who we are – Jubilee Home

Meet Our Team

Jubilee Home is led by a wonderful staff who manage the day-to-day operations of the home. Our Board of Directors is composed of nine community members who come from a variety of backgrounds. The board provides direction and guidance for Jubilee Home.

Staff

David Crispell | Co-founder and Executive Director

Born of red clay and nourished in the waters of the Eno River, Rev. Dave Crispell is a born and raised Durhamite who loves this place. He is eternally grateful to the Eno, Occneechi, and Tuscaroran indigenous peoples who cared for this land long before his own people immigrated here and humbled to get to live in the historic Hayti community. He is Amber’s husband, Asher and Zekie’s papa, Mark and Peter’s brother, Pat and Gary’s son, and Jockamo Merlin’s human. Along with the titles of neighbor, coach, and co-worker, he is also co-founder and executive director of Jubilee Home.

Anna Banke, MSW | Director of Wellness Initiatives

Originally from the mountains of Southwest Virginia, Anna has planted intentional roots in Durham after spending much of her adult life in New York City. With a background in the arts and social work, Anna has a deep passion for creative and collaborative engagement as a pathway for healing. For many years, she worked closely with folks inside prison facilities across the country to create large-scale, multidisciplinary performance pieces, and now has the joy and privilege of cultivating spaces of restoration, reflection, and connection for folks navigating reentry. She holds an MSW from UNC-Chapel Hill with a focus on community organizing, nonprofit management, and policy advocacy. When not at Jubilee, she is enjoying sweet time with her family, friends, and goofy basset hound, Goose.

Carlton Johnson, LCSW-A, MSW | Director of Peer Navigation

Carlton was born and raised in Winnsboro, South Carolina and has been in Durham since 2016. He has a deep commitment to community, mutual aid and liberation. With a background in neuroscience and psychotherapy, he takes a holistic, mental health-focused approach to working alongside populations that have been pushed to the margins. He applies his strong advocacy skills to social justice initiatives around identity and accessibility. When not at Jubilee Home, he can be found trailing, attending DPAC shows, devouring Durham food or spending time with his wife and dog.

Joshua Lyles, CPSS | Jubilee Flowers Manager

Joshua was born and raised in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He has been justice involved since the age of 11. In 2021, Joshua was released from incarceration and relocated to Durham, where a family member referred him to Jubilee Home. He received assistance with housing and wrap-around resources. After transitioning out of Jubilee Home, he stayed in contact and has since worked in a few different roles on staff, starting as the Community Garden Manager. Joshua then served as a Certified Peer Support Specialist and Linkage Coordinator where his role was to assist residents at Jubilee Home relying on his own lived experience to enable him to support individuals in his community on their journey to live independently. Currently, Joshua stepped into the role of managing our first-ever social enterprise, Jubilee Flowers, where he will tap into his skills and knowledge honed managing the community garden and running a successful landscaping business.

Keith Collins, CPSS | Peer Navigator

Keith is a passionate Peer Support professional and community advocate based in Durham, North Carolina. He brings years of experience working in reentry services through StepUp Durham, where he has supported individuals returning to the community after incarceration by helping them rebuild stability, purpose, and self-sufficiency. His work is deeply rooted in empathy, accountability, and the belief that people are more than the worst moments of their lives. At the age of 19, Keith faced the possibility of long-term incarceration—an experience that became a defining wake-up call. Rather than allowing the system to define his future, he chose to challenge the systemic and racial injustices he witnessed firsthand. That turning point ignited his lifelong commitment to advocacy, peer support, and social justice. Keith has been actively involved in community organizing with SEIU and the Fight for $15 movement, standing on the front lines for higher wages, worker dignity, and economic justice. He is a strong advocate against racial and systemic inequities and believes sustainable change happens when lived experience is paired with collective action.
Through his work at Jubilee Home, Keith is committed to empowering others, disrupting cycles of incarceration, and helping individuals reclaim their voices, their worth, and their future.

Keith Curmon, CPSS | Peer Navigator

Keith is a Certified Peer Support Specialist with lived experience in mental health recovery and substance use disorder recovery. Born in New Bern, North Carolina, Keith is also justice involved, an experience that has shaped his deep understanding of the challenges faced by individuals impacted by the criminal legal system. Through empathy, active listening, and mutual respect, Keith works alongside others to help them build resilience, confidence, and a sense of purpose. His approach is person-centered, trauma-informed, and strength-based, recognizing that recovery and reentry are unique to each individual and not a one-size-fits-all process. Drawing from both professional training and lived experience, Keith supports individuals in developing coping skills, setting meaningful goals, navigating systems of care, and overcoming barriers related to reentry, stability, and long-term wellness.

Toni Patton, CPSS | Peer Navigator

Toni Patton was born and raised in Catawba County and is a Certified Peer Support Specialist and WRAP Facilitator. She has over four years of experience providing dedicated peer support to individuals impacted by substance use and justice involvement. As a graduate of the TROSA program, Toni brings both professional training and lived experience to her work. Having been justice-involved herself, including time spent in the prison system, Toni understands firsthand the challenges of reentry and recovery. She is deeply compassionate about empowering men and women after incarceration by helping them rebuild stability, rediscover purpose, and access opportunities for growth. Through peer support, mentorship, and advocacy, Toni supports others in strengthening their sobriety and becoming engaged and valued members of the community.

Jillian Wells | Part-Time Support Staff

Originally from Connecticut, Jill relocated to North Carolina in 2020 and quickly found a sense of home in both the community and the people. With experience spanning county jail, federal prison, and Medication-Assisted Treatment clinics, Jill brings a deeply relational, person-centered approach to justice-involved work. Across settings, she centers the humanity of each individual, seeing the person in front of her rather than a charge or diagnosis. She is especially passionate about alternatives to incarceration, harm reduction, and community-based responses to violence, grounded in the belief that healing and community care are far more effective than punishment. She is currently completing her Master of Social Work at UNC Chapel Hill with a specialization in Substance Use and Addiction.

Becca Alexander-Meschio, ESQ | Development and Communications Manager

Hailing from Philadelphia, Becca is thrilled to bring her passion for justice and storytelling to her role as Development and Communications Manager at Jubilee Home. With a background practicing public interest law, Becca has spent much of her career creating and supporting court and community-based programs for low-income tenants, survivors of domestic violence, and senior citizens. Her work is rooted in a deep commitment to equity, dignity, and the belief that all people deserve to be seen, heard, and loved. Before moving to the Triangle, Becca helped lead housing justice initiatives in her hometown of Philadelphia, where she also cheered, both loudly and futilely, for her beloved 76ers. When not working, Becca can usually be found dancing at a concert, trying new food, or exploring the outdoors with her husband Ryan, dog, Peggy-O, and cat, Tina.

Amy Salo | Finance and HR Manager

A native North Carolinian and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Amy has spent her career bringing order and guidance to purpose-driven, equity-seeking nonprofit operations. As a committed Durhamite, Amy has volunteered as the Campaign Manager and Treasurer for various Durham City and School Board races, served as a foster parent and a Guardian ad Litem, and is a founding Board Member for the Durham Public Schools Foundation. Amy is married to her high school sweetheart and together with their three sons, they’re committed to stewarding their time, talent, and treasure to better love their neighbor.

Board of Directors

Jubilee Home is led by an eight-member Board of Directors which mirrors the diversity of our Durham community. The people making decisions for this organization are people who have been directly impacted by the systems Jubilee Home combats daily. The board also contains three ordained ministers who keep the faith-based heart of Jubilee Home’s work centered on the dignity that is inherent in each child of God.

Glen "Ed" Chapman

Skilled in the art of bullsh***ing, Ed Chapman of Asheville, NC spent 13 years on death row before being exonerated for a crime he didn’t commit. After overcoming barriers related to his unjustified incarceration, Ed found his way to Jubilee Home with an assist from the NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. Ed has navigated Jubilee Home’s transitional housing, currently lives in the Duplex, and now serves on Jubilee’s Board of Directors. Ed is an accomplished cook, an active advocate against capital punishment, a runner up in the Jubilee Home horseshoes championship, and a pillar of our neighborhood.

John Collins

John Collins is a Charlotte area native who now calls Hillsborough home. As a former incarceree, John took advantage of all the educational, social, spiritual, growth and recovery opportunities available to him while serving his sentence. He now works in civil engineering project management at the same company he went to work for on work release in 2004. John remains active in the recovery community, continues to sponsor inmates at Orange County Correctional, and serves a number of organizations working to empower people returning home from incarceration.

Nikki Gainey

Nikki Troiano Gainey, a healthcare executive with two decades of global experience and a strong focus on mindfulness, has called North Carolina home since 1998, where she earned her master’s degree at NCSU. Currently, she holds the position of Chief Commercial Officer at YorLabs and chairs the compensation committee at RIVANNA. Committed to her community, Gainey serves as the Board Chair for Jubilee Home. Her mission is to drive positive change in healthcare while empowering individuals in her North Carolina community and beyond.

Ron Gary

Ron Gary was born and raised in Winston-Salem, NC in a single parent home. His mother instilled in him some morals, values, and the need to be independent. Ron received his Peer Support Specialist certification in 2008 and started giving back to the community. He firmly believes in the power of community, sharing strength, hope and promoting healing. He is dedicated to helping the Jubilee Home fulfill its mission every step of the way. Ron is the oldest child of three, with two sisters. Ron has six children and six grandchildren.

Ryan Hallett

Ryan moved to North Carolina in 2009 for graduate school and made it home after founding a small biotech company headquartered in the area. He is a scientist turned entrepreneur, with a passion for building up the local startup community. He enjoys board games, gardening, and working with young entrepreneurs.

Rev. Allen Jones

Rev. Allen Jones is a long time Durham resident originally from Warren County, NC. He is funeral director in long term recovery who also serves as the director of Change Paths Ministries helping his neighborhood with the clothing, food, and spiritual resources we all need.

Rev. Annette Love

Reverend Annette Currie Love was born in New York City and raised by her grandmother. Growing up in a warm, loving environment based on strong Christian principles, she participated in all phases of Christian ministries the church and community offered. Since retiring in 2009, Annette’s over 14 years of volunteer experience include working with the Durham Crisis Response Center, the Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham, the New Home and Durham Missionary Baptist Association, and running the Faith Based Service Network.

Thelma Thomas Mungo

Thelma is an SVP Financial Advisor for a local financial institution. With 25 years in the financial sector, Thelma enjoys facilitating financial literacy courses in the communities she serves. She is passionate about helping low to moderate income families, businesses and neighborhoods build wealth. She has served on local nonprofit organizations and currently assist several organizations with mentorship. Thelma is a proud mother of twin boys and very active in their education, supporting schools and teachers along with local sports activities. You can catch her and her family at the track during summer or hiking waterfalls in the western part of the state during the spring. She has been a resident of Creedmoor for 19 years.

Rev. Jennifer Tuttle

Jennifer Tuttle is passionate about honoring the journey of justice-involved individuals as they work toward full independence. Her heart for Jubilee Home is shaped by her ministry work as a student pastor at Crosspointe Church and her time spent serving as a tutor for young men at Dillon Youth Development Center. As a resident of Durham for more than 20 years and a former teacher in Durham Public Schools for 15 years, she is deeply invested in the Durham community. Her commitment to the board is inspired by the healing work of Jubilee Home and the invitation to engage with vulnerability in our shared humanity.

Interns

Jubilee Home is host to a variety of interns at any given time including students from the UNC School of Social Work, North Carolina Central University, Duke Divinity School, and some community partnerships.