Jeannie Oakar is a Cleveland-based educator, community organizer, and creative facilitator with over 25 years of experience in the education field. Her work centers on creating inclusive, strengths-based programs that support neurodivergent individuals and young adults with disabilities through vocational training, community engagement, mental health–informed practices, and therapeutic and adaptive arts.

Jeannie studied psychology, with a minor in ceramics, and holds a State of Ohio teaching certificate in Art Education. Her interdisciplinary background allows her to blend education, creativity, and emotional well-being in ways that are both practical and deeply human-centered.

In addition to her educational work, Jeannie is actively involved in community arts and cultural initiatives. She organizes and hosts exhibitions highlighting the work of local artists and is the founder of the St. Brigid’s Light the Land Festival, a celebration of Irish culture, seasonal traditions, and local creatives. Across all of her work, Jeannie is guided by a strong belief in inclusivity, creativity, and the power of community connection.

Carlos is the founder and business owner of the following companies: Kendall Parker 360, Shibui Designs, Semaphore Analytica, and PrideStyle Pro Wrestling. Carlos brings his experience as an experienced marketing professional and mission critical project manager skills to the FIG Foundation. Carlos has served in leadership roles on other nonprofit organizations in La Hispana Villa and is familiar with many of the decision-makers.

Jason Kluk-Barany serves as External Affairs Associate at The Center for Community Solutions. He works closely with the President & CEO, manages the Community Solutions Board of Directors, and builds external relationships. Before joining Community Solutions, Jason served as Strategic Initiatives Coordinator at The Literacy Cooperative. While at The Literacy Cooperative, in addition to supporting other initiatives, Jason helped manage Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for Cuyahoga County, in which more than 38,000 children are currently enrolled. He assisted with outreach, partner engagement, volunteer management, and communicated with families to ensure books successfully arrived each month. Jason received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University and a Master of Arts in International Development from Université Grenoble Alpes.

Tyler Rice is a registered architect and project manager at American Structurepoint. Tyler is also an Adjunct Professor at Kent State University in the College of Architecture & Environmental Design, and is President of TWR Architecture. Mr. Rice has served on several boards before joining the FIG Foundation including Campo 25.

Veteran broadcaster Rafael Hernández-Brito, known as Rafa "El Alcalde" (“The Mayor”), is in his eighth season of bringing his high-energy play-by-play style to each of his Cleveland Cavaliers broadcasts. Prior to joining the Cavs, Hernández-Brito was the Spanish voice of Brooklyn Nets games for the franchise’s first two seasons. He also was the voice of the New Jersey Nets from 1997 to 2001, and called the action for St. John’s university men’s basketball during that same period. In 2018 Rafa, became the first Spanish voice of the Cleveland Browns.

Nationally, his broadcasting experience includes 8 years as the voice of NFL football for Spanish Broadcasts of Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, the playoffs and Superbowl on Univision from 2005 to 2013, he has worked 11 Super Bowls. He was also the Spanish play-by-play voice of the Miami Dolphins, as well as handling the play by play for Major League Baseball, boxing and UFC. Rafa covered the Soccer World Cups from 1998 to 2014. With the 2015 NBA Finals, he became the first broadcaster in the United States to call the Finals of all 3 major sports in Spanish.

Rafa has been the Public Address Announcer and voice of legendary Azteca Stadium in Mexico City for NFL Mexico games since 2016. In March of 2017 Rafa became the first broadcaster to call the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four in Spanish for Westwood One.
Rafa finished high school at Locust Valley, N.Y. He went on to earn a degree in mechanical engineering at Boston University, followed by a successful run working for Coors Brewing Co., where his buoyant personality made him a natural in sales and marketing nonetheless chose to follow his passion for sports and broadcasting.
He served as Sports Director at Univision Radio from 2005 to 2013, where he was also the host/ringleader of “Locura Deportiva”, Univision Radio’s most successful sports program, presiding over candid, colorful, often comical discussions on the topics of the day as “El Alcalde” (“The Mayor”). And he was the creator and longtime host of “El Garaje de AutoZone,” a Saturday morning automotive show perhaps best described as a Spanish-language version of the immensely popular NPR program “Car Talk". From 2205 to 2012 Rafa was the Spanish spokesperson for Castrol GTX High Mileage motor oil.
His path to the booth is an American dream. Today Rafa has a daily syndicated radio sports show airing in the US and Latin America, he is the cohost of the Emmy award winning show Cavs HQ on Bally Sports Ohio and also served as the executive producer of the popular podcast “Road Trippin’ with RJ and Channing”