LINC Leadership
Janet Miles-Bartee
Janet Miles-Bartee, President
Janet Miles-Bartee was named President and CEO in December 2023 after serving children, families and neighborhoods for LINC since 2000. She brings a deep understanding of community connections with her past experience, first as a Caring Communities site coordinator and then as Caring Communities Administrator and Executive Vice President, overseeing 53 sites in six school districts and two charter schools.
As President and CEO, she leads LINC's expansive social services network, including workforce development, employment, family engagement and LINC's Caring Communities programs. In her work leading LINC, she has collaborated with and earned the praise of the state’s governor, the Kansas City mayor, state lawmakers, church leaders and city department heads. But most of all, Miles-Bartee knows the families of LINC’s neighborhoods. She is their trusted friend, their advocate and their voice.
Jeff Hill
Jeff Hill, Chief Operating Officer
Sean Akridge
Sean Akridge, Director of Caring Communities
Sean Akridge joined LINC in 1996 as Site Coordinator at Woodland Elementary School (Kansas City Public Schools).
He has also served as Site Coordinator at Northeast High School (KCPS) and at Procter Elementary and Van Horn High School (Independence School District). In 2009, he was promoted to Site Supervisor and in 2015 to Caring Communities Administrator.
Akridge has extensive experience in youth development, afterschool programming, and community organizing. He has a B.A. in Psychology from University of Missouri-Kansas City and is an Education Policy Fellowship Program Fellow.
Trent DeVreugd
Trent DeVreugd, Director of Human Resources
Terri Kerbe