Fancy Bryant III

Fancy Bryant III

Fancy Bryant spent 19 years at Intel in software and hardware engineering.  When provided the opportunity to participate in an Encore Fellowship upon retiring from Intel, he knew which organization to join.  He had been involved in the Ile Omode School for over 20...
Elisa Ross, MD

Elisa Ross, MD

I was assigned to Neighborhood Family Practice, a federally qualified community health center that primarily serves low-income patients on Cleveland’s near west side. Despite my 30 years as an Ob/Gyn on the east side of town, I had never heard of NFP before then....
Derene Allen

Derene Allen

Since childhood, I’ve been interested in helping others and giving back. I was raised in Latin America and the Caribbean, where the socioeconomic disparity was stark. Even as a 5-year-old, I noticed other children didn’t have shoes, they were begging in parking lots...
Mike Huntley

Mike Huntley

I spent over 30 years in general management, sales, marketing, strategic planning and manufacturing, and growing businesses in diverse industries such as aerospace, automotive, medical, electronic and electro-mechanical device manufacturing. The last five years, I’ve...
Robert Rios

Robert Rios

After two decades in human resources and operations, Robert opted to take early retirement after 21 years at Intel. When he found out about the Encore Fellowships Program, he realized that it might be a good fit for him. “I was born in Mexico and raised in a...