Overcome Together

Our Team

Meet the dedicated professionals and board members who lead Overcome Together Foundation's mission to provide healing through the arts.

Leadership Team

Our leadership team brings expertise in nonprofit management, art therapy, community development, and youth advocacy.

Portia Taylor

Portia Taylor

Executive Director & Founder

Illinois

Portia is the visionary founder and Executive Director of Overcome Together Foundation. Her personal journey became the foundation for the organization's mission. She holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Drexel University with a concentration in nonprofit management, and her research focused on government and nonprofit support for children and families impacted by incarceration.

"This mission means the most to me because I found that through pottery and poetry I was able to work through my big and frustrating emotions that came with my father's incarceration when I was six years old. I wish to be an example that we, as children impacted by parental incarceration, do not have to be defined by our parents' mistakes and we don't have to go down those same roads."

Board of Directors

Our board consists of accomplished professionals committed to advancing our mission and ensuring fiscal responsibility.

Portia Taylor

President

Jasmine Mapp

Treasurer

Venus Sparkman

Secretary

Join Our Team

We're always looking for passionate individuals who share our commitment to supporting children and families impacted by incarceration through the healing power of art.