R. Joanna Weeks Reeves

Joanna received her Master of Business Administration at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas and her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting at the University of Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia.  She has spent twenty-seven years as a financial accountant and nine years as a tax professional. Her need for growth propelled her to start her own company in August 2002 – JAMPAD Accounting & Tax Services, Inc. As she strives to do her best in life, she now focuses on helping children. Books are her addiction. Weeks Reeves loves to read and finds joy in submerging herself in autobiographies, biographies and novels — fiction and non fiction. Forever on the path of learning, her books cover a wide variety of subject matters. During her years in school, she read many books without fully understanding the necessary reading strategies or developing reading skills such as reflecting on how well the text is understood or connecting what she already knew to the information in the book.  She has come a long way since.  Many of her books, placed on the shelves in her home are carefully annotated with her many thoughts and questions. Reading, she insitsts, has been her greatest tool in life. Weeks Reeves has lived in Olathe, Kansas for 14 years and has four adult children.  My Personal Literacy Story.

Eunice Weeks Martin

Eunice holds a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Arts Studies from the University of Staten Island, and a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education and Psychology. She works for the Human Resources Administration, City of Staten Island, New York, as a case manager. She has extensive experience working with people and helping them with their social needs. Given her practical knowledge about people in her capacity as a social and case worker, she brings a lot of hands-on experience to our cause. Her wealth of knowledge will help with our Ladies of Purpose Initiative. Weeks Martin has lived and worked on Staten Island for over thirty-one years, has three adult sons and a grandson. She teaches children’s Sunday school class at her church. She is also the care-giver of her mother, who lives with her.

Lischen Peso Reeves

Lischen received her Bachelor of Journalism and a minor in political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Columbia, Missouri. She held several positions on campus including Chief Justice of Mizzou Student Court, External Deputy of the Journalism Student Council, and Founder of Mizzou Black Women’s Initiative. As an aspiring corporate attorney, Ms. Reeves is a young woman with a passion to serve. She was selected by Teach For America to help improve America's educational system. Her desire to share the importance of education through reading has led her to help form Children LifeTime Education Foundation. She harvests a special love for her native country and the citizens, who she believes, if given an opportunity, will cease it.

Hyla B. Weeks secured a position with US Sprint in 1982, and spent the next 21 years building a successful career before retiring early in 2003. While at Sprint, Weeks served in various capacities in the Revenue Management Dept., from 1983 to 1990. She held various positions including Telco Billing Analyst, Bankruptcy Administrator and finally as Program Manager. Weeks relocated to Kansas from Sacramento, California where she spent the next 13 years providing leadership and support for field leaders. During her time at Sprint, Weeks served as United Ambassador for Sprint United from 1992 to 2002. As Ambassador, she helped raise money for United Way. She also received numerous annual awards for Product Development and Information Team Lead for Business Improvements.