Our Board
Jylana Sheats,Ph.D.,
MPH Board President
Jylana is a behavioral scientist, educator, and public health leader who works across sectors to drive behavior change and address complex societal challenges. A systems thinker who values both rigorous science and lived experience, Dr. Sheats bridges public health, civic science, and community-rooted practice—using community-driven approaches like storytelling, local data collection, and collaborative problem-solving to help communities and organizations rethink how they support healthier, more equitable lives. A champion of public and community engagement, she works to strengthen the relationships between science, policy, and the people most impacted by inequities—ensuring that solutions are co-created, culturally grounded, and informed by those with lived experience. A proud Spelman alumna, Dr. Sheats also holds degrees from Tulane University and Indiana University-Bloomington and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine. She serves in advisory roles for organizations including the Open Research Community Accelerator, Stanford’s Research Fellowship Program in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, and the Climate Mental Health Network. As Board President of Healthy Black Families, Dr. Sheats brings her long-standing commitment to centering Black and historically marginalized communities, co-creating solutions, and building systems of care that are just, community-led, and designed to support joy and collective well-being.
Sitar Moody Scott, Vice President
Sitar Mody Scott is a mental health professional affiliated with Sankofa Holistic Counseling Services Inc.
Brian Sullivan, Secretary
Brian is currently the Director of Technology KIPP Public Schools Northern California. Brian is an IT professional with over 18 years of experience. He has managed a wide array of diverse technical networks. Throughout his career, he has provided technology solutions for over 40,000 students and helped to launch the technical infrastructure of over 50 Schools. Perhaps one of his proudest accomplishments was connecting four technically underserved Memphis schools directly to a California Data Center, nearly quadrupling their internet speed and server performance. He most recently joined KIPP Northern California as their Director of Technology. A proud SF Native, and UC Berkeley Alumnus, Brian is passionate about technology and its potential applications to improve the lives of African Americans. Specializing in Cyber Security, Data Center Design, and Data Science and Visualization, Brian hopes to help Healthy Balck Families adopt a renewed interest in utilizing Data best practices to analyze, improve and ultimately enrich the lives of our families. He Firmly believes, Data is power.
Codany Holiday, Board Member
Codany Holiday is an acclaimed vocalist and performing artist. As a youngster growing up in the Bayview Hunter’s Point area of San Francisco, Holiday’s love for music provided him with a vehicle to explore his inner self. This self-knowledge led him to discover a deep love and appreciation for self that has provided him a grounding that has supported and continues to sustain and give focus and direction to his life. Adept in recording, writing, and music production, Holiday has honed a talent that has enabled him to travel the world and share his soul-stirring vocal talent to enlighten and inspire hundreds of thousands.
As a young man, Holiday was a single parent; having gained custody of his daughter when she was very young. He considered it his primary and most valued responsibility to create a whole and grounded woman. She has now become a mother and, in so doing, extended his parenting spectrum as a grandfather to her two girls.
Perceiving the needs of children and young people in our communities, Holiday is passionate about guiding young people to experience a level of self-knowledge and self-love that he discovered as a young man in hopes that it will provide a grounding force of power for their lives as well. To begin addressing this calling, Holiday recently registered as a volunteer at the Alameda county probation department and is actively creating other avenues to be of service.
Rosalind Welch, Board Member
A results-oriented self-starter, Rosalind has successfully developed and executed marketing communication campaigns that increase voice, audience and revenues. In the past, she has been a vital part of organizations such as Glide Foundation, East Bay SPCA, Office of the President-University of California, Kaiser Permanente, YWCA of San Francisco. Currently, Rosalind holds the position of Senior Director of Marketing & Development at RCF Connects (Richmond Community Foundation), while maintaining her position as founder of a marketing agency (Sienna Communications). Ms. Welch regularly consults with small business clients assisting up-and-coming businesses with message development, social media strategy and reputation management.
Shawn Granberry, Board Member
Mr. Granberry is founder and CEO of HipHopTV, LLC and has worked in the entertainment industry for over 25 years. He started his career in the A&R department at Tuff-E-Nuff Productions. 2-Tuff-E-Nuff productions worked with such artist and companies as Toni, Tone', Tony, En Vogue, Madonna, Club Nouveau,Con Funk Shun,Timex Social Club, Regina Belle, Alexander O'neal, BET Networks, ABC and Fox Networks. In high school Mr. Granberry also teamed up with Shakir Stewart to produce some of the biggest parties Oakland, CA has ever seen for high school students. While attending UC Berkeley, he continued his entertainment career by creating several very popular club nights and concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area. After college, Mr. Granberry worked as a close confidant to Shakir Stewart and also continued to produce events like, Def Jam's, "How To Find A Mega Star". Mr. Granberry also worked very close with famed movie producer, Robert Watts at Transformer Entertainment. While working with Stewart and Watts, Mr. Granberry began researching the new broadcast model now known as Over the Top broadcasting (OTT). After returning to UC Berkeley to fully study this model, Mr. Granberry founded Watch Now Networks, Inc. Mr. Granberry's passion in working with inner city youth so he also founded The Scholar Athlete Union and Bears Youth Basketball with help from childhood friend Jason Kidd and works very close with Stanford and UC Berkeley faculty to help young people achieve a college education and survive the dangers of the streets.
Cynthia Joseph, Board Member
Cynthia Joseph J.D., is the Vice President and chief Administrative Officer for Whittier College. She has successfully developed and implemented new programs, policies, and procedures that have increased employee morale and decreased enterprise risk, company liability, and legal exposure. She oversees the Human Resources, Campus Security, Facilities, auxiliary contracts, legal matters, and risk management for the College. She is responsible for implementing new strategic programs that support the College’s mission and vision including expanding employee development and training, succession planning, and programs that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Cynthia has a longstanding career in higher education and vocational academic program development and management, as well as in Human Resources management.
Cynthia is also an accomplished Grammy nominated Jazz vocalist with several jazz albums and compilations. She has sung studio and background vocals for various artists including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Tramaine Hawkins, and Andraé Crouch. She also contributed lyrics for the movie soundtrack for Down In The Delta.
Cynthia has been an artist manager and concert promoter, managing various artists, and negotiating talent for the San Jose Blues Festival, the Monterey Jazz, and the Monterey Blues Festival.
Ms. Joseph is also an author and screenwriter, who has written and co-produced a soon-to-be-released Feature Film, entitled “Caught Between”.