Executive Staff

Denise Durham Williams

Chief Executive Officer

Denise Durham Williams

Chief Executive Officer

Laurena Mora

Chief Program Officer

Laurena Mora

Chief Program Officer

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Silvia Lederman, Esq.

Managing Director, Karen Cheeks-Lomax Center for Legal Services

Silvia Lederman, Esq.

Managing Director, Karen Cheeks-Lomax Center for Legal Services

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Jodi Clarke, MBA

Chief Operations Officer

Jodi Clarke, MBA

Chief Operations Officer

Angela Ciminello

Interim Chief Development Officer

Angela Ciminello

Interim Chief Development Officer

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Navy Djonovic

Contracted CFO, Citrin Cooperman

Navy Djonovic

Contracted CFO, Citrin Cooperman

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Senior Leadership Team

Adriane Grant

Senior Director of Education & Prevention

Luis Leon, Esq.

Managing Attorney, Immigration Practice

LaMarr Powell, MA

Senior Director of Residential and Transitional Housing Services

Ida Serrano, Esq.​

Managing Attorney, Family Law Practice

Lauren Shaller, MSW

Senior Director of Grant Compliance

Winnifred Wilson

Senior Director of Family Services

Board of Directors

Joy Hunter Chaillou, Co-Chair

Managing Director, Strategy Executive and Head of Merrill Institutional Consulting, Merrill Private Wealth Management, International & Institutional

Suzanne Seiden, Co-Chair

Community Volunteer

Samantha Daniels, Co-Vice-Chair

Survivor/Advocate

Leslye G. Katz, Co-Vice-Chair

Retired CFO, IMS Health, Inc.

Christine M. Ford, Esq., Secretary

Ford Law Firm, LLP

Rob Gheewalla, Treasurer

Investor; Retired Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Dorothy Botsoe

Real Estate Broker/CEO - Dorothy Jensen Realty, Inc & Weichert Signature Properties, Inc

Hinna Chaudhry, DMD

Owner, Dentist Ardsley Dental Spa

Evan J. Cohen, Esq.

Partner, Clifford Chance

Elise Gold Flangos

New Business Development Consultant; Real Estate Agent, Compass

Rebecca Avrutin Foley

Pro Bono Counsel, Brown Rudnick LLP

Tanya Guzmán

Vice-President – Business & Legal Affairs Paramount

Micheala Jones, PhD, MPH

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Iris Lherisson

Marketing Manager, Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty

Lisa Davis Olney

Osborn Library Manager, Rye Free Reading Room

Linda Purvis

Retired Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Scarsdale Public Schools

Barbara G. Raho

Managing Director, Golden Seeds

Emily Rentas, LMHC-D

Founder and CEO for Solstice Mental Health Counseling Services PLLC.  and Paragon Solstice Inc. 

Kicki Storm

Community Volunteer; Art curator; Realtor, Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty

Kristen Larkin Thassim


John Tuller

Vice President, Morgan Stanley, Wealth Management | President, African-American Men of Westchester