board of directors

 Rebecca Woodward, LCSW-C, LCSW, RMT, is the founder and clinical director of Ancestral Roots Reiki, an integrative wellness practice grounded in bridging evidence-based clinical approaches with somatic, energetic, and culturally responsive healing modalities. She is also the founder of the integrative model Biofield Integration and Attunement.

Rebecca brings a clinical background shaped by more than a decade of work within institutional mental health systems. She spent five of those years leading an evidence-based Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program within the prison system where she cultivated a trauma-responsive culture often not found in carceral settings. Her leadership informed diversion strategies that prioritized treatment-oriented alternatives to incarceration, which were associated with reductions in recidivism.

Rebecca is also a Reiki Master Teacher, energy healer, and spiritual mentor with training in multicultural and cross-cultural approaches to spirituality and healing that extend beyond traditional Western clinical frameworks.

Rebecca brings a deep commitment to social justice, ethical governance, and integrative innovation. She is particularly invested in advancing healing equity through models that challenge traditional clinical silos, center lived experience, and remain accountable to the communities they serve.

Susan Ahlstrom has most recently been leading anti-trafficking efforts across Maryland’s Mid-Shore as a MD Regional Navigator. Holding a Master of Science in Counseling from the University of Hartford and a Bachelor of Arts in English from William Smith College, she brings both clinical insight and creative communication to her multifaceted work. With over 25 years in nonprofit development, education, and trauma-informed care, she has developed innovative, cost-effective programs that improve behavioral health services for vulnerable populations. As the former T.A.M.A.R. (Trauma, Addiction, Mental Health, and Recovery) Coordinator for females incarcerated in Dorchester and Caroline County Detention Centers, Ahlstrom delivered trauma-informed services fostering recovery and resilience. Ahlstrom collaborates across sectors—including law enforcement, social services, and advocacy groups—to identify and support child trafficking victims, deliver training to partners in the community, and build coordinated agency responses. She is the Founder of Open Path Healing Arts, a provider of holistic support and services for Veterans, their caregivers and families.

Michelle Moodispaw, Esq. is an attorney with extensive experience in public defense, legal aid, and immigration law. She currently serves as an Associate Attorney at Casiano Law Office. She has previously served as an Assistant Public Defender with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender and as a Supervising Attorney with Maryland Legal Aid’s District Court Self-Help Center.

She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Towson University. She brings to the board a deep commitment to ethics and institutional accountability.

 Trina Seldon is the founder and executive director of Out for Justice, a Baltimore-based nonprofit with more than 13 years of impact dedicated to engaging, educating, and empowering individuals directly impacted by the legal system. Under her leadership, the organization has played a significant role in advocacy and policy reform efforts aimed at dismantling harmful systems. She holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and has completed advanced coursework in the field. She brings to the board nonprofit financial strategy and governance, and stakeholder insight shaped by lived experience and community leadership.

 Stanley Andrisse, MBA, PhD, is the founder and executive director of From Prison Cells to PhD, a globally recognized nonprofit cultivating opportunity and access to higher education for individuals who are system-impacted.

He currently serves as a tenured Associate Professor of Medicine at Howard University, where he is the first formerly incarcerated faculty member to hold tenure. Dr. Andrisse earned his PhD in Physiology from Saint Louis University and his MBA from Lindenwood University.

He brings to the board critical insight into nonprofit governance, equity, and systems transformation.