Our Mission
Our mission is to help young girls and women lead productive lives in their communities by providing cultural, social, and educational development.
The Foundation of HOPE, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) organization was established to help women and young girls. The first program launched under the foundation was the Economic Development and Empowerment Program for girls. The program serves girls in sixth-grade attending Middle School. The goal is to teach them to be viable contributors to the future workforce. The program covers topics including addressing low self-esteem, bullying, social media, workforce development, economic and community development, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and more. We believe children are our future, and we must prepare them early to be great future leaders.
In 2018, the Women of HOPE program was established to empower women in the community and help them be leaders.
Keasha Haythe, Founder
The Foundation of HOPE, Inc., was founded by Keasha Haythe, CEcD, an economic development veteran and certified economic development professional, small business owner, and Past President of the Maryland Economic Development Association Board of Directors. She continues her passion for economic development by serving as the President & Founder of the foundation and launching the Economic Development and Empowerment Program for girls.
Our Board
Mary DeShields, M.D.
Dr. Mary is an Oncologist and is active in the community. She has a passion for helping others and is a positive community role model.
Regina Dawson
Regina is a retired manager in the poultry industry. She enjoys outreach and handles outreach for the organization.
Trudy Hall, MD
Trudy R. Hall, MD, is Vice President of Medical Affairs & Chief Medical Officer of Tidalhealth since July 2022. Prior to this she was the Site Executive for UM Laurel Medical Center and UM Bowie Health Center and Vice President, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the University of Maryland, Capital Region Health.
Dr. Hall, as site executive for the UM Laurel Medical Center, had oversight of the 145 Bed Laurel 345 Covid Alternative Care Site for the state of Maryland from April 2020- 2022. These temporary beds opened are in response to the surge of COVID-19 patients and the capacity to have a specialized facility with the expertise to accept patients throughout the state for hospital care.
Prior to joining UM Capital Region Health, Dr. Hall was the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the University of Maryland Medical System’s Chronic Care and Rehabilitation Hospital. She is board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Hall has more than 20 year’s experience in healthcare leadership roles, including private practice and several medical directorships. She also has a long history of service in Maryland‘s health policy arena, including health advocacy and regulatory oversight. She was a Commissioner on the Health Services and Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) from 2002 to 2009. She was Chair of the HSCRC’s Quality-Based Reimbursement Initiative for Maryland from 2000 to 2009. In addition, she served on the Maryland State Brain Injury Advisory Board and was President of the Maryland State National Medical Association for 20 years.
Dr. Hall received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She did her residency and served as Chief Resident in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, NJ. She is married to Dr. Maurice Miles who has a dental practice in Bowie and a teenage daughter in college.
Angela Bordley
Angela works in the field of criminal justice and serves as treasurer managing the funding to keep our program flowing.
Michelle Harding
Michelle has a passion to help young women. She has a heart for teaching young women about the threat of human trafficking, which is a national epidemic.
Olivia Brice
Olivia Brice is currently a Senior Principal Success Architect at Servicenow, bringing experience from previous roles at Deloitte. Prior to joining ServiceNow, she spent over a decade at Deloitte Consulting. As a Strategist at Deloitte, she served some of the largest Federal agencies (e.g., DHS, DOD, DOS) and Fortune 500 company executives (e.g., Cleveland Clinic, CVS) driving
strategy development, organizational stand-up, and large-scale business transformation. Olivia has areas of expertise that include workshop design and facilitation; dynamic
strategy development; implementation planning; OCM; strategic communication and
marketing. She holds a secret clearance, a BA in Government and Politics from the University of
Maryland (UMD) and an MBA from Darden Business School (UVA).
It takes a partnership of dedicated volunteers to make sure our foundation is reaching out to as many communities as it can to ensure individuals have an opportunity to participate in our empowerment programs. We are fortunate to have some of the best community advocates dedicating their time, energy, and expertise to our cause.
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