Meet the Board

Benjamin Wills
Chair
Founder, Head of School
Peace Preparatory Academy
Atlanta, Georgia
Benjamin Wills is the Founder and Head of School of Peace Preparatory Academy, a Christ-centered, independent, community school. Located in English Avenue, the heart of one of Atlanta’s most under-resourced communities, Peace Prep exists to educate whole children, support whole families, and provide growth and change opportunities for whole communities. He has a life-mission of following Jesus in advocating for those who have been marginalized to experience human flourishing, particularly children
and families.
He currently serves on the board of The Atlanta Mission, The Good Samaritan Health Center, and OaksATL Community Development and has served on a variety of visioning teams on the westside of Atlanta over the last several years. In addition to community advocacy work, he is an ordained Priest serving in the diocese Churches for the Sake of Others. He and his wife embody their vision as they stand in the gap of advocating for children by opening their home as foster and adoptive parents. They currently live in English Avenue with their 5 children.

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy
Governance Chair
Partner
Lawrence & Bundy LLC
Atlanta, Georgia
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy co-founded her corporate litigation firm, Lawrence & Bundy. She was the campaign chair for Stacey Abrams’ gubernatorial race in 2018 and continues to be in the upcoming November elections. Allegra and her firm continues to be legal representation for Fair Fight Action which tirelessly advocates and works against voter suppression in the United States.
Allegra has and continues to participate in various boards including but not limited to: Director, Executive Committee of the Independent School Chairpersons Association; Chair, Board of Trustees, Atlanta Girls’ School; Commissioner, ABA’s Committee on the Lawyers’ Role in Assuring Every Child’s Right to a High- Quality Education Member; Executive Committee Member, Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta; Member, Board of Directors, Zoo Atlanta; Executive Committee Member, Board of Directors, Children’s Museum of Atlanta; Past Member, Corporate Council, Fernbank Museum; Past President, Atlanta Legal Diversity Consortium (ALDC); Past President, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA); Former Member, Board of Directors, Atlanta Legal Aid Society; Former Chair, Women and Minorities in the Profession Committee; Past Member, State Bar of Georgia; Board of Directors, Atlanta Community Food Bank. She has received numerous community awards omitted here for the sake of brevity.

Tisha Jones
Secretary
Tisha Jones has been an educator for 15 years in both public and private sectors. She is currently developing math curriculum for under represented communities. Throughout her time in education, she has taught in grades from K-7. She has a special affinity for mathematics and delivered a TEDx talk titled Insπre: Rethinking the Purpose of Math Education. She has also had the pleasure of serving as a math specialist in her last two schools.
She earned her B.S. in Elementary Education from Florida A&M University, her M.S. in Educational Psychology from GA State University, and is currently working on her Ph.D. in Elementary Education, where she has focused on mathematics and equity in education, from GSU. She deeply believes that all children should be receiving an anti-racist education.
Senior Advisor of Content
Math Learning Center
Atlanta, GA

Jojo Cadray
Treasurer
JoJo Cadray has spent his entire professional career working as part of The Paideia School in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an alumnus of this independent school where he has worked for almost two decades in a combination of roles as a teacher, coach, and administrator. In addition to his current position, as Assistant Director of Admissions for Outreach, he is a candidate for a Master’s of Business Administration from the Mercer University Stetson-Hatcher School of Business.
He also co-owns and operates a real estate investment company and separately a youth basketball-centered training company, Heaton Park Hoops. JoJo is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, anti-racist educators, and abolitionist teaching. He has led academic support groups, faculty DEI committees, market data committees, and diversity book reads. He enjoys volunteering his time to help prepare prospective students of color for independent school admission interviews.
Educational Outreach
Paideia School
Atlanta, GA