FOUNDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Leadership LINKS, Inc. was founded by an intergenerational group of six African American, United States Naval Academy (USNA) graduates.
Arthur J. Johnson, Jr.
(U.S. Navy retired, USNA 1979)
Davede Alexander
(U.S. Navy service, USNA 2001)
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
(U.S. Marine Corps service, USNA 2002)
QuaWanna Bannarbie
(U.S. Navy service, USNA 1999)
Tasya Lacy
(U.S. Navy service, USNA 1997)
Tracey Nicole Hayes
(U.S. Navy retired, USNA 1992)
2024-2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
Brooke Hempell
Captain Carrie Wolfe
Arthur J. Johnson, Jr., RADM (US Navy Ret)
Dr. Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
Visionary Founder and Chairperson,
Leadership LINKS, Inc.
Member Location: Durham, NC
Dr. Natasha Sistrunk Robinson is President of T3 Leadership Solutions, Inc. and Visionary Founder and Chairperson of Leadership LINKS, Inc. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, she holds a Doctorate of Ministry degree (DMIN, Leadership) from North Park Theological Seminary. She is a sought-after international speaker, leadership coach, and consultant with more than 20 years of leadership experience in the military, federal government, academic, and nonprofit sectors. She is the author of several books including Voices of Lament, Journey to Freedom (Exodus Bible study), A Sojourner’s Truth, Hope for Us: Knowing God through the Nicene Creed Bible study, Mentor for Life, and its accompanying leader’s training manual. She hosts A Sojourner’s Truth podcast. Natasha has honorably served her country as a Marine Corps officer and employee at the Department of Homeland Security. She is a wife and mother who resides in Durham, NC.
Captain Carrie Wolfe
Board Treasurer, Leadership LINKS, Inc.
U.S. Coast Guard
Member Location: Alexandria, VA
Captain Wolfe has served more than 20 years in the Coast Guard. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Coast Guard Academy and her masters of in Engineering Management from The University of New Orleans. Prior to her appointment to the office of Treasurer with the Board of Directors, Carrie Wolfe served as a member of the Leadership LINKS, Inc. Board of Advisors from 2019-2022. Carrie believes in the Leadership LINKS commitment to fully enrich the lives of young people through mentoring, leadership, and education. She is a Captain in the United States Coast Guard and currently serves as the Gender Policy Advisor at U.S. Coast Guard Office of Diversity and Inclusion in Washington, DC.
Arthur J. Johnson, Jr., RADM (USN Retired)
Founding Director, Leadership LINKS, Inc.
CEO, Destiny Aviation Services
Member Location: Upper Marlboro, MD
Rear Admiral Johnson's (US Navy retried) vision is to leverage his education, training, skills and experiences to holistically empower others for success and impactful, influential leadership in pursuit of their destinies. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1979. He has commanded at all aviation levels, earned his naval aviator Wings of Gold, and logged more than 4200 flight hours. His postgraduate education includes a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a master's in National Strategic Studies from the National War College in Washington, DC. He is passionate about youth development and aviation workforce expansion.
Brooke Hempell
Marketing Committee, Leadership LINKS, Inc.
Member Location: Atlanta, GA
Brooke is a marketing strategist and Senior Vice President at Pinkston. She previously led research for Barna Group. She earned her degree in business, with a focus on hospitality and marketing, from Cornell University’s Hotel School. She has a passion for growing organizations and developing people. Brooke loves the work that Leadership LINKS, Inc. does to to equip and encourage young women, and especially women of color, to discern and follow God’s calling on their life to lead well.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS WALL OF HONOR
Director of Honor, Paul Timothy Stolwyk (April 20, 1962-July 18, 2022)
Paul Stolwk was a servant of God and Leadership LINKS, Inc. Paul began volunteering with the organization in 2017, was appointed to the Board of Advisors (BOA) and began serving as the organization’s Spiritual Director in February 2019. Paul accepted increased responsibility by joining the Board of Directors (BOD) in February 2021. He continued serving on the BOD as the organization’s Spiritual Director until his untimely passing on July 18, 2022. When asked, “Why do you want to join the BOD of Leadership LINKS, Inc.,” Paul replied on his application, “I like the focus of Leadership LINKS, developing young leaders through a holistic/whole life mentoring philosophy. I am deeply appreciative and respectful of the opportunity to serve under African American leadership; I see it as another course in the Lord’s curriculum for me in my street level graduate education of understanding African American perspectives.” We will always remember the Service and smile of our dear brother, Paul Timothy Stolwyk, and his faithfully commitment to LINK Up with Leadership LINKS for life. Thank you for your Service, brother.
Paul Timothy Stolwyk
Friday, April 20, 1962 - Monday, July 18, 2022
Leadership LINKS gives Paul the opportunity to serve young people as they develop a leadership presence through our whole life mentoring approach. For three decades, Paul has mentored and equipped church and business leaders helping them grow into the people God created them to be. Along the way, he has helped start and strengthen emerging churches in Hungary, Romania, Russia, Tatarstan and India and has been a pastor and business leader in St. Louis, MO and Greensboro, NC. He is the author of the Discovery Series and holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering and masters degree in Divinity. He is the founder of MKT Leadership Group, a consulting and coaching firm and pioneers New City Greater Greensboro, a network of neighborhood-based churches. Married to his wife, Carol, for 30 years, they are in the early stages of sending three young adults into the world to become a blessing to the nations.