Our Board

Larry Knox

Larry is a political coordinator for 1199 SEIU, a union that represents health care workers. He began his union career organizing daycare providers with the CSEA.
In 2008, Knox was a regional staffer for the Barack Obama campaign and later served as a western New York staffer for Organizing for America. Larry has also worked for the Monroe County Legislature and for Assembly members Susan John and David Gantt.

Born in Chicago, Knox moved with his family to the Rochester area when he was in high school. Knox and his wife, Zayhia, a musician, have four daughters. The couple are committed to addressing systems of inequity and to empowering residents to have a voice in their community.

Larry currently serves on the boards of Reach Advocacy and Metro Justice. He is also on the Policy committee of the Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative.
Larry earned his Criminal Justice degree from MCC and was a political science major at the University of Rochester.

Arlene Brown

Arlene Brown has been a resident of the 19th Ward for nearly 50 years and has dedicated her life to making a positive difference within the lives of others. In 2008, she retired from the US Postal Service after nearly 40 years of service. Mrs. Brown now works part-time as a Funeral Attendant at the Metropolitan Funeral Chapels. In addition, she continues with a full schedule of family, church, and civic engagements. Ms. Brown served as a member of the Monroe County Democratic Committee 22nd LD for more than 10 years. Balancing civic and religious duties, Mrs. Brown has been involved with church ministry for more than 40 years. A long-time member of the Frederick Douglass Toastmasters Club, she has attained the organization’s distinction of “Distinguished Toastmaster.” She has been recognized for public/civic service by the US Postal Service, Monroe County Legislature, Channel 8 News, Rochester Genesee Valley Club – NANBPWC, and various churches. Beyond community involvement, Mrs, Brown finds fullness of joy in service unto God and love of family.

Dr. Robert Harrison, III M.D.

Dr. Harrison has lived in Rochester since March of 1993 and is a physician specializing in Internal Medicine with a sub-specialty in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Raised in Mississippi, he received a B.S. degree from Tougaloo College, a historically black school and an M.D. degree from Northwestern University in 1966. His training in Internal Medicine was from 1966-1972 interrupted by 2 years to serve in the United States Navy. After training as an Endocrinologist for two years at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Harrison occupied academic positions at Vanderbilt University, Columbia University, The University of Arkansas and the University of Rochester where he retired in 2001 and he remains an Emeritus Professor of Medicine. At various times since 2001 he has served as a consultant or worked as a clinician. For the past four years the majority of his time has been spent participating in classes at OSHER, an RIT-run educational program for persons over the age of 50.

Rabbi Drorah Setel, J.D.

Rabbi Drorah Setel, J.D., is the spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El, a Reform synagogue in Irondequoit. She is a trained mediator and has developed educational programs as well as led retreats and workshops on dispute resolution. Rabbi Setel lives in the Maplewood neighborhood of Rochester.

Danielle Tucker

Danielle Tucker, MS is a middle school teacher at Rochester Prep. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Grambling State University. In 2018, Ms. Tucker founded House of Empowerment Mentoring Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps prepare low socioeconomic students for college. She is a resident of the city of Rochester as well as a landlord. Danielle Tucker, MS is a businesswoman that gives back to her community often and has been active in the Rochester community since returning in 2017.

Reverend Dr. Rickey Harvey

Rev. Dr. Rickey Bernard Harvey has preached across the nation in more than 30 states and countless numbers of towns and cities. He has conducted citywide revivals, preached for National Baptist Conventions, American Baptist Conventions, and several other National bodies. Rickey Harvey has worked with Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles and many other pastors in community efforts through Operation P.U.S.H Rainbow Coalition; as a means to care for communities, be a voice for them during times or racial profiling, discrimination and marginalizing. He has worked with the Rochester City School District as a long-term sub. Rickey Harvey is a graduate of University of Phoenix, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and holds 2 Master's, 2 Bachelor's and 1 Doctoral degree, in such fields as Psychology, Business, Organizational Management, Divinity and Ministry. A proud father of four, Rickey Harvey is a businessman, owning two Airbnb’s in the City of Rochester. He is founder and lead singer of a gospel quartet group here in Rochester, The Dynamic Dixie Wonders!

Reverend Matthew Nickoloff

Reverend Matthew Martin Nickoloff is the founding priest of the South Wedge Mission, a Lutheran-Episcopal community of communities committed to cultivating life and the common good. A native of our area, he is passionate about building bridges, inter-religious collaboration, and creating spaces where people can rediscover possibility in the face of division and despair. An avid musician and paddle-boarder, Matthew lives in the South Wedge with his wife Leah, an RCSD teacher, and their three children.

Vacant Position

Daniel is originally from Brooklyn, NY and came to Rochester through the AmeriCorps Fellowship program where he was a case manager at Center for Dispute Settlement and a program assistant. During his second year with the AmeriCorps Daniel was at Upward Bound a U of R program, where he was an academic advisor.

Daniel was a part of the grassroots movement to get PAB on the ballet. “I didn’t believe something like the PAB could work in a big city like where I came from but I believed it could work here in Rochester, that led me to work with EIE to get the PAB on the ballot. So I’m excited that it’s here and I helped manifest that.” Daniel is looking forward to serving the community the way it really needs to be.

Currently Daniel works as an inpatient social worker at RGH to make sure discharges are safe and secure for patients leaving the hospital and that they have everything they need. Daniel makes sure long term care is facilitated for patients by connecting them with services like childcare, spiritual help, mental health assistance, and physical assistance like food and housing.

Daniel’s experience helps him connect with the community in a holistic way and gives him the needed perspective to serve on the board.

Vacant Position