OUR MISSION
Dennis Tennis Serving Love Inc. was created to provide underresourced youth the opportunity to learn and enjoy the game of tennis. Our mission is to bring tennis and all its numerous benefits to kids in the United States, the Caribbean and within the African continent that have limited exposure to this great sport due to their socio-economic status and limited resources.
Our Director
Dennis Quaye, Co-founder & Director of Dennis Tennis Serving Love, is uniquely qualified to attest to the positive impact tennis can have on a young person’s life. Born and raised in Ghana, West Africa, Dennis developed his love of tennis during his adolescent years, when he learned tennis at a small facility in his hometown. When he later came to the United States as a teenager, tennis created opportunities for him to travel, compete and socialize with other tennis-lovers and even earn a college scholarship. Now a USPTA-certified tennis professional with more than 15 years of experience teaching tennis to youth in the U.S. and Ghana, Dennis is using his passion for tennis and his dedication to empowering others to make tennis accessible to young people so that they too can enjoy all that this sport has to offer.
Our Team
Dennis Tennis Serving Love is operated by a well-rounded team of passionate, dedicated individuals.
Brittany Odom
Assistant Director
Brittany Odom, co-founder of Dennis Tennis Serving Love, is a Homeless Technical Assistance Provider with over 10 years of experience in the social services field, having provided direct services to clients of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds and worked in an administrative capacity to develop, monitor, and improve service quality, effectiveness, and efficiency. Her dedication to the cause of ending homelessness has led her to various homeless advocacy roles in DC, Virginia, and South Florida. In addition to her homeless services background, Mrs. Odom also spent three years abroad teaching social studies at an international school in Ghana, West Africa.
Dr. Kenisha Bryant
Chair - Board of Directors
Dr. Kenisha C. Bryant is a passionate and business-oriented professional with more than 10 years of progressive experience in the public sector, specializing in at-risk/homeless populations and affordable housing programs. Equipped with well-developed project management and leadership qualities to support public sector and non-profit organizations, Dr. Bryant has a proven track record in leading multi-system collaborative efforts to develop solution-oriented strategies. Through targeted and influential policy development and program design, Dr. Bryant has assisted organizations and communities with improving the quality of life for vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.
Mareo Hood
Vice Chair - Board of Directors
Mareo Hood is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of clinical mental health experience. His clinical experience expands across various modalities of the mental health field. He has served a multitude of cultures and generations, as well as, specializing in therapeutic and behavioral support to children and adults with severe disabilities for over 15 years. His experience as a Crisis Clinician has provided invaluable opportunities to effectively maneuver through stressful situations, while guiding those in need.
He also possesses extensive experience as a Mental Health Therapist in a specialized educational setting for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
David Russell
Board of Directors
David Russell spent his childhood and young adult years training to become a professional tennis player and got as far as
the ITF Futures Tour. At the age of 25 he officially retired from all competitive tennis and began
his college career at Broward College where he graduated with High Honors in Early
Childhood Education. He has merged his knowledge of the game of tennis and his skills as a childcare specialist to achieve success in his career as a Tennis Coach, which he does full time for the City of Coral Springs at the Tennis Center of Coral Springs in Florida. He provides tennis instruction to children of all different performance levels between the ages of 4-18, helping them to
maintain their health and wellness goals and providing them the necessary foundation to
transition from primary/secondary school into a successful college education. Mr. Russell looks forward to
continuing the use of his knowledge of the game, passion for childcare, and love for culture to
continue to impact children from all corners of the world in a positive way.