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Organization
Betty Mills-Robinson
8001 Castor Avenue, 1-139, Philadelphia, PA 19152 * 267-225-4987 * bmrorg18@gmail.com
Due to the affects and mandates of COVID-19. BMR will follow all regulations and restrictions as mandated by Philadelphia County, State of PA and the US Government. BMR will follow the proper procedures, practices and protocols to ensure the health and safety of all Citizens, Volunteers and its Members associated with BMR.
To serve and enrich communities throughout the City of Philadelphia
BMR is a United Way Donors Choice Participant: ID# 55088
Donations are Tax Deductible
Statement
Roll Out
With your support, the BMR Organization will continue to grow and maintain success. We firmly believe success lies not in the person, but in the job performed. Our collective task is to tap into our inner source, seek motivation, examine and realize what makes us uniquely gifted, and be mindful in utilization and execution of talents. BMR Organization focus is to ardently fulfill our mission through stewardship of our vision and values. Being able to count on stakeholders such as you will promote achievement of our goals and objectives. The BMR Organization foremost principles of empowering and promoting productive and healthy citizens serve as the corner stone of our vision. The BMR Organization provides guidance and mentorship to enable citizens to develop and regain personal attributes to set attainable goals.
Our values are expressed and rooted by emulation of characteristics demonstrated by our beloved family member Betty Mills-Robinson. Although small in stature she possessed a grand tenacious and caring spirit. Intentional in actions Betty recognized the need to help others and through demonstration of fortitude, hard-work and determination she was a positive influence to those she encountered. As the saying goes, “It takes a village”, the BMR Organization exemplifies the same optimism. We know we can’t do it alone! Outreach efforts, demand assistance from individuals who have that same fortitude as Betty. Origins of empowerment occur through positive self-awareness, personal well-being, and investment in families and community. The BMR Organization will remain steadfast to fulfill the dreams and goals of those who need support or enlightenment.
Be on the lookout for volunteerism for those who have perfected their craft, have a generous heart and want to give back to their community. The BMR Organization is appreciative of voluntary services in the fields of education, health and wellness, career advice/training and financial independence. Visit our website for more information and to donate to a worthy cause: https://www.bettymills-robinson.org. Again, we are proud of our accomplishments as we know we’ll help many citizens in the Greater Philadelphia area reach their fullest potential. It’s the right thing to do and it’s the BMR Organization way.
Warmest Regards,
The BMR Organization
Executive Board
People
BMR Organization - Board
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Cheryl E. Barfield, MSM, MBA – President
Renee A. Mills, BA – Vice President
Mattie D. Wilkinson, BS, M.Ed - Executive Director
Franky Mills - Marketing Director
Lisa A. Bostic - Secretary
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Advisory Council
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Gloria Thompson
Wesley Proctor, Ed.D
Cheryl E. Barfield, MSM, MBA
Co-Founder & President, Mentor
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Cheryl E. Barfield, MSM, MBA has 23 years of Sales and Marketing experience in both the Healthcare and Utility Industries. Starting her career in Marketing, at Prudential Healthcare, for nearly a decade, Cheryl was responsible for promoting and selling healthcare insurance to brokerage firms during the phase out of Traditional Insurance to Maintenance Healthcare.
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PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
Renee A. Mills, MPA, BA
Co-Founder & Vice President
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Renee A. Mills is an administrative support person for the Nursing Administration team for the Penn Medicine Health System. She has a passion for helping people and a passion for art, and for the past 25 plus years, she has combined both in community outreach, sharing the joy of creativity as a painter and artist-in-residence.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mattie D. Wilkinson, BS, M.Ed
Executive Director
Brmorg18.execdirector@gmail.com
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Born Mattie Darshall blessed and married over three decades to college sweetheart. Product of a beloved family, whose strength helped to guide and manifest my purpose in life to seek the path and steps as a teacher. Mattie is appreciative that education is a value system in her family and was afforded opportunity to achieve higher academia. This gave her pause to believe the importance of sharing this desire with others to reach this goal and accomplishment.
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MARKETING DIRECTOR
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MARKETING DIRECTOR
Franky Mills
Marketing Director
Bmrorg18.marketdirector@gmail.com
Franky Mills is a customer focused revenue planner with more than a decade of experience having a proven track record of success in management. Highly proactive and well-organized, with a precise grasp of prioritizing problems, modifying routes, planning out activities, and committed to ensuring company’s success through revitalizing its work environment.
SECRETARY
Lisa A. Bostic
​Secretary
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Lisa Bostic born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She has worked for the University of Pennsylvania and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for a total of 15 years as a Senior Secretary. She is now employed for the City of Philadelphia, Department of Human Services for a total of 14 years in the Divisions of Administration & Management and, also the Finance Department. Lisa has taken classes at Temple University and received a certificate from the School of Innovational Training & Camp; Education (SITE). She loves sharing the word of God with people and has a heart of helping wherever she is needed. Family is very important to her. She has been married to Clinton Bostic since May 1996. They have 4 children combined and four grandsons and one granddaughter.
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Cheryl E. Barfield, MSM, MBA
President
Cheryl has 23 years of professional Sales and Marketing experience in both the Healthcare and Utility Industries and holds a Master of Science in Management and Business Administration from Gwynedd Mercy University.
Cheryl’s professional career involves assisting customers within the Philadelphia area with their energy needs. She manages multi-million dollar accounts that include major universities, colleges, hospitals and manufacturing facilities that utilize large volumes of energy. Cheryl finds her job rewarding as she assists customers with clean energy solutions, new technology, renewable and sustainable equipment options for newly constructed buildings, rehabilitation projects as well as new equipment options. She also performs energy audits helping customers potentially save millions in energy costs for their facility. She has networked and built strategic alliances and partnerships with local and out-of-state Developers, Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Equipment Manufacturers and Distributors. She also has a large network due to associations and organizations she is a member of or currently sits on as a Board member.
Cheryl currently serves as President of Women’s Energy Network of Greater Philadelphia. She has a passion for serving others not only in her professional career, but also in her personal life. Cheryl has mentored women professionally and personally to help assist them in finding their purpose and achieving their goals. Based on her rewarding mentor experience, Cheryl felt it would be fitting to develop a non-profit organization that assists individuals with finding or developing their gifts and purpose. Pushing forward with hard work and determination, the Betty Mills-Robinson Organization was created. She holds memberships to professional organizations such as the Women’s Energy Network of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia Women Leaders Organization, Association of Energy Engineers, Association of Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Electric, ASHRAE, American Association of Blacks in Energy, AABE, and Toastmasters International - Ignited
Towards Success - Blue Diamond Chapter.
Cheryl certifications include, Masters in Business Development from MBDI Institute, ASHRAE – Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning and Omega Flex – Flexible Gas Pipe – Certificate #1102009.
In Cheryl’s spare time, she enjoys cooking, entertaining with family and friends, music, arts and
crafts, reading, swimming, shopping and traveling.
Renée Andrèa Mills, BA, MPA is currently employed at Penn Medicine Health System, and supports Nursing Administration. She is studying to attain her Masters in Public Administration at Villanova University.
Renee has a passion for helping people and a passion for art, and for the past 25 plus years, she has combined both community outreach and sharing the joy of creativity as a painter and artist-in-residence. She created an “Artist-In-Residence” program and for the past several years or more reaches out to children and teens in several shelters throughout the city. Renee wants to help them capture and maintain tranquility while creating their works of art, regardless of their housing situation. In 2016, she partnered with the Philadelphia Public & Human Services Guild, Inc. to expand her outreach.
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While participating in a leadership training program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Renee turned her sights to helping the homeless. She met the Director of the Homeless Health Initiative outreach program and offered to hold art classes for children and teens in shelters. She felt the need to bring art into the community. Not many Philadelphia public schools offer these classes. As a result Young Artist Entrepreneurships Program is still operating today. In 2016 Renee launched Painting "Without" the Twist, social art sessions offered to girl scout troops and senior centers.
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Renee has been the Block Captain of 500 Block East Vernon Road in the East Mt. Airy section of Philly since 2012 and officially appointed 2017.
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During 2019 and 2020, Renee joined three boards, Women Against Human Trafficking (2019), The Associated Alumni of Martin Luther King High School of Philadelphia, holding the position of Treasurer on the Executive Board. Renee was also a member of the first graduating class in 1977. Betty Mills-Robinson Organization (BMR), where she holds the position of Vice President (2018) and she was recently nominated and accepted membership in the East Mt. Airy Neighborhood Association in the fall of 2020.
Renee is the mother of a daughter who is a wife, an agriculturalist, a musician, and works full time at an area animal research firm as a consultant.
Mattie Darshall Wilkinson, BS, M.Ed.
Executive Director
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Born Mattie Darshall, blessed and married over three decades to her college sweetheart. She is the product of a beloved family, whose strength helped to guide and manifest her purpose in life to seek the path and steps as an Educator. Mattie was fortunate to receive her Undergraduate Degree in Education and Graduate Degree in Education Administration and Management from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.
Through a span of over two decades, Mattie had the pleasure of working with families from all spectrums of life to uplift and promote their well-being. Teaching was one of her fulfilling charms; however, the climb to the administrative ladder became the architecture of her professional realm.
Mattie, served as Executive Directors on multiple boards, she was appointed as an Education Consultant and Building Chief Executive Officer to govern and facilitate effective practices and standards advantageous to a learning environment. She served on a Middle States Commission Team, implemented and employed marketing strategies to engage parents' interest and enrollment into educational programs. Mattie was able to secure grants that provided technological and educational resources. Volunteered services to Back to School Church activities and provided funding for purchase of 300 book bags and school supplies, participated and spear headed educational forums for at-risk populations and communities. Worked in conjunction with fellow administrators and colleagues to participate in directors' forums to discuss, implement and develop plans for quality childcare facilities. Mattie also managed campaigns to raise goods to donate to Philabundance, Sunday Breakfast, Community Churches, and sponsored social functions for parents and community for recreational engagement.
The statement, "Children Are Our Future" is not just a cliché. It's engraved in a societal moral obligation to be stewards, caregivers and protectors of the most naive and vulnerable citizens to allow their outlook to be positive for achievement of aspirations.
Mattie is the proud parent of two daughters, one who has achieved two degrees and is a registered nurse and the other who is completing her degree to become a Special Needs Educator. Her job as a parent is celebrated, but her concern and heart goes beyond her own in helping those to gain and achieve higher ground with granted opportunities.
Franky Mills, BBA, MBA
Market Director
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While it is important for people to be proud of their achievements as they seek greater heights, it is more prestigious when people notice your efforts and think highly of you. As such, people ought to commit their lives to leave a legacy worthy of praise and honor. Apart from that, it is crucial for people to not only seek to enrich themselves. Instead, they should strive to give back to the community in various ways. People who do such acts are respected and remembered long after they pass away. Therefore, young men ought not to live their lives without care. Instead, they should carefully build up their lives with care and with careful thought of the future. Sadly, many young men have strayed from living a purposeful life and making choices without considering their future. However, the silver lining is that many young people have plotted a path for their future. They have a plan for their lives and continuously make decisions to ensure they lead a good life. One such man is Franky Mills.
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Franky is a force to be reckoned with. At his young age, Franky has already been recognized for outstanding character, leadership, and service to the community. While one may be impressed by Franky's list of achievements, it is important to note that his life has not been a walk in the park. As a child, Franky had to interact with his mother, who had paranoid schizophrenia. Even in his teenage years, young Franky could not fully comprehend his mother's medical condition's seriousness. However, as he got older, he grasped the severity of the situation, which was the turning point in his life. Instead of being the confused, angry, and lonely boy, Franky was motivated to ensure that his mother's condition no longer constrained him. After overcoming this obstacle, Franky's eyes were opened to the fact that he had the power to influence and change people's lives positively. As such, the young man has always strived to expand his horizons and better the communities that he is part of.
Franky Mills is skilled in various fields, which puts him a cut above many of his peers. His computer skills are impressive. He can work with the popular and easy to use software such as Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Photoshop, Typeform, Sales Force and InContact and other Internet applications. In addition to that, Franky is also proficient in using complex software such as Debt Manager, Great Plains, and Regions OnePass. His communication skills are also top-notch. He is skilled in proposal Writing & Review, he is a shrewd negotiator, and has excellent customer service. Apart from that, Franky has done various speaking engagements. This is no surprise as he is also a Toastmasters International member. Franky's determination to improve himself in various fields has seen him take numerous courses at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis Tennessee, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Some of the skills that he gained are in areas such as accounting, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management, Business Communication, Sales Management, etc. His work outside the classroom is also very impressive. Franky was key in organizing a campaign (The Tennessee Black Voter Project) that encouraged African Americans to vote. The campaign impacted the entire state of Tennessee; had a tremendous effect as 90,000 voter registration applications were turned in.
Franky's work experience is perhaps what is most impressive about the young man. His hard work and persistence has seen him hold several positions all at once. In 2019, Franky became Shelby County's temporary Accounting Clerk. Here, he is in charge of maintain and purchasing inventory of office supplies, navigating Great Plains, Debt Manager, and Regions OnePass, sending weekly fund balance to General Sessions, Shelby County Schools, the District Attorney, the finance office, the County Clerk, the Criminal Court, and the Probate Court. Apart from that, Franky had experience with the Donor Experience team at ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital located in Memphis, Tennessee. His time as an intern has given Franky a chance to participate in a marketing campaign where he has used training sessions to help bolster the relationship with the constituents. Also, Franky has raised over 100k for the Research Hospital to try to save the lives of children fighting life-threatening diseases. Franky has also been involved in social and political justice causes as a student worker at Just City Inc; reforming the criminal justice system within Shelby County and the State of Tennessee. Finally, Franky has received numerous accolades for his outstanding achievements. The Union League of Philadelphia recognizes him as a Distinguished Scholar. He is not only a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., but served as Chapter President, Area Assistant Director, and was appointed to serve on the regional level grievance and discipline committee. His service to his community led
him to become the Association of Tennessee Alphamen, College Brother of the Year. Franky is the founder of Brothers Leading Opportunities for Collegiate Change , whose purpose is to serve as a support system to recruit, retain, develop, and help students navigate through the hardships of college life. However, life has not been smooth and easy for Franky as his little brother was murdered on August 25th, 2020. To add salt to injury, his mother also passed away because of health complications and was buried together with her son. These tragedies , however, strengthened his resolve to help people who are in need in the community by Founding Anthropy, Inc.; taking the youth from serving to thriving, serving in the Philadelphia area. He also works as a Procurement Officer in the Supply Chain and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Department at Southeastern Transportation Authority (Septa) within the infrastructure group. As Franky continues to grow and shine his light on others, he is on course to leave a memorable mark on people he interacts with and a legacy worth remembering.