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Hilary Cohen Singer, Executive Director
Brian McCollam, Chief Program Officer
Beckah Molina, Chief Finance and Administration Officer
Lauren Weinhold, Chief External Affairs Officer
Joan Kelly, Director of Community Integration
Morgan Merrell, Director of Health and Wellness
Chuck Sailors, Director of Development
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
Shilo Artis, Grants Manager
Jessie Chastain, Volunteer Manager
Laura Cleaver, Finance Manager
Nancy Gulotta, Accounting Assistant
Kate Jacobs, Fund Development Associate
Sean Reilly, Community Sponsorship Coordinator
Chuck Sailors, Development Director
Rebekah Smalley, Staff Accountant
Chelsea Tasca, Human Resource Manager
Lesly Tello, Receptionist
Becca Winner, Office and Technology Manager
Joan Kelly, Director of Community Integration
Abdisalan Abdalla, Driver
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
Innocent Barauni, Matching Grant Case Manager
Olga Castillo, Immigration Specialist
Halima Dusenge, Refugee Social Services Team Lead
Crystal File, Quality Assurance Case Manager
Alissa Fortney-Tombaugh, Resettlement Services Manager
Sabawoon Faqiry, Career Pathways Case Manager
Ana Garcia, Refugee Support Services Case Manager
Omar Idriss, Career Services Coordinator
Laurie Licata, MO-RTAC Case Manager
Momin Marofi, Employment Manager
Ashli McGee, Housing Case Manager
Paw Mer, RCA Team Lead
Genesis Mercado, Immigration Attorney
Ombeni Mubengwa, Resettlement Case Manager
DaHa Na, Resettlement Case Manager
David Ndayishimiye, Swahili Interpreter
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 Specialist
Becky Showmaker, Immigration Specialist
Karina Sotelo, Spanish Interpreter
Lyuda Stewart, Matching Grant Case Manager
Maw Taw, RSS Case Manager
Austin Taylor, Career Pathways Manager
Sherry Taylor, Housing and Client Goods Manager
Wakari Guillen Villarreal, Immigration Services Manager
Omer Yagoub, Driver/Housing Assistant
Sayed Yaqubi, RSS Case Manager
Enisa Zijadic, Matching Grant Case Manager
Morgan Merrell, Director of Health and Wellness
Ayan Ali, Youth Mentoring Coordinator
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
Talia Halfon, Youth Therapist
Majabin Hosseini, Health Navigation Case Manager
Ivonne Howell, HS/PRS 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
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 2022-2023
President
Martha Baird, University of Kansas School of Nursing
Vice Presidents
Andrea Baran, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Allyson Hile, Kansas City Public Schools
Secretary
Julie Doane, Community Volunteer
Treasurer
Brady Poskin, Prier Products, Inc.
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
Jim Ellis*, Healthcare Realty Development, LLC
Brad Finkle, Community Volunteer
Dr. Babalola Faseru, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Kansas City
Bill Intrater*, Strategic Alliances, Adknowledge
Lucas Richardson, Soccer Without Borders
Tim Riemann, Riemann Injury Litigation, LLC
Michael Shopmaker*, Vayen Marketing Group
Lara Tenbarge, Seesaw Learning
Jeff Wasinger, Haren Companies
Jennifer Hack Wolf, The Beacon
Obed Zungura, Vurge
* Past President
The JVS Young Professionals Board is comprised of Kansas City professionals ages 22-35 who meet monthly to learn about the work of JVS and plan fundraising and outreach events to support the organization.
2024 Young Professionals Board Members:
Sara Castle, Kiewit Engineering
Elisabeth Elustin, Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley Campus
Bridget Barry Faerber, PayIt
Jeb Flynn, Keen Wealth Advisors
Jessica Gall, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Bradley Hahn, Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center
Emily Hilderbrand, Kansas City Public Library
Katasha Kumar, Salesloft
Jolanta Liu, United Way of Greater Kansas City
Rob Santel, Cross-Lines Community Outreach
Niyati Sethi, Global Ties Kansas City
Paige Schmit, Abbott
Sarah Tepikian, St. Andrews Episcopal Church