Who We Are
Sister Margaret Leonard
Founder
Stanley Colimon
Finance Director
Tonya E. Jones
Operations Manager
Maura Anish
Data Analyst
Rochelle O'Neal Thorpe
ESOL Instructor
Latawnda Brown
Community Housing Liason
Linette Soto
Billing and Enrollment Specialist
Freweyni Weldemichael
Accountant
Julia Rubin
ESOL Instructor
Marisol Vega
House Manager, Shelter
Matilde Pena
House Manager, Shelter
Tyesha Thompson
Shelter Stabilization Coordinator
Evelin Hernandez
Shelter Relief Staff, Shelter
Michelle Botus
Executive Director
Carla Richards
Deputy Director
Karen Serevitch
Development Specialist
Eric Garcia
Asst. Director of Programs
Maia Porter
Workforce Coordinator
Myrian Ledesma
Family Partner
Jackie Pereira
Receptionist
Leslie Lopez
Family Partner
Ibrahim Turkmen
ESOL Instructor
Iny Pires
House Manager, Shelter
Abdimajid Jama
Housing Specialist
Luis Betances
Maitenance Relief
Cabral Goncalves
Maintenance Coordinator
Chynere Scott-Dottin
Executive Administrative Assistant
Anandi Hambrick
Human Resources
Njiba Mbuyi
Development Associate
Jalela Howard
Workforce and Education Coordinator
Luisa Del Los Santos
Assistant Director of Shelter
Daneline Garcia
FCC Program Assistant
Darci Cassidy
ESOL Instructor
Julia Massa
FCC Liason
Abigail Tutor
ESOL Istructor
Josefina Pires
House Manager, Shelter
Miriam Pena
Shelter Relief Staff
Gilberto Hernandez
House Manager, Shelter
Waltene Ellerbe
House Manager, Shelter
Meet the Team
Board of Directors
Maureen Pompeo (Chair)
Strategic and Business Planning Consultant
Robert Shanley (Treasurer)
Investment Manager
Richard Burns
CEO, The NHP Foundation
Janine Salyards
Managing Director, Kroll LLC
Adelene Perkins
Retired, Pharmaceutical Company Executive
Michael A. West, Jr.
Vice President and Head of Global Corporate Communication, Corning Incorporated
Brett Gordon (Vice Chair)
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners
Marvin Loiseau (Clerk)
Dean of Academic Affairs, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Tech
Donna Haig-Friedman
Senior Research Fellow, Center for Social Policy
Maureen Walker
Educator and Speaker
Nakira Minot
Healthcare Practice Secretary