Reverend Deborah Shepperson Smith,

Founder & President

Deborah Smith is founder and president of Angel Wings Ministries (click to view history of Angel Wings) in Baltimore, Maryland.

Reverend Smith received a bachelor’s degree in Art Education and a master’s degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling and Administration.  Her  journey to fulfill her life long spiritual calling culminated in her ordination as a minister in October 1999.  Her personal mantra for her and her organization is ”We are our brother’s keeper“ which best sums up her mission in life. 

Email: dsmith@angelwingsministries.org

Rita Fayall,

Board Member

Rita Fayall, a grass-roots community organizer and activist, and long-time resident of Northwest Baltimore, helps residents and stakeholders organize and take action to improve the quality of life for themselves and their families.  She has held leadership roles in Garwyn Oaks as its Community Organizer, and the Greater Northwest Community Coalition (GNCC) assisting in the development and implementation of the Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan (SNAP).  She  currently works as Program Coordinator for the Meet Me Halfway Village Center, a program founded by her husband, which provides mentoring and family support services for students and families of Garrison Middle and Forest Park High schools.

            In addition to Angel Wings, Rita serves on the boards of Project Garrison, Wayland Baptist Church’s Community Development Corporation, and Garwyn Oaks United Neighbors Association.  Rita is married to Bernard Fayall and has two daughters and two grandsons. 

Email: rfayall@angelwingsministries.org

Shigeyo Ibrahim,

Advisory Board Member

As a health and human services manager for 24 years, her experience includes design, development, and management of community-based projects and programs.  She has demonstrated expertise in new start-ups, engaging diverse groups, building private/public partnerships, building consensus and designing community driven models of care.  These models have included addressing issues facing our communities: substance abuse and addiction, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, economic development, school-based health, immunizations, and the lack of health insurance and access to care for the uninsured. More recently as a Regional Operations Manager for Newton Learning, a division of Edison Schools, she provided management oversight of high quality after school programs for Baltimore City public schools.  She has served on numerous boards and grant review panels at the local and federal levels.

Email: sibrahim@angelwingsministries.org

Reverend Jacquelyn McLellan

Advisory Board Member

Jacquelyn McLellan  is a pastor serving the United Methodist Church  since 1994. Her current assignment is that of leading the congregation at Corkran Memorial UMC in Prince George’s County, MD. She is a former science teacher of the Baltimore Public School System, where she dedicated her time and energy to teaching over two thousand middle-schoolers for 23 years. 

Rev. McLellan earned a BS Degree from Howard University and received continuing education and administrative training from Johns Hopkins, Morgan State University, and Towson State---all in Baltimore. In addition, she earned a  Masters  of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary, located in Washington, DC (1998)

Rev. McLellan is the wife of Rev. Daniel C. McLellan  (retired). They are proud parents of four grown children, five grand children, and recently, one great-grandson.

Email: jmclellan@angelwingsministries.org