Leadership Team

Kelly Powell

Since 2001, Kelly Powell-Evans has been serving CPSFL as our Safe Kids Coordinator and Program Director. In January 2020, Kelly was promoted to Vice President of Community Services where she guided and directed the six Bridges initiatives that CPSFL manages in partnership with Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, focusing on connecting the child, family and neighborhood to the community at-large. 

In March 2021, Kelly became our new Chief Operating Officer. 

Kelly has been preventing injuries throughout the state of Florida as well as nationally and internationally in her 20-year role as a National Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor. Kelly worked closely with the Florida Booster Seat Coalition to pass the booster seat state law. She is a member of the Florida Safe Kids Advisory Board, the Florida Occupant Protection Coalition, the Florida Child Fatality Review Team, and the Florida Injury Prevention Advisory Council’s Public Information, Education and Relations Committee where she’s been instrumental in developing a child passenger safety program for ambulance transportation. 

In 2018, Kelly was selected for the Safe Kids Worldwide President’s Advisory Council and currently serves on the Network and Advocacy Team. In 2019, she was selected as the Coordinator of the International Consortium for Children in Autonomous Vehicles, Public Information and Education team to help develop guidance to inform legislation, policy, enforcement, education and best practices and ensure the safety of child passengers. Originally from Midlothian, Virginia, Kelly earned her Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education/Fitness from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She has worked with the University of Virginia and the National Tribal Technical Assistance Program as a subject matter expert for motor vehicle injury prevention. She and her husband enjoy travelling and spending time in nature with their young adult daughters. 

Gregory Demetriades

Gregory Demetriades joined CPSFL in February 2006 as our chief financial officer. Prior to that time, he served other local nonprofits in key leadership roles including as chief financial officer at both The Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County and at the Perry Institute for Marine Science as well as business manager/deputy director of the Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches.

Gregory brings strong organizational skills and experiences in diversified financial activities and general management, combined with extensive computer knowledge to his role at CPSFL. Gregory holds a Master of Business Administration from Palm Beach Atlantic University and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. 

Originally from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Gregory moved from New York to Florida in 1989. Highly dedicated to a life of community service, Gregory is one of the original founders of the Nonprofit Financial Management Network. An active member of the Leadership Palm Beach County’s (LPBC) Engage Class of 2000, he has served LPBC since then in a number of key volunteer leadership roles including as a member of the board of governors as well as a member of the Leadership Excellence awards, finance and audit committees. Gregory and his wife M.J. enjoy music, traveling, and spending time with their two dogs. 

Jaime-Lee Bradshaw 

Jaime-Lee Bradshaw serves as the Chief Strategic Initiatives Officer at Community Partners of South Florida (CPSFL) in Palm Beach County, Florida.  She first joined CPSFL as director at a neighborhood resource center, called BRIDGES. Jaime previously worked to support youth engaged in the criminal justice system, as an emergency housing case manager, an after-school director, and as a consultant for a local early childhood funder. 

Through community building, stabilization, and engagement, Jaime has cultivated strong relationships with several local, regional, state, and national partners including NeighborWorks America, where she serves on the Community Initiatives Advisory Council and Everyday Democracy, where she manages CPSFL’s anchor relationship designed to help build capacity and engage communities in creating positive change.   In her current role, she supports the visioning and implementation of CPSFL's strategic goals and oversees ‘Amplifying Impact’ CPSFL's consulting services that include conference and convening support, rapid results facilitation, implementation of the national Dialogue to Change program, resident and community engagement and leadership efforts, public and private meeting facilitation, and nonprofit incubation services.   

Originally from Barbados, Jaime moved to Palm Beach County in 1987. An outspoken advocate of CPSFL's mission, she seeks to engage resident voice in all aspects of programs and projects that impact their community. Jaime received her degrees in Criminal Justice and Psychology from the University of North Florida, is currently engaged in the 20-21 Leadership Palm Beach County class, and is a 2011 graduate of the Nonprofits First Rising Leaders program.  Jaime enjoys spending time with her family and friends both locally and abroad.

Lynda Charles

Lynda Charles started with CPSFL in September 2016 as the vice president of housing services. She has served as a planner with Palm Beach County Housing and Community Development, a senior program officer and chief underwriter for the South Florida Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the principal creator of Neighborhood-Based Developers and Consultants, and as the deputy director of the Haitian American Community Development Corporation in Miami.

With an ability to effectively and creatively shift her professional mindset, Lynda oversees CPSFL's homeownership promotion and preservation, financial capability, supportive housing, and lending services. Lynda has decades of extensive experience in planning, monitoring, supervising, and implementing housing and community redevelopment projects. Her expertise includes working with and providing technical assistance to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs). Lynda holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Master of Arts in Urban Planning from Florida Atlantic University (FAU). 

Originally from Haiti, Lynda speaks fluent Creole and conversational French. She moved to Miami almost 30 years ago and later relocated to Boca Raton to attend FAU. She says she loves the team atmosphere that she and her housing staff have been able to create at CPSFL In her spare time, Lynda enjoys traveling, reading, and watching lots of exciting police shows on television. 

Ljubica Ciric

Ljubica “Jibby” Ciric joined the CPSFL family in May 2006 as a mental health therapist, moving into a senior outpatient therapist supervisory position six years later. After being a supervisor, she created and ran the intake department before becoming director of client outreach services and director of education and innovation. Prior to CPSFL, Jibby worked as a mental health practitioner at Children’s Home Society, Family Preservation Services, Project Recovery, Girls and Boys Town of South Florida, and the Lighthouse Care Center.

Jibby is responsible for the development of a clinical management team that ensures quality services evidenced by impact outcomes and fiscal sustainability. Their evidence-based practices promote the social emotional development of children and families in Palm Beach County and ensure collaboration with other service divisions towards the sustainability of CPSFL families. Originally from Serbia, Jibby ran for the Serbian National Track and Field Team before coming to the U.S. at age 16 and receiving a track scholarship to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff where she earned both her Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Public Health Education and her Master of Education in Mental Health counseling. In 2008, she graduated with her Doctor of Psychology from California Southern University in Santa Anna.

A Florida resident for the past 15 years, Jibby says her diverse CPSFL family has taught her about teamwork and has challenged her creatively to think at a higher the level. A 2014 graduate of the Nonprofits First Rising Leaders program, she has volunteered on several local committees including serving as an executive board member of the Palm Beach County Medical Society since 2016 in various roles such as the co-chair of Heroes of Medicine and a member of the Opioid Task Force. Since 2017, she has been an adjunct professor in the masters of mental health counseling program at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Kenyon Link

Driven by a desire to see communities thrive, CPSFL Vice President of Community Services Kenyon Link has devoted his professional life to serving the needs of Palm Beach County’s children and families.

Kenyon has been living in Palm Beach County for almost two decades and received his B.A. in Marketing from Howard University. Since graduation, he has worked as a life coach, a child protective investigator, a housing coordinator, a community outreach manager and his most recent role prior to becoming VP – Director of BRIDGES at Riviera Beach.

With years of experience and proven success in producing results through community engagement and empowerment, Mr. Link is dedicated to building meaningful relationships as well as partnerships with residents, local elected officials, business owners and stakeholders.

In his role as Vice President, Kenyon oversees the BRIDGES initiative, the Teen Outreach Program (TOP), Mentoring, Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) and Safe Kids. Kenyon helps to develop, guide and direct community initiatives that CPSFL manages in partnership with Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, United Way of Palm Beach County and Youth Service of Palm Beach County that focus on connecting the child, family and neighborhood to the community at-large.

A proud member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and an active member of the West Palm Beach Alumni Chapter, Kenyon is also a current Board Member and President of his neighborhood association, and a graduate of the Nonprofits First 2021 Rising Leaders class.

In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, photography and working out.