I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a minor in Elementary Education from Colby College and went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis.  After two years of direct services in child welfare, I launched what has grown into a 25-year career in nonprofit management.

After program directorships in St. Louis and San Diego, I moved to New York City and secured my first senior management role at Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, overseeing all youth and family programs within the agency’s Brooklyn West region.  After five years, I served as the first Deputy Program Officer for Education and Employment Services at the Henry Street Settlement on Manhattan’s Lower East Side for twelve years. I was then recruited to become Commonpoint Queens’ first Chief Program Officer in 2017 and Seneca Family of Agencies’ first Chief Program Officer in 2021. Between these four organizations, I have worked with a broad array of programs, providing leadership in employee development, data-informed program design and implementation, and fundraising.

  • Early Childhood Education: Mommy and Me, Nursery Schools, and Universal Pre-Kindergarten

  • Out of School Time Services: K-12 after-school programs, programs for children and youth with developmental disabilities, day camps, and sleep away camps

  • High School and College Success: Community School programs, ninth grade transition to high school programs, high school selection programs, and college access and persistence programming

  • Youth Employment: summer youth employment programs and school-year career exploration and internship programs

  • Mental Health Services: licensed mental clinics for older adults and adults and an integrated behavioral and primary health clinic for children and youth; community-based mental health and case management services for youth and young adults

  • Older Adult Services: old adult community centers, Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, and memory loss programs

  • Adult Workforce Services: programs for 18-24-year-olds who are not working or in school, vocational training, HSE courses, bridge programming, ESOL courses, and job placement and retention services

  • Immigration Services: DACA support; case management and mental health services to families who were separated at the border and are now in the process of reunifying here in the United States