Our Team

 
 

Alecia Brewster

program director

Alecia Brewster is a passionate advocate for children, families, and neighbors experiencing poverty. As the Program Director for Village Engage, she provides educational opportunities, promotes dialogue, and offers avenues for action to tackle systemic inequities in Greenville. Her commitment to community extends beyond her professional roles. She serves on the Greenville Mentoring Collaborative Executive Committee, chairs the Greenville Homeless Alliance advocacy work group, and is on the Board of Directors for the Piedmont Health Foundation. Alecia also serves on the national Board of Directors for JustFaith Ministries, inspiring action to address the root causes of injustice. With a Bachelor's of Education from the College of Charleston and a Master's of Public Administration from Clemson University, Alecia is a proud mother of three children: Zora, Zachary, and Alissa Grace. 

Do you want to learn more about Village Engage’s work? Contact Alecia at alecia@millcommunity.org today!

 
 

Susan Stall

policy director

Susan Stall is a community volunteer who devotes her time and resources to creating a more just and equitable world for all people.

In 2017 Susan founded Village Engage to promote and support the formation of transformative small groups – JustFaith groups - that use programs produced by JustFaith Ministries to study issues of inequity and injustice. She credits her first JustFaith group, formed in 2009, with shifting the trajectory of her life. “The powerful program and the small group of faithful people with whom I shared the journey helped me align my calendar and my checkbook with my heart for justice and compassion.

After 7 years as the Program Director of Village Engage, Susan moved into the position of Policy Director. Much of her time is spent serving as the Lead Organizer of the SC Fair Lending Alliance, a statewide coalition of organizations working to end predatory lending practices in our state.

 
 

Blake Brookshire

senior advisor

Blake is a native of southeastern North Carolina and is a Tarheel born and bred. She graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BS in Biology and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and has worked in a variety of settings from acute care to home health.  Her workplace since moving to Greenville in 2015 is Prisma Health’s Roger C. Peace Inpatient Rehab Hospital on the Spinal Cord and Brain injury Units. She has an extensive civic engagement history, including board memberships on UNC-Chapel Hill and Furman Wesley Campus Ministries, Loaves and Fishes of Greenville, and St. Matthew United Methodist, as well as volunteering with Mill Village Ministries, Meals on Wheels, Greenville County Juvenile Detention Facility, and Mentor Upstate. Blake has served as president of Blythe Academy PTA and is currently School Improvement Council chair at Blythe. 

Her passion is racial justice and understanding the history of the Black experience in America, and she regularly facilitates small groups hosted by Village Engage on the topics of racial equity, healing, and justice. Blake supports and advises all Village Engage events and efforts. She helps grow the work and efforts of Village Engage.

Blake lives in the Parkins Mill area with her husband Tim and their children Adam and Marie. In her spare time, you can find her running, learning how to play tennis, taking a hot yoga class, reading, or listening to a podcast.

 

Matt Rollins

Faith Consultant

Matt, in addition to serving as interim Faith Consultant for Village Engage, is the Minister of Community Engagement at First Baptist Greenville, where he has been on staff since 2003. A Greenville native, he has been married to his high school sweetheart, Rolyn, for 25 years, and they have three children - Jack (19), a sophomore at Furman University, Celie Ann (16), and Lucy (13). While his three favorite hobbies - basketball, reading, and crossword puzzles - have not changed since high school, serving God and the Greenville community and being with his family are the most important things in his life.

 
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Dan Weidenbenner

executive director, mill Village ministries

Dan moved to Greenville in 2007 via Furman University where he studied Psychology. After growing up in South Florida, he is proud to now call Greenville home. Dan launched Mill Village Ministries, under which Village Engage is parented, in 2012 and serves as its executive director.  Dan is a resident of the Greater Sullivan community where he is an active member of the Long Branch Baptist Church and the Greater Sullivan Neighborhood Association. He also serves on boards for United Way of Greenville County, New Horizons Family Health Services, Community Works, Greenville Housing Fund and Habitat for Humanity Greenville County. Dan is passionate about youth and community development while enjoying his weekends exploring unfamiliar places. He and his wife Jenny are the proud parents of two new daughters.