Network Leadership
Executive Director
Executive Director of Network Support Services Inc.
Davey Shark, Interim Board Chair
Davey Shark, a Harlem native, has cultivated a diverse and dynamic career, spanning the worlds of entertainment, art, and community service. An accomplished artist, Mr. Shark is renowned for his innovative 3-D leather art, creating textured, lifelike pieces that are accessible to the visually impaired. In the music realm, Mr. Shark was a former member of the legendary hip-hop group Dougie Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew. His dynamic performances in productions at the Ujamaa Black Theater, under the guidance of the late Titus Walker, addressed moral and social issues through the arts. Mr. Shark has also made significant impacts as a fashion influencer, having modeled for major brands such as GAP. His influence extends into culinary arts as a chef, and he serves as a spiritual guide in his capacity as an ordained minister. Mr. Shark is also an author, having penned the children's book series "Safety Cinnamon Saves a Friend," which tackles contemporary issues like lead poisoning, aiming to educate and empower young readers.
Jan-Paul Roodbol , Board Treasurer
Jan-Paul Roodbol has broad experience in global organizations and the multi-dimensional nature of business. His leadership has contributed to the successful execution of multiple large financial transactions. Over the past 25 years, Jan-Paul has helped to improve the multiplier effect of many non-profit leadership teams to achieve their mission. Early on he led the development and implementation of a short course for non-profit leaders at his alma mater, an initiative that benefited thousands. Over the last decade he also has been volunteering with Toastmasters, a global non-profit, where he was the elected regional leader in the Greater New York City area. Jan-Paul holds an MBA (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and is currently enrolled in a Masters in Nonprofit Management at Columbia University in New York City.
NahShon Jackson, Board Secretary
Board Member of Network Support Services
Board Member
Board Member of Network Support Services
NahShon Jackson is a justice-impacted advocate, certified paralegal, and nonprofit leader with more than a decade of experience advancing reentry services, community outreach, and support for formerly incarcerated individuals. His relationship with Network Support Services, Inc. began in 2015 as a participant in the Network in the Prison program at Otisville Correctional Facility, where he later served in leadership roles including group leader of Extraordinary Men, Residential Co-Coordinator, and Program Coordinator.
After his release in 2017, NahShon was hired by the late Anne J. Williams, former Executive Director of NSSI, to establish Network’s first Office of Community Outreach. As Coordinator and later Director, he helped more than 1,000 justice-impacted individuals access employment, housing, and supportive services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he secured Network’s first grant to launch its pilot Discharge and Resettlement Program, providing transportation from prison, MetroCards, stipends, cell phone coverage, and essential supplies to individuals returning to the community. He also helped build key partnerships, including a collaboration with Adelphi University through the Mindfulness Resolution Project.
NahShon joined the Network Board of Directors in December 2025 and currently serves as Secretary. In addition to his board service, he works as a Paralegal Client Advocate with the Legal Aid Society’s Reentry Service Unit. He is the recipient of a 2023 New York State Legislative Citation recognizing him as a Pillar of the Community for his dedicated reentry work. He is also a commissioned New York State Notary Public, a member of the National Notary Association, and the founder of Shungite Majik LLC.
In Memoriam, Our Founders
Anne J. Williams
Anne Williams was Executive Director of the Network Program from 2002 to 2010 under Episcopal Social Services and then from 2010 to 2020 as the organization transitioned to Network Support Services. Ms. Williams’ strong background in development and management of educational, vocational, and support programs for the economically and educationally disadvantaged lent itself well to the growth and qualitative and quantitative expansion of Network, both in the prisons and in the community reentry component. Her counseling and mentoring skills, acquired over years of program management and college-level teaching, made her sensitive to the needs of clients and staff and she imparted this training to all members of the Network Team.
In 2009, Ms. Williams designed and developed the Network Therapeutic Reentry/Green Collar Training Program, underwritten by the New York State Department of Labor with funding via the 2010 American Recovery Act. This ground-breaking program had outstanding outcomes with 65 participants trained and placed in unsubsidized employment in high-growth “green” industries and 34 “off the street” men and women placed in jobs matching their existing skills.
Ms. Williams was an accomplished writer, editor, published poet and translator with extensive experience in both the United States and Europe, and used her literary skills to further her commitment in the areas of education, film, art, medicine, law and social justice.
Rev. Stephen J. Chinlund
The Rev. Stephen J. Chinlund devoted much of his life to prison reform and substance-abuse rehabilitation. A native New Yorker, Rev. Chinlund graduated from Harvard College and then prepared for the ministry at General Seminary and Union Theological Seminary. He also studied social work at Columbia and NYU.
In 1966, he became assistant director of Exodus House, a program designed to help formerly incarcerated people transition to life in the community. He went on to found Reality House, a substance-abuse treatment center in New York, and he directed the Manhattan Rehabilitation Center from 1968-1973. Rev. Chinlund then established a counseling program at the Taconic State Correctional Facility and a prisoner-family program for New York State’s Department of Corrections, eventually participating with Dr. Cherie Clark in developing the Network program which is in use until today. He also chaired a corrections commission which had oversight of treatment standards for prisoners throughout New York’s criminal-justice system.
Rev. Chinlund returned to parish ministry in 1982 and then became executive director of Episcopal Social Services in New York, a position he held until his retirement in 2005. In recent years, he became a devoted painter, wrote a play and a book about prison reform, and was involved in advocacy work until his death in 2020.