Staff

You can email staff members using their first initial and last name at “njcdc.org.”

Administration

President – Robert Guarasci

Chief of Staff – Mike Ramaglia
Chief Operating Officer – Staci White
Chief Financial Officer – Minelly Cummings
Chief Program Officer – Michael Gowdy
Vice President of Planning, Policy, and Development – Mike Powell

Controller – Kathie Mendez
Fiscal Officer – Maria Drury
Fiscal Clerk – Rosemary Panfili

Director of Human Resources & Quality Assurance – Tina Blakely Howard

Director of Clinical Services – Susan Abel

Executive Assistant – Beth Hyslip
Receptionist – Sabrina Tanner

Program Staff

Americorps Program Manager – Barry Ford
Americorps Assistant Program Manager – Yolanda Kershaw
Community Planning Specialist Eddie Gonzalez
Great Falls YouthBuild Director Lakeisha Brooks
Great Falls YouthBuild Youth Development Coordinator – Marc-Damon Smith
Great Falls YouthBuild GED Instructor – Jose Acosta
Garrett Morgan Academy Coordinator – David Gelman
Great Falls Youth Development Center Program Director – T.J. Best
Great Falls Youth Development Center Youth Development Specialist – Javier Fernandez
NJ After 3 Assistant Manager, School 5 – LaToya Jackson
NJ After 3 Assistant Manager, School 2 – Yolanda Kershaw

Housing and Economic Development

Director of Real Estate Development – Randi Moore
Real Estate Associate – Frank Cinque

Staff Attorney – Michael McGuire

Facilities

Maintenance Worker – Albert Pichardo

Day Program

Day Program Vocational Counselor – LaTanya Brown
Day Program Assistant Manager – Tracy Walker

Residential Programs

Birch Arms
Program Director – Jennifer Shukaitis

Hawthorne Heights
Assistant Director of Residential Operations – Susan Lupo-Gallegos
Case Manager – Victoria White
Assistant Manager – Denisha McQueen
Assistant Manager – Sharon Tory
Residence Counselor – Fatima Bell
Residence Counselor – Monica Campbell
Residence Counselor – Ognacle Jean-Baptiste
Residence Counselor – Cafin McKenzie
Residence Counselor – Patrick McNeil
Residence Counselor – Catoyya Morgan
Residence Counselor – Blas Ortega
Residence Counselor – Debra Osunga
Residence Counselor – Andrew Ouko
Residence Counselor - Wendy-Ann Reid
Residence Counselor – Denise Thomas

Independence House
Assistant Director of Residential Operations – Michael Scott
Youth Development Specialist – Francia Philemond
Case Manager – Jenai Gaccione
Youth Development Worker – Darryll Anderson
Youth Development Worker – Robert Cook
Youth Development Worker – Andrew Douglas
Youth Development Worker – Ahmad McDougle
Youth Development Worker – April Schlesinger
Youth Development Worker – Kenyatta Stewart
Youth Development Worker – Eugene Vick
Youth Development Worker – Charles Young

Marion Street
Assistant Director of Residential Operations – Michael Scott
Youth Development Specialist - Francia Philemond

Paterson Family Center

Director – Renee Hooks
Head Teacher – Cindy Sobel
Teacher – Elsie Aulrich
Teacher – Kristen Buhowksi
Teacher – Nyra Carter
Teacher – Joseph Ippolito
Teacher – Felicia Pettiford
Teacher – Zulfiye Tarcan
Teacher’s Assistant – Casandra Alberto-Lopez
Teacher’s Assistant – Nina Algarin
Teacher’s Assistant – Eloina Arvelo-Duran
Teacher’s Assistant – Mary Mosley
Teacher’s Assistant – Luisa Rodriguez
Teacher’s Assistant – Maria Rosario
Teacher’s Assistant – Maria Sanchez
Family Worker – Eugenia Burton
Receptionist – Mary Badre
Housekeeper – Maricela Pena
Security – Victor Stewart

Paterson Family Success Center

Executive Director – Rev. Carolyn McCombs
Family Support Worker – Damaqu Meronvil
Family Support Worker – Fanny L. Steele

School Based Youth Services Program

Clifton High School
Program Director – Patricia Kramer
Lead Youth Development Specialist – Pam Pastorino
Mental Health Clinician – Stephanie Cedeno
Administrative Assistant – Brittany Valenti

Passaic County Technical Institute
Program Director – Pamela Parmelli
Lead Youth Development Specialist – Chavon Blount
Mental Health Clinician – Ellen Penchinar
Administrative Assistant – Sandra Leith

Passaic Valley High School
Program Director – Dawn Cassiello Duffy
Youth Development Specialist – Brendan Meehan
Mental Health Clinician – Valerie Michalowski
Administrative Assistant – Michelle Vidal

NJCDC Founder and President, Bob Guarasci.