"Releasing Brilliance Through Intelligent Minds By Advancing Engineering, Mathematics and Science."
Board of Directors
Rita E. Fraiser
Retired Elementary /
Secondary Principal
LeVar Fraiser
Director of Engineering
Shniece Fraiser-Stokes
Executive Director
Gina Fraiser
Mortgage Underwriter
Advisory Board Members
(2014)
Dr. Claire Lockman Boyce
Retired Principal
Dr. Carl White
Interim Associate Dean
Morgan State University
Ronald L. Moore
Retired Elementary Principal
Shtara Redden
Registered Nurse
The Rita Evonne Fraiser (REF) Foundation Inc. is a non-profit organization 501(c) (3) established in 2009.
During Mrs. Fraiser's over 30 years as a decorated science teacher and school administrator in Buffalo, NY she recognized the tremendous need for assistance in her field. While the government continued to tout science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields as important for America's future. School's science programs in her department were continually underfunded thus leading to less interest from her students. Today's there is a shortage of young people majoring in these important technical fields, especially among underrepresented minorities. Now retired, Mrs. Fraiser is attempting to stop the downward trend and to affect change in her new city, Atlanta, GA.
The REF Foundation has developed a strategy to approach the situation from multiple angles by:
The foundation's goal is to surround the spiraling issue and create the leaders of tomorrow.