Our Team
From Left to Right: Matt Rollins, Susan Stall, Alecia Brewster, Abigail Anthis, Blake Brookshire
Get To Know Us
Susan Stall
program director
Susan Stall is a community volunteer who devotes her time and resources to creating a more just and equitable world for all people. She served on the board of JustFaith Ministries (headquartered in Louisville, KY) for 8 years and is currently a member of the leadership team shepherding the organization through a change management process to become an anti-racist, anti-white supremacist organization. Susan credits her first JustFaith group, formed in 2009, with shifting the trajectory of her life. Susan notes that “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.”
Through her role as the Program Director of Village Engage, Susan is serving as the Lead Organizer for the statewide coalition of the SC Fair Lending Alliance - a statewide coalition working to cap interest rates on loans in SC at 36%.
Susan is excited to be working throughout the state with people who are passionate about removing barriers of oppression that prevent people from attaining financial freedom and economic mobility.
Alecia Brewster
Senior justice consultant
Alecia is working with Village Engage to support existing JustFaith groups, identify new groups and develop a plan for continued expansion in Greenville. Inspired by her experiences piloting the EcoJustice: Sacred Land module and the Spirituality and Racial Equity module, Alecia is now committed to offering these opportunities to everyone in our community and to serving on JustFaith Ministries' Board of Directors.
Alecia works tirelessly at the intersection of faith, race and poverty. In addition to working with Village Engage, Alecia leads the Greenville Mentoring Collaborative and is Tri-Chair of South Carolina's Poor People's Campaign. When Alecia is not out working to advance equity and justice, you'll find her in the Pilates studio or spending time with her children Zora, Zachary Jr, and Alissa.
Do you need tips or want to share about your JustFaith experience? Contact Alecia at alecia@millcommunity.org today!
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.
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.