Our Staff & Board
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Liz DeCoursey, Ext. 104
Chief Executive Officer
Jack Koeppe, Ext. 105
Chief Financial Officer
Christopher Palazzi, Ext. 106
Chief Development Officer
Ben Roberts, Ext. 147
Chief Retail Officer
Douglas Wright, Ext. 108
Chief Construction Officer
Terry-Ann Zander, Ext. 152
Vice President of Marketing
and Communications
Stephanie Buonarota, Ext. 103
Director of Community Engagement
Mark Odenwelder, Ext. 107
Director of Program Development
Loretta Rivers, Ext. 154
Director of Family Services
ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM TEAM
Paul Boudreau*
Consultant
Barbara Dunn*
Director of Advocacy & Global Engagement
Rehana Flessner*
CRM Specialist
Terry Flood
Director of Project Administration
Kathy Hunt, Ext. 121
Finance Assistant
Jigna Naik*
Senior Accountant
Darleen Nelson, Ext. 131
Operations Administrator
Mindy Robinson*
Development & Marketing Coordinator
Dawn Sherman*, Ext. 116
Special Events Coordinator
Rachel Ventre, Ext. 101
Program Associate & Executive Assistant
CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Thomas Wescoe
Director of Construction
Richard Cooke, Ext. 135
Aging in Place Manager
Spencer Reckford, Ext. 109
NRI Program Coordinator
Jason DeVito
Construction Site Supervisor
Michael Dakak, Sr.*
Construction Supervisor
Matt Watts
Construction Supervisor
Luis Velasquez
Construction Assistant
*Part-time
2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Richard Barrett
President, Quattran Associates
Mary Lou Panzano
Vice President, Bayer (Retired)
James A. Christy
Treasurer, Provident Bank
Michael Trueba, Jr.
Secretary, MPT Industries
DIRECTORS
Alan Archuleta
Archuleta Builders
Donna Brightman
Woodbridge Housing Authority
Jessica Esteves
JNESO Union Council / Habitat Homeowner
David Fine
Tuzag
Tara French
Northfield Bank (Retired)
Rahul Gupta
PWC Strategy&
Donna Hughes, JD, ACC
Hughes Solutions, LLC
Marsha Merola-Salmon
Baccarat, Inc.
Gene Messina
Community Volunteer
Erica Scott
Community Volunteer / Habitat Homeowner
Michael Scott
Community Volunteer / Habitat Homeowner
Thomas Vitiello
Sphere Construction Group
Alan Albin, Esq.
Board Attorney, Law Offices of Alan Albin, Esq.
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
David Bossart
Property Research Associates
Elizabeth De Laney
Columbia Bank
Peter DeMaria
Community Partner
James M. Downs
The Downs Group
Kevin Fazendeiro
Blue Hill Consulting
Robert Flynn
First Energy
Andy Hilton
GAF
Peter Holmberg
RevHealth
Ricky C. Jones
Travelers Insurance
Christine Lenthe
Precision for Value
David Lewis, Esq.
Law Offices of David Lewis
Marcelo Luftman
ProAnalytics, LLC
Edmund Moy
Self Employed Investor
Bernadette Mueller
Valley Bank
Atanas Nakev
Unimak, LLC
James Nigro
Lakeland Bank
Ira Robbins
Valley National Bank
Mark Seel
Langan
Raymond Trevisan
Cushman & Wakefield
Robert Volosin
Inner City Development LLC
Patrick Walsh
Withum