Our Administrative Staff Team:

ROBETTE ANN DIAS

Executive Director, Core Organizer/Trainer
RADias@crossroadsantiracism.org

Robette has been Executive Co-Director and a Core Organizer/Trainer since 2002. Prior to that she was an antiracism program coordinator for the Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA) Faith In Action Department, providing training, technical support and advocacy for the Journey Toward Wholeness antiracism initiative. As a Karuk Indian, Robette brings a specifically indigenous perspective to antiracism organizing. She is a founding member and past president of Diverse & Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM), the continental support and advocacy organization for UUA People of Color. She is currently Board President of Oyate, a Native American resource and advocacy organization.

JOY BAILEY

Director of Organizing & Training
JoyBailey@crossroadsantiracism.org

Joy taught high school Spanish for six years in Kalamazoo, MI and occasionally teaches courses on race and racism in education at Western Michigan University. She has been doing local antiracism organizing in Kalamazoo Public Schools for over ten years. Although originally from North Dakota, Joy currently lives with her spouse in Kalamazoo, MI.

Joy enseñó español en una escuela secundaria por seis años en Kalamazoo, MI y de vez en cuando enseña en Western Michigan University dando clases sobre el racismo y la educación. Joy también ha participado en el equipo anti-racista de Kalamazoo Public Schools por más que diez años. Ella es originalmente de Dakota de Norte, pero ahora vive en Kalamazoo, MI con su esposo.

DEBRA M. RUSSELL

Director of Management & Resources
info@crossroadsantiracism.org

Debra joined Crossroads in September 1998. She coordinates training events, is responsible for financial administration, and is on Crossroads Leadership Team. Debra is also a member of the antiracism team in the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She and Michael, her life partner of more than 25 years, are parents of two sons and a daughter. Debra fantasizes about using her spare time in community theater, filming documentaries, and creating a stand-up comedy act, but would be satisfied to read the stack of books near her bedside, weed her flower garden and finish a quilt.

ELLEN NUECHTERLEIN

Communications
Ellen@crossroadsantiracism.org

Ellen has been with Crossroads since January 1998. She provides administrative support to staff, board and working groups/committees; coordinates communications via website, Facebook and e-newsletters; provides logistical planning for various national training events; and monitors individual donor giving. Ellen was a founding member of Coming Together Racine and served as Co-Chair until her relocation to Michigan where she and her husband Paul are the busy parents of five sons.