Our Board of Directors
Our Board
Leaders of Chosen For Change.
Michael Brown, Sr.
Co-Founder & President
Michael Brown, Sr., turned his “pain into purpose” and established The Michael Brown Foundation d/b/a Chosen for Change (CFC) in the honor of his son, Mike Brown.
Cal D. Mays
Co-Founder & Secretary
DeMarco Davidson
Executive Director
DeMarco Davidson has spent most of his life in education, engineering, youth development, and community organizing. Davidson brings these experiences to Chosen For Change.
Currently, DeMarco serves and worships at Saint John's Church (The Beloved Community) and is earning his Masters in Divinity at Eden Theological Seminary. His focus is Black Liberation Theology and Community Redevelopment.
Jana M. Gamble
Vice President
Jana M. Gamble is a Producer, Director, Keynote Speaker, Author and Advocate. Since 2015, Gamble has served as the Vice President for the Michael Brown Foundation DBA Chosen For Change.
Jana brings her Videography, Photography, Social Media and PR expertise to CFC to help make our mission possible.
Pamela Meanes
General Counsel
Pamela Meanes realized that becoming a lawyer would be the best way to effect real change in her community, earning her J.D. from the University of Iowa.
In 2005, Pamela was elected partner at Thompson Coburn. She is the first African American to be elevated from associate to partner. With over 20 years experience, she practices in the firm's litigation department and has represented corporations, public agencies and financial institutions on a variety of matters.
Pamela is also an ordained minister and is active in her church, The New Freedom Church in Belleville, IL. She is married to Reverend Doctor William M. Meanes, Sr. and they have seven wonderful children: Wilson, Ciara, Kandia, William, Jr., Anointing, Aayannah and Divinity.
Rachel Burse
Treasurer