Our Staff and Board

Hilary Cohen Singer, Executive Director

Brian McCollam, Chief Program Officer

Lauren Weinhold, Chief External Affairs Officer

Beckah Molina, Chief Finance and Administration Officer

Vernetta Adair, Facilities Manager

Souleymane Adam, Community Sponsorship Coordinator

Jessie Chastain, Volunteer Manager

Laura Cleaver, Finance Manager

Nancy Gulotta, Accounting Assistant

Sean Reilly, Community Sponsorship Coordinator

Rebekah Smalley, Staff Accountant

Chelsea Tasca, Human Resource Manager

Becca Winner, Office and Technology Manager

Joan Kelly, Director of Community Integration

Hashmat Afghan, Employment Case Manager

Yelena Akhmedova, MO-RTAC Team Lead

Balem Alamerew, Career Pathways Case Manager

Iveth Alfaro, Immigration Assistant

Karina Alvarado, Immigration Paralegal

Mohammad Hassan Amirzai, Driver/Mover

Catherine Anderson, Interpreter Training Coordinator

Jarod Austin, SOR Case Manager

Ma Aye, Matching Grant Case Manager

Innocent Barauni, Matching Grant Case Manager

Olga Castillo, Immigration Specialist

Halima Dusenge, Refugee Social Services Team Lead

Mohammad Faqiry, Driver

Crystal File, Quality Assurance Case Manager

Alissa Fortney-Tombaugh,  Resettlement Services Manager

Ana Garcia, Refugee Support Services Case Manager

Maddye Hagan, Refugee Orientation Coordinator

Jerwanda Haislip, Housing and Donations Manager

Omar Idriss, Career Services Coordinator

Leena Jumah, Adult ELL Coordinator

Laurie Licata, MO-RTAC Case Manager

Momin Marofi, Career Pathways Manager

Paw Mer, RCA Team Lead

Genesis Mercado, Immigration Attorney

Ombeni Mubengwa, Resettlement Case Manager II

DaHa Na, Resettlement Case Manager II

Ra Na, Resettlement Case Manager

Richard Nahano, Matching Grant Case Manager

Doreen Nakagiri, Regional Data Collection Specialist

Mwenga Nundu, Resettlement Case Manager

Lina Oleik, Training and Enrichment Manager

Sara Pitia, Refugee Social Services Manager

Qadria Qarizada, Employment Case Manager

Qasim Rahimi, Afghan Immigration Specialist

Sean Reilly, Community Sponsorship Coordinator

Jennifer Rios, Employment Case Manager

Maria Rodriguez, Interpreter Services Manager

Arish Rustami, Digital Literacy Coordinator

Enamullah Salarzai, Driver/Mover

Patrick Shay, Donations Coordinator

Becky Showmaker, Immigration Specialist

Lewis Smyth, Employment Case Manager

Karina Sotelo, Spanish Interpreter

Maw Taw, RSS Case Manager

Cristina Villafuerte, MO-RTAC Case Manager

Wakari Guillen Villarreal, Immigration Services Manager

Dawood Yaqubi, Driver

Sayed Yaqubi, RSS Case Manager

Enisa Zijadic, Matching Grant Manager

Morgan Merrell, Director of Health and Wellness

Ayan Ali, Youth Mentoring Coordinator

Athaviah Barker, Youth Therapist

Elisabeth Birchler, Adult and Family Social Worker Manager

Katie Brown, Adult Therapist

Melissa Buck, Youth Therapist

Elameen Elgaali, Health Navigation Case Manager

Meaghan Fanning, Social Work Youth Manager

Joanna Herrera, HS/PRS Case Manager

Majabin Hosseini, Health Navigation Case Manager

Ivonne Howell, HS/PRS Case Manager

Abdelhaalim Khamis, Health Navigation Case Manager

Claudia Lopez, Health Navigation Case Manager

Karolina Makiyan, Health Benefits Case Manager

Amna Mohamed, Education Case Manager

Vianney Mvuyekure, Medical Case Manager Team Lead

Juanita Molina, Health Benefits Case Manager

Katie Norman, Health Access Services Manager

Muraina Rivera, HS/PRS Case Manager Lead

Jessica Rodriguez, HS/PRS Case Manager

Jessica Rousseau, Health Education Coordinator

Kimberly Sanchez-Portillo, Education Case Manager

Grace Santana, Adult and Families Social Worker

Afsaneh Zaeri, Youth Therapist

Board of Trustees 2024-2025

President

Brad Finkle, Community Volunteer

Vice Presidents

Allyson Hile, Kansas City Public Schools

Brady Poskin, Prier Products, Inc.

Secretary

Julie Doane, Community Volunteer

Treasurer

Obed Zungura, Vurge

Members

Dr. Abiodun Akinwantun, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Kansas City

Jenna Brofsky, HuschBlackwell

Cal Cohen*, Real Estate Investment

Ruth Dickson Eddy, SchoolSmart KC

Dr. Babalola Faseru, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Kansas City

Bill Intrater*, Strategic Alliances, Adknowledge

Tim Riemann, Riemann Injury Litigation, LLC

Bret Ruber, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP

Rob Santel, Cross-Lines

Michael Shopmaker*, Vayen Marketing Group

Lara Tenbarge, Seesaw Learning

Brad VerMeer, Black & Veatch, retired

Jeff Wasinger, Haren Companies

Jennifer Hack Wolf, The Beacon

Obed Zungura, Vurge

* Past President