Hilary Cohen Singer, Executive Director
Tara Burkhart, Assistant Executive Director and Acting Director of Health and Wellness
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
Vernetta Adair, Operations Manager
Chelsea Tasca, Human Resource Manager
Nancy Gulotta, Accounting Assistant
Abeer Riemann, Volunteer Coordinator
Sean Reilly, Community Sponsorship Coordinator
Ellen Tanner, Fund Development Associate
Randy Rodriguez, Finance Manager
Lesly Tello, Receptionist
Joan Kelly, Director of Community Integration
Souleymane Adam, Case Manager
Yelena Akhmedova, MO-RTAC Coordinator
Lina Oleik, Refugee Education Orientation Coordinator
Catherine Anderson, Language and Cultural Services Manager
Harsamit Bi, Refugee Social Services Case Manager
Olga Castillo, Immigration Specialist
Halima Dusenge, Refugee Social Services Case Manager
Alissa Fortney-Tombaugh, Resettlement Services Manager
Sabawoon Faqiry, Career Pathways Case Manager
Ana Garcia, Refugee Support Services Case Manager
Elise Godsey, Career Services Specialist
Aimee Hamerle, Refugee Employment Manager
Omar Idriss, Resettlement Case Manager
Andrew Holtmann, Matching Grant Coordinator
MaAh Kyi, Resettlement Administrative Assistant
Laurie Licata, MO-RTAC Case Manager
Momin Marofi, Employment Case Manager
Genesis Mercado, Immigration Attorney
Doreen Nakagiri, Regional Data Collection Specialist
Sara Pitia, Refugee Social Services Manager
Qasim Rahimi, Afghan Immigration Specialist
Maria Rodriguez, Interpreter Services Coordinator
Becky Showmaker, Immigration Specialist
Wakari Guillen Villarreal, Immigration Services Manager
Darien Williams, Employment 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
Melissa DeVault, Youth Therapist
Meaghan Fanning, Social Work Youth Manager
Talia Halfon, Youth Therapist
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