Our Staff

LaKerrie Owens
Executive Director / Founder / President

LaKerrie Owens, is the founder of Youth Conversion Incorporated. In 1992, she graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Criminal Justice. She has spent over 15 years working as a Criminal Justice Professional. It is through her professional experience from working with youth, juveniles, and adult offenders that she saw a need to develop an organization that not only target "at risk youth" but to give them the tools that are necessary and essential to overcome barriers to become better leaders.

Troy Gardner - Secretary Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell		Benita Garrison - Treasurer The Garrison Group
Kaprisha Armstrong Bank of New York Mellon		Rev. Charles Dade Ford Motor Company
Calvin Dupree DART Police		Tunisia Wallace Dallas Independent School District
Mary Thao Meadow Family Dentistry

Our Community Partners
The Lucero Group Inc.
M.Y. G.I.R.L.S.
GICOP
Now I See Inc.
Life Matters Project @ Friendship-West Baptist Church
Dallas Police Department (Gang Unit)
ALOUD (Alliance On Under Age Drinking)
Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center | map
Adventure Presentations
Positive Influences
Dallas Independent School District
L'CAR Elite (Lady Cowboys Accepting Responsibility)
Lancaster Independent School District
Girls Living Life on Purpose Inc.
Cedar Hill Independent School District
Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship
Friendship-West Baptist Church
Crawford's Barbershop
Copy Zone

Dallas County Juvenile Department

Youth Angele

The Family Place

New Life Missionary Baptist Church