Dr. Apryl Alexander is a board member of Breaking Code Silence. Dr. Apryl Alexander is also a Metrolina Distinguished Scholar in Health and Public Policy and an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the UNC Charlotte.

Dr. Apryl Alexander is also the board of ENVISION : YOU https://www.envision-you.org/our-board

Apryl is the Metrolina Distinguished Scholar in Health and Public Policy at UNC Charlotte. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology with concentrations in forensic psychology and child and family therapy. Dr. Alexander’s research and clinical work focus on interpersonal violence, sexual offending, human sexuality, and trauma-informed and culturally informed practice. She is an award-winning researcher, and her work has been published in several leading journals. Dr. Alexander has been interviewed by numerous media outlets about her research and advocacy work, including The New York Times, Essence, USA Today, and NBC Nightly News. Recently, she received the 2022 Dr. Sarah Burgamy Citizen Psychologist Award from the Colorado Psychological Association and the 2023 Evelyn Hooker Award for Distinguished Contribution by an Ally from the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Dr. Alexander also enjoys bringing psychology to the public through popular media. She is a frequent presenter at Denver Pop Culture Con and has previously contributed to Black Panther Psychology: Hidden Kingdoms and Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs.

Dr. Vanessa Hughes is a Breaking Code Silence Board Member and is also President of the board. Jenny Magill is the CEO and also a member of the board at Breaking Code Silence.