Hilary Cohen Singer, Executive Director
Tara Burkhart, Assistant Executive Director and Acting Director of Health and Wellness
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
Hilary Cohen Singer, Executive Director
Tara Burkhart, Assistant Executive Director
Lauren Weinhold, Chief External Affairs Officer
Beckah Molina, Chief Finance and Administration Officer
Vernetta Adair, Operations Manager
Shilo Artis, Grants Manager
Brianni Colbert, Executive Assistant
Nancy Gulotta, Accounting Assistant
Kate Jacobs, Fund Development Associate
Abeer Riemann, Volunteer Coordinator
Sean Reilly, Community Sponsorship Coordinator
Randy Rodriguez, Finance Manager
Chuck Sailors, Development Director
Chelsea Tasca, Human Resource Manager
DeShawn Taylor, Receptionist
Lesly Tello, Receptionist
Joan Kelly, Director of Community Integration
Abdul Abdullahi, Resettlement Case Manager
Souleymane Adam, Matching Grant Case Manager
Hashmat Afghan, Refugee Social Services Case Manager
Yelena Akhmedova, MO-RTAC Coordinator
Balem Alamerew, Career Pathways Case Manager
Karina Alvarado, Immigration Paralegal
Catherine Anderson, Language and Cultural Services Manager
Rebecca Ashley, Housing Specialist
Harsamit Bi, Refugee Social Services Team Lead
Olga Castillo, Immigration Specialist
Halima Dusenge, Refugee Social Services Case Manager
Alissa Fortney-Tombaugh, Resettlement Services Manager
Luundo Fataki, Matching Grant Case Manager
Sabawoon Faqiry, Career Pathways Case Manager
Ana Garcia, Refugee Support Services Case Manager
Caitlin Gillespie, Donations Specialist
Elise Godsey, English and Citizenship Instructor
Omar Idriss, Career Services Coordinator
Andrew Holtmann, Matching Grant Coordinator
MaAh Kyi, Resettlement Administrative Assistant
Laurie Licata, MO-RTAC Case Manager
Momin Marofi, Employment Case Manager
Ashli McGee, Housing Coordinator
Paw Mer, RCA Case Manager
Genesis Mercado, Immigration Attorney
Ombeni Mubengwa, Resettlement Case Manager
Doreen Nakagiri, Regional Data Collection Specialist
Augustin Nshizirungu, SOR Case Manager
Lina Oleik, Refugee Education Orientation Coordinator
Sara Pitia, Refugee Social Services Manager
Qasim Rahimi, Afghan Immigration Specialist
Sean Reilly, Community Sponsorship Coordinator
Maria Rodriguez, Interpreter Services Manager
Arish Rustami, Resettlement Case Manager
Becky Showmaker, Immigration Specialist
Tina Sirbiladze, Ukrainian Case Manager
Karina Sotelo, Spanish Interpreter
Lyuda Stewart, Ukrainian Case Manager
Austin Taylor, Career Pathways Manager
Wakari Guillen Villarreal, Immigration Services Manager
Omer Yagoub, Driver/Housing Assistant
Enisa Zijadic, Matching Grant Case Manager
Morgan Merrell, Director of Health and Wellness
Melanie Arellano Luna, HS/PRS Case Manager
Ayan Ali, Youth Mentoring Coordinator
Elisabeth Birchler, Adult and Family Social Worker Manager
Katie Brown, Adult Therapist
Melissa Buck, Youth Therapist
Meaghan Fanning, Social Work Youth Manager
Talia Halfon, Youth Therapist
Karolina Makiyan, Health Benefits Case Manager
Amna Mohamed, Refugee Medical Case Manager
Vianney Mvuyekure, Refugee Medical Case Manager
Juanita Molina, Health Benefits Case Manager
Katie Norman, Health Access Services Manager
Mareah Pomstra, Adult and Family Social Worker
Anna Grace Rackley, Healthy Relationships Education Coordinator
Muraina Rivera, HS/PRS Case Manager
Jessica Rousseau, Health Education Coordinator
Chanel Woiderski, Adult and Family 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
BradyPoskin, Prier Products, Inc.
Members
Jessica Ann, Chief of Staff to Senator Lauren Arthu
Valerie Bordy, Price Management Co.
Cal Cohen*, Real Estate Investment
Jim Ellis*, Healthcare Realty Development, LLC
Robert Galamba, Colliers International
Brad Finkle, Community Volunteer
Dr. Babalola Faseru, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Kansas City
Kelvin Igumbor, Dairy Farmers of America
Bill Intrater*, Strategic Alliances, Adknowledge
Angelique Nedved, SchoolSmartKC
Sam Nemeh, Community Volunteer
Lucas Richardson, Soccer Without Borders
Michael Shopmaker*, Vayen Marketing Group
Jennifer Hack Wolf, The Beacon
* Past President
Young Professionals Board Members 2023:
Sara Castle, Kiewit Engineering
Daniel Fitzpatrick, International Relations Council Kansas City
Jessica Gall, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Gary Jones, Jr., City of Kansas City, MO
Jolanta Liu, United Way of Greater Kansas City
Montae Maple, Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center
Saeed Masumi, Medical Student at University of Kansas School of Medicine
Stephen Ogbolu, Master Student at UMKC – Business Administration (MBA)
Morgan Ousley, Spotlight Analyst Relations
Erica Peavy, Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center
Patrick Shreve, FEMA
Lara Tenbarge, INTO University Partnerships
Emily Thorpe, Children’s Mercy
Obed Zungura, C2FO