Board of Directors
Sherrie Pucket
Founder & President
Sherrie is also a Licensed Professional Counselor who runs a private practice specializing in individual, couples and family therapy.
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She was also co- owner of Kings Vending Company which she ran in San Diego, CA. Sherrie also owned a Subway restaurant in Kansas City, KS before becoming a therapist.
Her vision is to create opportunities for organizations to gather regularly to discuss the needs of our different communities, sharing one another’s burdens and together, coming up with solutions.
Sherrie has witnessed the power of unity and is passionate about working towards lasting change in her community.
Her vision is to create opportunities for organizations to gather regularly to discuss the needs of our different communities, sharing one another’s burdens and together, coming up with solutions.
Sherrie has witnessed the power of unity and is passionate about working towards lasting change in her community.
Don Lewis
Vice President
Pastor Don served as senior pastor of Cross Points Church for eleven years, and seven years as an associate pastor of the same church with an emphasis on fatherhood to the urban communities in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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He is currently serving as the community pastor of New Life CityChurch in downtown Kansas City, MO. Pastor Don formerly served the Washington Dulles International Airport as its senior chaplain. . Besides his chaplaincy, Pastor Lewis also served as the program director of Youth for Tomorrow, a residential facility for at-risk adolescent males. His work has been featured in the Washington Times, People Magazine, the Family Research Council magazine and other articles and books. Pastor Don testified before the senate subcommittee, Children, Youth and Families on behalf of pro-family organizations in Washington D. C., and he also served as regional director for Prison Fellowship’s Mid-Atlantic Neighbors Who Care, a crime victim’s assistance ministry. .
Kim Perkins
Secretary/ Treasurer
Kim Perkins is a licensed CPA who became involved with Building Bridges as a Life Coach in the summer of 2020. Kim has been a follower of Christ and lover of people for many years.
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She is employed by Bridges and Yallay CPAs and has volunteered in a variety of areas at Westside Family Church since 2000. She currently serves on the Board of directors of Building Bridges, and also as Treasurer for Wells for Life and Ichthus University Ministries Inc.
Dr. Shawn Derritt
Board Member
Dr. Derritt serves as the Dean of Student Services at Kansas City Kansas Community College. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the Social and Behavioral Sciences department at KCKCC. He has been invited to be a guest lecturer for the graduate Counseling Psychology program at the University of Kansas and an adjunct faculty member for UMKC's Higher Education and Administration graduate program.
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Dr. Derritt serves as the Dean of Student Services at Kansas City Kansas Community College. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the Social and Behavioral Sciences department at KCKCC. He has been invited to be a guest lecturer for the graduate Counseling Psychology program at the University of Kansas and an adjunct faculty member for UMKC's Higher Education and Administration graduate program.
Before his current role, Dr. Derritt served as a Student Advisor for 10 years at KCKCC and as the Director of Advising for 4 years at KCKCC. As an advisor, he had the privilege of assisting many students, and he still cherishes the moments when he runs into former students within the community.
Before his current role, Dr. Derritt served as a Student Advisor for 10 years at KCKCC and as the Director of Advising for 4 years at KCKCC. As an advisor, he had the privilege of assisting many students, and he still cherishes the moments when he runs into former students within the community.
