Board of Directors

The Center for Urban Youth and Family Development is proud to have the support of our Board of Directors. A collection of community members, business leaders, and purpose driven individuals, our dynamic board is our guiding light.

MArsialle Arbuckle

is the President, CEO, Founder, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Center for Urban Youth and Family Development. He founded the Center for Urban Youth and Family Development after a successful career at the Ford Motor Company, where he worked for over 27 years. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Public Affairs and an Associates Certificate in Business Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Master’s degree in Business Management from Central Michigan University. He is actively involved in community service organizations by assuming numerous Leadership roles, notably as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Michigan Neighborhood Partnership (2001-2007) and the Hartford Head Start Agency Inc. (1995-2001), and as a member of the Board of Directors at the Michigan Foster Care Review Board (2005-2007) and Detroit Omega Foundation (1996-1999). Mr. Arbuckle is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Mr. Arbuckle was most recently awarded the 2012 Michigan Hometown Health Hero Award by the Michigan Department of Community Health. He is married to Mrs. Barbara Arbuckle and has two children: Marsaille Arbuckle Jr. and Jamillah Caldwell.

Dr. Connie Mitchell

is a native Detroiter, a physician, with a passion for teaching prevention and self-awareness in medicine. She is the Secretary of the Board of Directors at the Center for Urban Youth and Family Development. She graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1990 and took her residency in Family Medicine at St. John Medical Center. Her professional interests include Health Care Risk Assessment, Holistic medicine, and teaching prevention and healthy living to youth. Her community engagement activities include recording for the Tenth Precinct Community Relations, Board of Directors member at the Unity Credit Union, and a member of the Dance Ministry and the Health Ministry at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church.

Rev. Charles Christian Adams 

currently serves as the Presiding Pastor of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wayne State University and a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.  In addition to his preaching and teaching ministry at Hartford, Rev. Adams also conducts several drug and alcohol abuse seminars at juvenile detention facilities, drug rehabilitation centers, elementary and high schools. Rev. Adams has preached throughout the United States, Europe and Africa. He has traveled the world, ministering in Geneva, Switzerland for the World Council of Churches, Harare, Zimbabwe for the Baptist World Alliance Youth Conference and Johannesburg, South Africa for the American Baptist Churches. He is married to Mrs. Maria Lauren Adams and has two children: Charles Edward and Madison Elizabeth.

Barbara Arbuckle

 is a Licensed Social Worker in the state of Michigan with over thirty years of   experience serving disadvantaged populations.  She has previously worked with the Indiana Department of Family Services, Detroit Jobs Corps Center, Jewish Vocational Services and Lincoln Behavioral Services.  She is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s College. She is a member of the Urban League Guild of Detroit and Southeast Michigan, VIP Mentoring Program and the Livonia Democratic Club. Barbara is married to Mr. Marsialle Arbuckle and has two children: Marsaille Arbuckle Jr. and Jamillah Caldwell.

Terrell Turner

 is a professional in the transportation business for over two decades. His volunteer activities include the design and implementation of the Senior Program, a Deacon-in-Process and a member of the Male Chorus at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church. His professional engagements enable him to work with The Development Center in Detroit, a Mental Health Facility working with adults with mental illness and youth with emotional disturbance and mental illness. Furthermore, he manages the transportation activities for the Center for Urban Youth and Family Development for their summer and Saturday programs.

Jerome Morgan

 is the President and CEO of Morgan Development, a multi-billion dollar real estate development company that has built many large homes in the Detroit area. He is a passionate real estate developer and has also developed numerous upscale single family housing units like Morgan Estates besides owning other ventures like the Harbor Hill Marina, J&M Constructions, Castle I and Castle II Development Companies. He provides guidance and insight to the center from a business perspective and with program development of the semi-independent living facilities. He has two daughters.