Executive Leadership
Robert "T-Ray" Manley
CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Robert "T-Ray" Manley joined The Way Back as CEO and Executive Director in November 2019. He 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.
He 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.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
TC Alexander
Sr. Vice President and Community Development Relationship Manager
BOK Financial
VICE PRESIDENT
Jason Haley
Chief Investment Officer
ALM First Financial Advisors
TREASURER
Dr. Kandyce Ormes-Ripley
Associate Vice President of Data Analysis and Strategy
Buckner International
Chris Barnes
Chief Technology Officer/Director of Operations and Strategic Services
Howard, LLP
Alyse Ferguson
Attorney
AKA Home
David King
President/Owner
Continion
Dr. Esteria Miller
Founder/President
Chance 490 Foundation
Todd Murphy
Founder and President
CorrHealth
Oby Osuigwe
Senior Vice President - Small Business Credit Underwriting Risk
Bank of America
Lorenzo Ricketts
Vice President of Finance
JP Morgan Chase
The Way Back provides pathways to economic mobility, empowering individuals to become stable, restoring families, and creating safer communities.
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