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Executive Team

Deborah Ruhe

Executive Director

  • (617) 918-7503

Kathleen Carney

Director of Resource Development

  • (617) 918-7558

Craig Nicholson

Acting Director, Real Estate

  • (617) 918-7540

Gina Plata

Director of Education & Training

  • (617) 918-7505

Gerry Zipser

Director of Housing

  • (617) 918-7519

Administration

Sara Cyr

Grant Manager

  • 617-918-7509

Antoinette Delmonico

Senior Manager, Learning and Evaluation

  • (617) 918-7554

Monique Doyle

Office Manager

  • (617) 918-7539

Natalie Michel

Accountant

  • 617-917-4764

Danielle Roberts

Operations and Finance Coordinator

  • (617) 918-7501

Cindy Silva

Accounting Manager

  • (617) 918-7530

Amy Stahl

Evaluation & Data Administrator

  • (617) 918-7510

Resource Development

Becky Jacobson

Resource Development Associate

  • 617-918-7515

Theresa Sullivan

Development and Communications Officer

  • (617) 918-7522

Home Improvement Program

Brian Nichols

Program Manager II

  • (617) 918-7514

Tim Kardatzke

Rehab Specialist

  • 617-918-7513

Real Estate Development

Carol Burt

Real Estate Consultant

Lauren Curry

Project Manager

  • (617) 918-7512

Robert Macarthur

Project Manager/Real estate

  • (617) 918-7521

Elizabeth Marsh

Project Manager

  • (617) 918-7504

Laura Martin

Project Manager

  • (617) 918-7511

Paul Wilbur

Construction Manager

  • (617) 918-7526

Housing Services

Meg Alfoni

Senior Case Manager and Mediator

  • (617)341-8165

Tessa Tompkins Byer

Mediator and Housing Specialist

  • (617) 918-7517

Elizabeth Winston

Program Manager, Housing and Mediation

  • (617) 918-7518

Ian Davis

Financial Opportunity Program Coordinator

  • 617-918-7525

Resident Services

Pierre Fils-Aime

Community Coordinator

  • (617) 341-8164

Nancy Porcaro

Community Coordinator

  • (617) 401-4340

Workforce Development Programs

Miriam Ortiz

Director of Job Training Programs

  • 617-918-7534

Catherine Pina

Data and Program Coordinator (WFD)

  • (617) 918-7520

Leora Rifkin

Career Coach (WFD)

  • (617) 918-7536

JAS Youth Programs

Dolores Ortiz

Director of Youth Programs

  • (617) 918-7532

Nicholas Branigan

Construction Site Supervisor

Joshua Dick

Lead HiSET Instructor

  • 617-918-7523

Yasmina Estepe

Case Manager

  • 617-918-7529

Leslie Gordon

Counseling Services Program Manager

  • (617) 918-7533

Edell Howard

Math Teacher

  • (617) 492-1460

Jesse Lyons

Construction and Project Manager

  • 617-918-7507

Charlie Parker

Construction Site Supervisor

Tori Perrakis

Data & Program Coordinator

  • (617) 918-7506

Brian Ristau

Teacher / Assessment Specialist

  • (617) 918-7557

Thomas Rodriguez

Job Developer / Youth Programs

  • 617-918-7528

Lisette Williams

Career and College Coach

  • 617-918-7524