Board & Staff

Executive Director

Sonja Allen

Director of Operations

Linda Patterson

Residential Services Specialist

Rhonda Bilal

Workforce & Life Development Coordinator

Melanie Brumfield

Outreach Case Manager

Shauna Creek

Program Specialist - Outreach

Mary Cross

Case Manager Director

Azaria Davis

Applications & Intake Coordinator

Alisa Ervin

Case Manager

LaTawsha Estell

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Program Assistant

Kathy Goode

Director of Programs

Sonya Johnson

Full-Time Overnight Residential Services Specialist

Aleyda Martinez

Administrative Assistant

Heidy Reyes

Resident Services Specialist

Shayla Shabazz

Coordinator - Volunteer Program

Katherine Shapiro

Case Manager

Kanishia Wallace

Peer Support Specialist

Venus Yarbrough

Chair

Deborah Minor

(Retired) Director Office of Diversity Management & EEO/SR Advisor to Deputy Assistant Secretary, DHHS

Vice-Chair

Sharon Hardie

Head of Legislative Affairs, Booz Allen Hamilton

Secretary

Jessica Ordona

Director of Real Estate, Northeast, Papa John's International

Treasurer

Timothy Ross

Tax Consulting Partner, Withum

Board Member

Daniel Freedman

Department of Social Work, George Mason University

Board Member

Donjette L. Gilmore, MBA

Navy Energy, Installation & Environment, Pentagon

Board Member

Mondre’ Kornegay, J.D.

Law Office of Mondre’ Kornegay

Board Member

Peter Lunt

Principal, NV Commercial, Inc.

Board Member

Gene Rossi, J.D., LL.M

Shareholder, Carlton Fields

Board Member

Jessica Tava

Retired Human Resources Manager