RESOURCE, POLICY, AND DATA TEAMS
COMMUNITY-BUILDING RESOURCE TEAM:
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George Moses – Co-Chair – Director, North East Area Development (NEAD) CDF Freedom
Schools
Shaun Nelms – Co-Chair – Deputy Superintendent of East High School
Doug Ackley – Director, Teen Empowerment
Pierre Dorancy – Housing Manager, Rochester Housing Authority
Jackie Dozier – Program Coordinator of the Minority Health Initiatives at Trillium Health
Adrian Elim – Member of B.L.A.C.K. Rochester, Brothahood Productions
Robert Frazier – Community Member
Daryl Gaston – Sergeant, Rochester Police Department
Evelyn Holmes – Customer Service Representative, Excellus BCBS
Tanisha Johnson – RCSD Counselor
Ray Mayoliz – Manager of Youth Outreach and Violence Prevention for the City of
Rochester
Melany Silas – Associate Professor at MCC, Melany Silas Productions
Ryan Van Alstyne – Associate Director, Group 14621 Neighborhood Association
Tracy Williams – Business owner, Founder of “We The People”
Clianda Yarde – Community Member
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STRUCTURAL RACISM RESOURCE TEAM:
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Marvin McMickle – Co-Chair – President, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
James Norman – Co-Chair - President/CEO, Action for a Better Community, Inc.
Hanif Abdul-Wahid – Community Liaison for Neighborhood Initiatives, Monroe County
Department of Planning & Development
Marcus Bliss – Community Member
Michael Boucher – Co-Director of Counseling and Community Works at St. Joseph’s
Neighborhood Center, Teen Empowerment
Jean Carroll – President & CEO, YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County, Stand Against
Racism Initative
Minister Clifford Florence – Assistant Minister, Central Church of Christ
Steve Jarose – Director of the Upstate NY Chapter of National Coalition Building Institute,
blogger for UNITE Rochester, FR=EE involvement
Kit Miller – Director, Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
John Paul Perez – Director of Housing Services, Catholic Family Center
Gladys Pedraza-Burgos – Chief Operating Officer, Ibero-American Action League
Julie Philipp – Senior Engagement Editor, Democrat and Chronicle, Unite Rochester
Danielle Ponder – Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County Public Defender’s Office
Reverend Lewis Stewart – President, United Christian Leadership Ministry
TRAUMA RESOURCE TEAM:
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Trilby De Jung – Co-Chair – President and CEO, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency
Christiana Otuwa – Co-Chair – Deputy Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, RCSD
Megan Bell – Executive Director, Wilson Foundation
Anne-Marie Conn – Instructor, General Pediatrics, URMC
Melanie Funchess – Director of Community Engagement at the Mental Health Association
Mary Hartstein – Program Associate, Rochester Area Community Foundation
Haqi Jamison – Community Member
Jeff Kaczorowski – President of The Children’s Agenda, founding Director of the
Hoekelman Center for training leaders in community health and advocacy at Golisano
Children's Hospital, UR Pediatrics
Elizabeth Meeker – Director of Training and Practice Transformation for Coordinated Care
Services, Inc., Clinical Consultant for the Monroe County Office of Mental Health, prior
Coordinator of The Consortium on Trauma, Illness, and Grief in Schools
Angelica Perez – Vice President of Quality, Compliance, IT and Addiction Services at Villa
of Hope
Shanterra Randle-Brown – Program Coordinator, Teen Empowerment
Jaime Saunders – Executive Director, Willow Domestic Violence Center
Sharee Toth – Director of Mt. Hope Family Center, an affiliate program of the Department
of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology at the University of Rochester
Ruth Turner – Social-Emotional Coordinator, RCSD
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POLICY TEAM:
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John Urban – Chair – President and CEO, Greater Rochester Health Foundation
Daan Braveman – President, Nazareth College
Bill Clark – President & CEO, Urban League of Rochester
Jeremy Cooney – Chief of Staff, City of Rochester
Bill Daubney – President & CEO, Hope Initiatives
Joel Frater – Executive Dean, MCC – Damon Campus
Bryan Hetherington, Esq. – Chief Counsel, Empire Justice Center
Patty Larke – District Director, Office of Congresswomen Louise Slaughter
Larry Marx – Executive Director, The Children’s Agenda
Miguel Melendez – Special Projects Director, Ibero-American Development Director
Kelly Reed – Commissioner, Monroe County Human Services
Joe Wesley – Director, Wegmans Food Market
DATA TEAM:
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Ed Doherty – Chair – Retired Vice President, Rochester Area Community Foundation
Henry Fitts – Project Manager, Office of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives for the City of
Rochester
Ann Johnson – Senior Director of Community Foundation Initiatives, ACT Rochester
Nancy Forgue – Deputy Commissioner, Monroe County Department of Human Services
Stas Lotyczewski – Director of Research and Evaluation Service, The Children’s Institute
Mike Merulla – Electronic Commerce Manager, Wegmans Food Markets
Guillermo Montes – Director of Research, The Children’s Institute
Peter Nabozny – Senior Associate, Center for Governmental Research
Erika Rosenberg – Principal, Center for Governmental Research
Ramesh Sridharan – Director of Technical Services, Rochester RHIO
Tanya Thurman – Policy Analyst, Action for a Better Community, Inc.
Aaron Wicks – Vice President for Planning & Evaluation, Action for a Better Community,
Inc.
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