Hilary Cohen Singer, Executive Director, 816.629.8934
Tara Burkhart, Assistant Executive Director and Acting Director of Health and Wellness, 816.629.8911
Joan Kelly, Director of Community Integration
Malinda Kimmel, Development Director, 816.629.8935
Hilary Cohen Singer, Executive Director, 816.629.8934
Tara Burkhart, Assistant Executive Director and Acting Director of Health and Wellness, 816.629.8911
Malinda Kimmel, Development Director, 816.629.8935
Vernetta Adair, Operations Manager, 816.629.8895
Chelsea Tasca, Human Resource Manager, 816.629.8940
Nancy Gulotta, Accounting Assistant, 816.629.8909
Abeer Riemann, Volunteer Coordinator, 816.629.8904
Emily Rosner, Fund Development Associate,
Randy Rodriguez, Finance Manager, 816.629.8894
Joan Kelly, Director of Community Integration
Souleymane Adam, Case Manager,
Yelena Akhmedova, Case Manager (MO-RTAC), 816.471.2808
Lina Oleik, Refugee Education Orientation Coordinator, 816.629.8898
Catherine Anderson, Language and Cultural Services Manager, 816.629.8908
Harsamit Bi, Refugee Social Services Case Manager, 816.629.8932
Olga Castillo, Immigration Assistant
Halima Dusenge, Refugee Social Services Case Manager
Alissa Fortney-Tombaugh, Resettlement Services Manager, 816-471-2808
Sabawoon Faqiry, Career Pathways Case Manager
Ana Garcia, Refugee Support Services Case Manager, 816-629-8906
Elise Godsey, Career Services Specialist,
Aimee Hamerle, Refugee Employment Manager, 816.629.8891
Omar Idriss, Resettlement Case Manager, 816.629.8912
Sydney Iocca, Matching Grant Coordinator, 816.471.2808
MaAh Kyi, Resettlement Administrative Assistant
Momin Marofi, Employment Case Manager
Doreen Nakagiri, Regional Data Collection Specialist, 816.629.8936
Sara Pitia, Refugee Social Services Manager, 816.629.8927
Qasim Rahimi, Afghan Immigration Assistant, 816.629.8947
Maria Rodriguez, Interpreter Services Coordinator, 816.629.8933
Sabrina Scholz, Career Pathways Manager, 816.629.8924
Becky Showmaker, Immigration Specialist, 816.629.8919
Sabrina Simon, Career Skills and Connections Coordinator, 816.895.2764
Wakari Guillen Villarreal, Immigration Services Manager, 816.629.8896
Darien Williams, Employment Case Manager
Tara Burkhart, Assistant Executive Director and Acting Director of Health and Wellness, 816.629.8911
Melanie Arellano Luna, HS/PRS Case Manager, 816.428.0533
Ayan Ali, Youth Mentoring Coordinator
Yasmeen Basha, HS/PRS Case Manager, 816.629.8917
Elisabeth Birchler, Adult and Family Social Worker, 816.629.8930
Melissa DeVault, Youth Therapist, 816.629.8903
Meaghan Fanning, Social Work Youth Manager, 816.629.8917
Talia Halfon, Youth Therapist, 816.616.0683
Morgan Merrell, Adult and Family Social Work Manager, 816.629.8918
Amna Mohamed, Refugee Medical Case Manager
Vianney Mvuyekure, Refugee Medical Case Manager, 816.629.8926
Juanita Molina, Health Benefits Case Manager
Katie Norman, Health Access Services Manager
Mareah Pomstra, Adult and Family Social Worker, 913.276.0204
Anna Grace Rackley, Healthy Relationships Education Coordinator, 816.944.3950
Jessica Rousseau, Health Education Coordinator, 816-629-8949
Chanel Woiderski, Adult and Family Social Worker, 816.514.5359
Afsaneh Zaeri, Youth Therapist, 816.629.8951
Board of Trustees 2021-2022
President
Martha Baird, University of Kansas School of Nursing
Vice President
Andrea Baran, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Secretary
Allyson Hile, Kansas City Public Schools
Treasurer
BradyPoskin, Prier Products, Inc.
Members
Jessica Ann, Chief of Staff to Senator Lauren Arthur
Jay Benjamin, Utility One Source
Valerie Bordy, Price Management Co.
Cal Cohen*, Real Estate Investment
Julie Doane, Community Volunteer
Jim Ellis*, Healthcare Realty Development, LLC
Robert Galamba, Colliers International
Dr. Babalola Faseru, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Kansas City
Jennifer Hack Wolf, The Beacon
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
Phillip Zeeck, Polsinelli
* Past President
Young Professionals Board 2022:
Co-Presidents
Fatima Delic, City of Kansas City, Missouri Office of the City Council
Engoma Fataki, Kansas City Public Schools
Members
Anna Adelman, Head for the Cure
Sofia Gillespie, Food Equality Initiative
Stephen Ogbolu, University of Missouri Kansas City, Bloch School of Management
Jasmine Ward, US District Court – Western District of Missouri
Adidja Suleman Director Physician Recruitment and Retention Saint Luke’s Health System
Bret Fischer, SPHR Senior Director, of Talent Acquisition NetSmart
Brady Poskin Manufacturing Manager PRIER Products, Inc.
Ingrid Hubbard Director Human Resources North American Savings Bank
Katrice Lnaier, M.Ed System Director, Talent Acquisition University of Kansas Health System
Kajuan Cummings, M.Ed.
Principal Hogan Preparatory Academy-Lower Campus
Kreshaun McKinney Manager, Audience Engagement Nelson Atkins Museum of Art