Our Team
Monique Johnson, MEd (she/her) | Interim Executive Director | at DAC since August 2019
Monique started at DAC as the DFC Project Coordinator and currently serves as the Interim CEO. She began her career as a K-12 educator and has significant experience working with various community groups and systems to build upon the strengths of those with barriers to success. Monique is passionate about improving outcomes for those in our city and the surrounding areas. She is a dedicated leader and advocate for our most vulnerable populations. Additionally, Monique teaches in the Human Services Department at Purdue University Fort Wayne. She is a wife and mother to two grown children, as well as mom to an incredibly cute and spoiled canine fur baby named Fawn.
Tanya McKinney, BS MOL (she/her) | Director of Operations | at DAC since Fall 2018
Tanya is responsible for the oversight of several of our grants and serves as our Director of Operations here at DAC. Tanya gathers and assembles demographic and societal statistics to prioritize funding and programmatic goals. Her work drives DAC’s community change initiatives that align with our most pertinent mental health and substance use concerns. This work also ensures the outcomes we are seeking are effective and impactful. Tanya coordinates with our state partners to communicate our work in a way that helps them to understand the status of our community’s needs and successes. She is a Wife and Mother to two amazing daughters, and a pet-mom to as many animals as she can sneak past her husband (currently 3).
Amanda Clemmer, BA (she/her) | Business Manager | at DAC since July of 2020
Amanda has worked for mission-driven organizations in both Washington, D.C. and northeast Indiana with a focus on advancing women into positions of leadership. With experience in development, event planning, and other administrative responsibilities, Amanda supports the DAC staff in carrying out their mission. When not at DAC, she is busy raising her family and finding other ways to move her community forward.
Maggie Clifton (she/her) | BRAVE Program Manager | at DAC since March 2024
Originally from Indiana, Maggie has a background that includes education, theatre performance and design, production management, (along with the requisite customer service and administrative positions that accompany the wearing of many hats). She has served professionally in Boston, North Carolina, the Gulf Coast, and greater Washington DC regions. She is grateful for the experiences which have allowed her the opportunity to engage with an incredibly diverse array of individuals, and the opportunity to curate a safe space that Builds Radically Affirming and Validating Environments.