls, films, installations, and public programs that honor healing, Black motherhood, spirit, soul food, and collective consciousness. HOPE is deeply committed to creative education and building community through intergenerational, collaborative experiences.
Email: programcoordinator@jubileeartsbaltimore.org
Phone: 410.728.1199
Keyarra johnson
Youth in Business Program Manager
Keyarra leads the Youth in Business (YiB) project and is herself a proud alum of the program. She values that the art and business aspect of a cooperative go hand in hand, and she feels it is important to use the skills she’s learned to strengthen YiB and her community. In her spare time she works on developing her skills as an animator and in game development. She makes extra money by working as a freelance graphic designer and also owns a business creating decorative crafts and mosaics. She hopes to one day run a successful game developing company.
Email: yibmanager@jubileeartsbaltimore.org
Strength to Love II
Jonathan Wirth
Program Director/Farm Manager
A Baltimore native, Jon has worked on and managed urban and rural farms, controlled environment hydroponic systems, school and non profit gardens and taught self designed curricula on many topics in field and greenhouse systems. His agriculture career began harvesting pumpkins for University of Maryland Extension variety trials at the Wye Research Center in 2005 and he is beyond excited to be growing produce in his hometown. He holds a BA in philosophy and spends his non farm time reading. soliciting coffee recommendations, foraging for mushrooms and creating tasty meals with friends and family.
Email: farmmanager@s2l2.com
Phone: 443.692.7616
SHAE MCCOY
Assistant Farm Manager
Shae is a photojournalist and author who was born, raised, and still resides in west Baltimore. She started her journalism career in 2013 and her photography career in 2016. Her work allows her to be involved with the community and she has collaborated with Voices of 21217 and No Boundaries Coalition as a teaching photographer. She published her first book, West Baltimore Ruins, in 2021 which artistically highlights blight in west Baltimore and serves as an educational text. Part of Shae’s mission is to be part of securing a better future for Baltimore’s Black communities and residents.
Domanick L. Walker
Workforce Development Coordinator
Domanick is a Baltimore native dedicated to education, equity, and community transformation. Growing up in the Sandtown-Winchester community, he developed a lifelong passion for creating opportunities for youth and families. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Morgan State University and dual master’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University in Education and Human Behavior. With over nearly 20 years of experience in education, residential life, and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Domanick has served in roles spanning classroom instruction, curriculum design, professional development, and community engagement. He is a 2014 Teach for America Corps member and has led programming and partnerships across schools, districts, and nonprofits.
Email: WorkforceDevelopment@S2L2.com
COREY MENDES
Farm Staff
After two semesters of environmental science studies at Morgan State university, Corey secured a paid internship at Baltimore Green Space as a Community Engagement Fellow. He traveled all around Baltimore city to visit forest patches that were overwhelmed with invasive plant species and disposed of them to enable noninvasive plant species to thrive without interruption. After a faithful encounter with Intersection of Change founder Elder CW Harris, Corey decided to change course of work and apply his efforts and communication skills to Strength to Love II.
Board of Directors
- Sean Jones (Chair), Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University
- Rev. Dr. Derrick DeWitt (Vice-Chair), First Mount Calvary Baptist Church
- Patty Prasada-Rao (Treasurer), Maryland Nonprofits
- Chanelle Austin (Secretary), NAMI Metro Baltimore
- Gloria Byrd, Board of Dental Examiners (retired)
- Sumbul Alam, Ballard Spahr, LLP
- Elder C.W. Harris, Newborn Community of Faith Church, Founder of Intersection of Change
- Dr. Darriel Harris, Newborn Community of Faith Church / Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future
- Avery Williams, Northrop Grumman
- Honorary Members: Amelia F. Harris (Co-Founder), Verna L. Jones-Rodwell (Retired Senator, MD State Legislature)