Our Leadership | The Way Back Reentry Services

Executive Leadership

Robert T-Ray Manley lll
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Robert T-Ray Manley III joined as Executive Director in November 2019. Robert provides strategic leadership and operations, guiding the The Way Back’s mission and expanded impact. Robert is an experienced nonprofit professional with demonstrated success in philanthropy, community development, leadership and social change.

Robert previously served as Chief Impact Officer at Operation Blue Shield, Managing Director of Economic Development at Community Council, Chief Operation Officer at North Collin Habitat for Humanity and Community and Workforce Development at Dallas Leadership Foundation.

He has vast ministry experience including, church planting and community development in Atlanta, Georgia and the south Texas/ Mexico Border area. Robert also served as Executive Director of Vertical Ministries, a Community Development nonprofit. Robert holds a Masters Degree in Cultural Leadership from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts and Applied Science from Howard Payne University.

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Our Staff

Katie Milholland
DIRECTOR OF REENTRY PROGRAMS

‪Katie joined The Way Back as the Director of Reentry Programs in January of 2020 and brings with her nine years of experience in reentry and prison ministry. Prior to coming to The Way Back, Katie was the front line coordinator for a Dallas based nonprofit organization serving over 600 individuals annually, both in and out of prison. She is deeply passionate about providing equal access to resources, jobs, and housing to returning citizens. Seeing lives changed, families restored, and our communities safer is the driving force behind her work in this field. ‬‬

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