About Fairview Empowerment Group

The people behind community power.

Fairview Empowerment Group is rooted in a simple belief: the people who know a community best should have meaningful ways to help shape its future.

Community members gathered for a Greenburgh arts and culture program

Why FEG exists

Fairview holds generations of possibility.

Fairview is more than a place on a map. It is a neighborhood within Greenburgh shaped by people who have raised families here, built relationships here, shared their knowledge here, and invested their care in one another over generations. Its story lives in everyday acts of neighborliness as much as it lives in its institutions, programs, and public spaces.

FEG exists to help that community knowledge become visible and useful. We connect residents, partners, ideas, and resources so people can find a way into the work, whether they are seeking information, building a skill, sharing a story, supporting a program, or helping shape what comes next.

Our work is rooted in the belief that Fairview’s history, people, and possibilities belong at the center of Greenburgh’s future. By making room for participation and building durable partnerships, FEG helps turn shared care for this place into action that lasts.

FEG works across three connected pillars: HealTHY Communities, Education and Culture, and Financial Mobility. Together, they create a stronger foundation for families and neighbors today while helping Fairview and Greenburgh prepare for what comes next.

Leadership

Leadership rooted in community.

FEG’s board brings experience across strategy, sustainability, finance, technology, communications, and civic life. Meet the people guiding FEG’s work.

Chair

Johan Snaggs, MBA

Strategic relationships, community development, and collaborative growth.

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Chair

Johan Snaggs, MBA

Johan Snaggs is Chair of Fairview Empowerment Group, a community leader and business professional with experience in strategic relationship management, business development, and working across organizations and stakeholders. A 12-year resident of Greenburgh, he has developed a strong connection to the community through civic engagement and hands-on involvement in work focused on economic opportunity, education, sustainability, arts and culture, and quality of life.

As Chair of FEG, Johan has helped advance financial literacy, the Greenburgh Repair Cafe, cultural programming, and the Greenburgh Black History Museum Initiative. He brings residents, government, businesses, nonprofits, and educational institutions together around shared goals, with a focus on sustainable pathways to financial mobility, educational opportunity, food justice, renewable solutions, cultural preservation, and community participation.

Vice Chairperson

Leslie Davis

Energy efficiency, sustainability, civic leadership, and community connection.

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Vice Chairperson

Leslie Davis

Before moving into energy efficiency and sustainability, Leslie spent more than 20 years at ABC News. As a Production Executive, she oversaw national and international budgets exceeding $30 million and led logistics for remote broadcasts. Today, she is an Energy Manager implementing efficiency measures across more than 800 buildings in 10 New York counties, working with owners and communities to reduce their carbon footprint and support a sustainable future.

Leslie co-founded a neighborhood committee that builds social connection through block parties, new-neighbor welcomes, tag sales, and a signature Halloween Parade. She served as a member and Chairperson of the Town of Greenburgh Planning Board, petitioned for the Town’s first Sustainability Committee, and is proud to serve as one of its members.

Leslie brings leadership, collaboration, problem-solving, and experience bringing people and resources together. She hopes to help create the opportunities and physical spaces where people can connect, grow, and thrive, and bring resources directly to the people who need them.

Treasurer

Calvin Thomas, MBA

Technology, financial stewardship, and long-term community service.

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Treasurer

Calvin Thomas, MBA

Calvin Thomas is the CEO and founder of an information technology consultancy. A long-time Greenburgh resident originally from New York City, he brings technology expertise and financial stewardship to the Fairview Empowerment Group board.

Calvin served on the Board of Trustees of the Greenburgh Public Library from 2007 through 2014. He has mentored students at Alexander Hamilton High School through the New York State mentoring program and participated in the town’s Covid Angels effort, supporting neighbors as they sought vaccination. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Mercy College and an MBA in Finance from Long Island University.

Member at Large

Brent Woodie

Fundraising, civic engagement, communications, and social change.

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Member at Large

Brent Woodie

Brent Woodie is a dedicated advocate for social change and community development. He brings more than a decade of experience in nonprofit fundraising, government, and media to his role on the FEG board. He currently serves as a Grants Officer at Student Sponsor Partners, managing an institutional funder portfolio of more than 60 corporate and foundation partners each year.

A Greenburgh resident originally from the Bronx, Brent has served on Bronx Community Board 9 and worked across nonprofit development, public policy, communications, and media. He brings that fundraising and public-policy background to help strengthen FEG’s capacity to serve Fairview, grow community participation, and advance lasting change.

How we work