Team

Rita Cofield
(Interim) Executive Director & Board Chair
Preservationist, Cultural Resource Manager, Community Advocate, and Public Historian

Ronald "Rudy" Barbee
Board Member
Community Activist & Liaison, Member Friends of the Watts Towers

Lottie Cleveland
Board Member & (Interim) Chair Program Committee
Community Activist, President of Watts Business Association, Watts Ambassador-L. A. South Chamber of Commerce, Entrepreneur

Edward "Ed" Landler
Board Member
Community Advocate, Film Historian, Writer, Filmmaker & Director of 'I Build The Tower'

Desiree Edwards
Honorary Board Member
Community Advocate, Entrepreneur, Owner of Watts Coffee House

Amde Hamilton
Honorary Board Member
Poet, Writer, Co-Founder of The Watts Prophets, Ordained Ethiopian Orthodox Priest

Ronald "Low M.B." Watkins
General Member
Poet, Writer, Community Activist, Musician/Rap Artist, and Co-Founder OFTB

Danielle Cooksie
General Member

David Dunson
General Board Member & Broadcasting Program Co-Chair
Community Advocate, Founder of Empowering Many to Make Earnings (EMME) Agency

Pamela Garrett
General Member
Educator, Entrepreneur, Community Advocate & Historian, Event Organizer of Watts Summer Festival

Oshea Luja
Honorary Board Member & Broadcasting Program Co-Chair
Poet, Producer, Artistic Director, a.k.a. Food4Thought, and Co-Founder of Still Waters Writers Workshop

Jaquelyn Badejo
General Member
Community Activist, President of Watts Clean Air & Energy Committee

Marco Barrantes
General Member
Environmental Activist, Contractor, Urban Planner, Certified Permaculture Designer, President of La Loma Development Company