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Casey Cook, Executive Director
(215) 731-1107 x 203
casey@breadrosesfund.org
As an activist and community organizer, Casey Cook has brought a commitment for real change to a range of social justice issues, including queer and trans liberation, workers’ rights, access to health care for people with HIV, promoting harm reduction strategies for drug users and sex industry workers, and environmental justice.
Since 2006, Casey has served as executive director at Bread & Roses Community Fund. Casey is responsible for raising money for grantmaking and operations, overseeing the organization’s finances, developing and maintaining partnerships with individual donors and foundations, acting as the organization’s spokesperson, and generally working to realize Bread & Roses’ mandate to support movements for change. Over the course of Casey’s tenure, grantmaking at Bread & Roses has increased from $200,000 to more than $1,000,000 annually.
Prior to joining the staff at Bread & Roses, Casey served as executive director at Prevention Point Philadelphia for six years. There, Casey provided needle-exchange and other harm reduction services while advocating for access to health care for injection drug users, sex workers, and trans injection hormone users. Under Casey’s leadership, programs and services expanded beyond mobile outreach for needle exchange to include a medical clinic, a legal clinic, case management services and a drop-in center. Casey also co-founded the Trans-Health Information Project (now Trans Equity Project) to provide critical harm reduction services for trans people.
Casey received a Bachelor in Women’s Studies and Education from Temple University, and a Master of Social Service and Master of Law and Social Policy from the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College.
Casey currently serves on the board of directors for Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and has previously served on the boards of the Funding Exchange, the Center for Responsible Funding, Penn PIRG, and Liberty City Democratic Club.
Jenara Gardner, Director of Donor Relations and Development Communications
(215) 731-1107 x 210
jenara@breadrosesfund.org
Jenara Gardner is a Philadelphia native who grew up bouncing between North Philadelphia and the affluent suburbs. She credits her mother and aunts for teaching her the ways of mutual aid, community building, and resistance through joy. She has worked as a non-profit fundraiser for over 10 years and specializes in relationship building, data management, and communications. Most recently, she was Director of Development and Communications for Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties where she led the organization to hit its fundraising goal for the first time in a decade.
Jenara was introduced to Bread & Roses Community Fund when a friend invited her to Tribute to Change. Shortly after the event, she joined a Gender Justice Giving Project and found a wonderful community who shared her belief in “change, not charity.” When Jenara is not working, you can find her tending to her plants, salsa dancing, or at the theatre.
Tracy Jones, Senior Director of Finance & Operations
(215) 731-1107 x 207
tracy@breadrosesfund.org
Tracy A. Jones is an accounting and finance leader with 15 years of diverse experience across public, private, and non-profit sectors.
Tracy’s professional career is driven by an obligation to honor the humanity, dignity, and cultural safety of the communities he engages. During his eight years in public accounting, Tracy became aware of how the (un)intentional intersections of business and policy impacted the quality of life for individuals in society. This led him to pursue a career as a social entrepreneur for seven years, specializing in strategic initiatives, financial planning, compliance, and capital management for social enterprises, non-profits, and higher education clients. The strategies and systems he creatively designed and implemented for organizations allowed partners to go beyond the traditional financial metrics to unpack, acknowledge, and reimagine the “totality of impact” and the “harm in our collective good.”
Tracy holds a dual bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Sports Management from Widener University (’09), Masters in Nonprofit/NGO Leadership from the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania (’19), and an Organizational Leadership in Social Work Certificate, University of Pennsylvania.
As a former collegiate student-athlete, Tracy collaborates with other student-athletes on a volunteer basis to help athletes navigate life transitions post-competition. Additionally, Tracy is a member of the Epsilon Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA).
Jor Keller, Development & Administrative Assistant
(215) 731-1107 x 201
devassist@breadrosesfund.org
Jordan is a recent graduate of Guilford College with a degree in Religious Studies and a minor in Community and Justice Studies. At Guilford, Jordan participated in the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program and served as a teacher’s assistant for religion courses including “Contextual Thea/ology: Developing Theologies of Liberation for Today” and “Religion, Dreams, and the Dreaming.” During the summers, Jordan worked as a counselor at Shiloh Quaker Camp and led multi-day trips in Shenandoah National Park.
Jordan started at Bread & Roses as a Quaker Voluntary Service fellow in 2021 and has continued their work at the organization as an employee on the development and communications team. Outside of work, Jordan enjoys studying folklore, making digital collages, and exploring Philadelphia on foot.
Camille King, Grants Administration & Administrative Assistant
(215) 731-1107 x 216
camille@breadrosesfund.org
Camille (she/her) is a graduate of Earlham College with a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and Public Health. While she is fascinated by medicine, her heart is called to social justice work. She is determined to use critical thinking and radical empathy to destroy unjust and inequitable systems to replace them with empowering frameworks of community and mutual success. Camille loves all things food, art, sitting in the sunshine, and learning about things people care about.
Camille formerly served as the 2022-2023 Quaker Voluntary Service Fellow and will now be furthering the mission of Bread & Roses through supporting applicants and grantees through the grant application process.
Sharon Thompsonowak, Director of Programs
(215) 731-1107 x 205
Sharon@breadrosesfund.org
For over a decade, Sharon Thompsonowak has invested her career in capacity-building and collaborative development for organizations and individuals. She is committed to building systems that are just, equitable, and sustainable, with a special interest in fostering economic opportunity, career mobility, educational access, and labor rights for all. Before joining Bread & Roses, she most recently served as the Director of Fellowship Programs at Longwood Gardens, where she was responsible for an immersive program designed to prepare aspiring leaders for high-impact roles in the green sector. Prior to taking on this role, Sharon held the position of Workforce Development Director for the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild initiative, where she successfully built apprenticeship pipeline programs for Philadelphians who have been historically underrepresented in the skilled trades unions. Earlier roles included serving as Director of Career Development Services at Peirce College and as the program manager for University City District’s Skills Initiative, an innovative workforce intermediary. Sharon holds a doctorate in leadership and organizational learning from Vanderbilt University.