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Meet the Metanoia Staff

The staff of Metanoia makes positive changes in our community each day.  They are responsible for taking the vision of our Board and Community and making that vision a reality. 

Anthony Joyner

AJ Davis

Rev. Bill Stanfield

 

Anthony Joyner - Executive Director of Housing Development

  • Family: I am married to the lovely Krystle Stephens-Joyner.

  • Hometown: Charleston, SC

  • Education: BA - Fisk University

  • Hobbies: Bowling, Reading, and a sports fanatic

  • Favorite food: Pasta

I like working at Metanoia because it gives me the opportunity to provide a positive change in my community.

 

When I get a day off I like to sleep.

AJ Davis – Executive Director of the Young Leaders Program

*       Family:

*       Hometown: Allendale, SC

*       Education: BS in Human Services, Springfield University

*                       MA in Organizational Development, Springfield University

*       Employed with Metanoia since: January 2008

*       Hobbies:

*       Favorite Food:

 

I like working with Metanoia because

 

When I get a day off I like to

Rev. Bill Stanfield – Metanoia CEO

*       Family: I’m married to Rev. Evelyn Oliveira and we have
a dog named Samba.

*       Hometown: Greensboro, NC

*       Education: BA in History, UNC-Chapel Hill

*                       M. Div. Princeton Theological Seminary

*       Hobbies: Reading, Outdoor Sports, Gardening

*       Favorite Food: Anything sweet chased by a BIG GLASS
OF MILK.
 

I like working at Metanoia because I wake up knowing that I

just might experience the kingdom of God on any given day. 

I like being part of a movement of wonderful people of faith

who believe that, working together we can change our

community. 

 

When I get a day off I like to go to a movie with Evelyn
or work in the yard with our dog, Samba, as a helper.

 

 

Young Leaders Program Counselors

Charmaine Townsend

Charmaine Townsend: Young Leaders Program Director

     Family: 3 Children - Travonte, Donyai, Davien

     Hometown: Charleston, SC

     Education Background:    High School , University of South Carolina

     Employed with Metanoia Since: August 2003

     Hobbies: Singing, dancing, shopping, watching new movies

     Favorite Food: baked macaroni & cheese

I like working at Metanoia because it is a great place to work with some of the best kids and adults.  I feel like I can really make a difference here at Metanoia and I enjoy every minute of it!

When I get a day off I like to shop and spend quality time with my own children.

 

Stacy Brown: Young Leaders Program Counselor

  • Family: Mother and Father, 2 brothers and 2 sisters

  • Hometown: Hampton, SC

  • Educational Background: Currently a Senior at Charleston Southern University with plans to go to Medical School

  • Employed with Metanoia since June 2006.

  • Hobbies: reading, singing in the Charleston Southern Gospel Choir, student government senator, SC Student Legislature, and I volunteer at a nursing home.

  • Favorite Food: Seafood

I like working at Metanoia because I love children and I like mentoring and teaching our next generation of leaders. 

When I get a day off I like to shop.

 

 

Geraldine Ramirez : Young Leaders Program Counselor

  • Family: One older sister, Yadhira, and a younger brother, Peter, and two younger sisters - Gabrielle and Brianna.

  • Hometown: Florence, SC

  • Educational Background: Graduated from Darlington High and currently attending Charleston Southern University Majoring in Youth Ministry and Sociology

  • Employed with Metanoia since January 7, 2008

  • Hobbies: Organizing my things, an interest in fashion and style and home design - I love to watch the Bravo Channel and HDTV.

  • Favorite Food: Snickers & Now & Laters

I like working at Metanoia because I'm blessed with the opportunity to assist God in shaping the minds of young leaders by encouraging, supporting and motivating them to succeed academically, spiritually and emotionally within their communities

 

When I get a day off I like to spend time with my firends and family relaxing and doing whatever I want to do.

 

David Hutchinson: Young Leaders Program Counselor

  • Family: Mother

  • Hometown: Charleston, SC

  • Educational Background: Junior at Charleston Southern University

  • Employed with Metanoia since August 2006

  • Hobbies: Bowling and shopping

  • Favorite Food: Hot Wings

I like working at Metanoia because I'm helping young mena nd women know that they can achieve anything they put their minds to.

 

When I get a day off I like to SLEEP!

 

Pat Wright

Pat Wright – Administrative Assistant

    Family: I am the oldest of five children.  I now live with two of my sisters and one cat.  A neighbor affectionately calls us the "Golden Girls"

    Hometown: Charleston, SC  - currently she lives in Goose Creek

    Education: Completed Associated Degree in Human Services in August 2007.  Is now pursuing a Bachelor's in Social Work at Limestone College.

    Employed with Metanoia since: October 12, 2007

    Hobbies: Gardening, bowling and traveling.

    Favorite Food: Desert

 

I like working at Metanoia because I like what Metanoia is strinving to do in working in this community.

 

When I get a day off I like to go to the beach.

 

Steve Cumbee - Construction Site Supervisor

  • Family: Wife, Mary and three children (Whitley, Calvin, and Morgan)

  • Hometown: Charleston, SC

  • Education:

  • Employed with Metanoia since: January 2007

  • Hobbies: Steve is a minister at his church which keeps him very busy as does doing things with his children.

 

Metanoia Staff

 

Rev. Evelyn Oliveira is a founder of Metanoia and now serves as a lead volunteer as she and Bill await arrival of their children whom they are adopting from Ethiopia.

What’s it like to work at Metanoia?

"Hello, my name is
Charmaine Townsend. 
I am a person who is
pushing forward into
a new relationship
with God and others
to help create a strong
community." 

The above statement is the mission statement
of all of us who are a
part of the Metanoia
family.  In August of
2003 I learned of an
organization that was rising up in the
Chicora/Cherokee
neighborhood. 

That organization was called Metanoia. 
When I first heard
the name I had no idea what it meant.  What I did know was that they were opening an after-school program
in a neighborhood
where kids needed
somewhere to go
once school was out. 

I then made the
decision to try to be
a part of Metanoia. 
I applied for one of
the positions being
offered and by the
grace of God I was
hired. 

On my first day on the job I found out what Metanoia meant. It means “positive change.”  By the end of that first day after learning what their plans were I truly believed that  with CBF and with the help of Rev. Evelyn and Rev. Bill, changes were going to come into our neighborhood,
and they would be
positive. 

Well it has been a year and five months since I’ve been with Metanoia and day by day we are making positive changes. 

Since Metanoia was started Chicora Elementary, our neighborhood school is no longer worried about being closed down, but is looking forward to having a new school built.  Residents in the community are being offered classes on credit counseling
and home ownership.

Also right now we
have 25 Young Leaders who are learning more ways of making our
community a stronger place.  I am blessed to be a part of Metanoia where we are all are pushing forward
together.

Charmaine Townsend

1st & 2nd Grade Teacher,

Metanoia Young

Leaders Program

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