Meet the Team
Strategists and emerging professionals across leadership, workforce development, compliance, evaluation, public safety, and responsible AI - bringing multidisciplinary experience to every engagement.
Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness
Dr. Tiffany Simmons
Founder & Principal Strategist, Leadership & Systems Transformation
Dr. Tiffany Simmons serves as Mosaic Learning Collective's Founder & Principal Strategist for Leadership and Systems Transformation, helping executives turn complex strategies, compliance demands, and fragmented operations into durable systems and measurable results. She holds both a Juris Doctor and a Doctor of Education in Leadership and Policy and has led transformations involving portfolios exceeding $6 million and national initiatives spanning more than 30 locations. Tiffany helps clients align leadership, people, processes, governance, and performance measures to strengthen organizational effectiveness and sustain high-impact change.
Workforce Development and Reentry
Luther Tyus
Workforce Systems & Reentry Strategist
Luther Tyus has built his career at the intersection of workforce development, corrections, and case management — working directly inside the systems that determine whether reentry programming actually reaches the people it is designed for. He holds a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis and has supported federally funded justice training and technical assistance initiatives nationwide. At Mosaic, he helps clients identify service gaps, strengthen reentry systems, and build career pathways that produce measurable outcomes.
Ogbonna Hopkins
Workforce Analytics & Learning Strategist
Ogbonna Hopkins brings a rare combination of statistical analysis, industrial engineering, and adult education to workforce program design. He built the data infrastructure behind a major corrections-based workforce initiative in Washington, DC, and holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Florida State University. At Mosaic, he helps clients design data-informed workforce programs, strengthen performance tracking, and develop training experiences that connect directly to career readiness.
Research and Program Support Team
Juelz Cheatham
Community Engagement Specialist
Workforce Development and Reentry | 2026-2027 Internship Cohort
Juelz Cheatham is a Howard University senior pursuing degrees in psychology and sociology. She brings experience in behavioral health, crisis response, youth mentoring, community resource navigation, and customer service, along with certifications in first aid and mental health first aid. At Mosaic, she supports participant engagement, facilitation, and case-management coordination for workforce development and reentry initiatives.
Anyka Busby
Program Support Specialist
Workforce Development and Reentry | 2026-2027 Internship Cohort
Anyka Busby is a Howard University senior majoring in criminology with a minor in philosophy. She has conducted research on reentry, youth empowerment, family support, and community development and brings operations and team-leadership experience from supervisory roles. At Mosaic, she supports curriculum development, program design, and implementation for workforce and community-safety initiatives.
Kellie Keen
Research & Evaluation Specialist
Workforce Development and Reentry | 2026-2027 Internship Cohort
Kellie Keen is a Howard University senior majoring in criminology with a minor in Arabic. Her experience includes mentoring justice-impacted youth at the Maya Angelou Academy at the Youth Services Center and supporting college-readiness and leadership activities for young people. At Mosaic, she supports community outreach, participant engagement, and evaluation activities that connect workforce and justice initiatives to the communities they are designed to serve.
Program Design and Evaluation
Amada Bond
Justice Program Impact & Compliance Strategist
Amada Bond has spent her career evaluating whether programs and policies deliver what they promise — including assessing police operations for compliance with federal consent-decree requirements. She holds graduate degrees in Juvenile Law and Policy Analysis and in Justice and Public Policy. At Mosaic, she helps clients design effective programs, pursue funding, evaluate performance, and build compliance systems that produce measurable community impact.
Asha Collins
Research, Strategy & Impact Strategist
Asha Collins serves as Mosaic Learning Collective's Research, Strategy & Impact Strategist, supporting applied research, strategic planning, program evaluation, stakeholder engagement, and implementation across Mosaic's service areas. With bachelor's and master's degrees in criminology from the University of Pennsylvania, she has supported seven federally funded initiatives, managed a portfolio of more than 150 agencies, and helped secure over $1 million in multiyear funding. Asha helps clients translate data, operational assessments, and stakeholder perspectives into practical strategies that strengthen programs, improve service delivery, and advance measurable organizational and community outcomes.
Program Design and Evaluation | New senior team addition
Gustavus Griffin
Risk, Integrity & Compliance Strategist
Gustavus Griffin brings nearly two decades of investigative and public-safety experience, including service with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and the Georgia Department of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Paine College. At Mosaic, he helps clients identify organizational risks, strengthen investigative and compliance practices, and build accountability systems that protect institutional integrity.
Duane Tobias
Workplace Equity & Compliance Strategist
Duane Tobias has worked as a federal Equal Employment Opportunity adjudicator, a diversity and inclusion leader, and a criminal prosecutor — giving him firsthand experience with the regulatory and legal frameworks that govern workplace fairness. He is a Texas-licensed attorney with a Juris Doctor from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law. At Mosaic, he helps clients interpret complex requirements, strengthen equitable workplace policies, and build fair, defensible accountability systems.
Research and Program Support Team
Olivia Wilson
Operations & Evaluation Specialist
Program Design and Evaluation | 2026-2027 Internship Cohort
Olivia Wilson is a Howard University criminology student with experience in administrative operations, data retrieval, community-based recovery work, and team coordination. She brings strong organization, adaptability, and customer-service skills to projects requiring reliable follow-through. At Mosaic, she supports program operations, partnership coordination, evaluation tools, and data-informed planning across major initiatives.
Arianna Jahnke
Research & Evaluation Specialist
Program Design and Evaluation | 2026-2027 Internship Cohort
Arianna Jahnke is a Howard University student studying criminology and political science with a minor in history. She brings experience in investigative reporting, residential leadership, cross-cultural education, and research on surveillance, the carceral state, and the experiences of marginalized communities. At Mosaic, she supports research, evaluation, and evidence development for criminal justice policy, responsible AI, and program innovation.
Jonora Calixte
Research & Evaluation Specialist
Program Design and Evaluation | 2026-2027 Internship Cohort
Jonora Calixte is a Howard University psychology student with training in statistics, research design, and data analysis. As a Harvard Du Bois Scholar, she supported public-policy research at the Harvard Kennedy School's People Lab, including literature reviews, survey development, and research presentation. At Mosaic, she supports evaluation design, data collection, and research that connect criminal justice, workforce development, and mental health.
Training and Responsible AI
Dr. Clyde Clarke
AI & Decision Intelligence Strategist
Dr. Clyde Clarke has led the development of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and predictive analytics solutions for complex operational and social challenges. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Morgan State University. At Mosaic, he helps clients adopt AI responsibly, transform organizational data into actionable intelligence, and build systems that improve performance and decision-making.
Gentry Schaffer
Public Safety Innovation & AI Strategist
Training and Responsible AI | New senior team addition
Gentry Schaffer serves as Mosaic Learning Collective's Public Safety Innovation & AI Strategist, specializing in AI adoption, organizational transformation, technology implementation, and public safety strategy. With 13 years of experience spanning consulting, criminal justice research, and law enforcement, she has directed a $10 million federal portfolio serving more than 250 agencies and increased engagement across a 300-member professional network by 50 percent. Gentry helps clients translate emerging technologies into practical workflows, training, governance frameworks, and measurable implementation strategies that improve performance and sustain organizational change.
Lea Douglin
Learning Innovation & Enablement Strategist
Lea Douglin has spent more than 20 years building training systems that make organizations run better — from onboarding and professional development to technology adoption and customer success. She previously managed a higher-education training portfolio valued at approximately $1.6 million. At Mosaic, she helps clients turn technology, policies, and operational requirements into engaging learning experiences that strengthen workforce capability and produce measurable results.