Meet Our Staff
A cornerstone of our philosophy is to provide training and employment opportunities for talented Red Hook residents. Currently over 95% of our employees live in the Red Hook Houses. In addition to providing livable wage jobs in a community known for a lack of job opportunities, we are teaching residents how to design their own programs and provide services to their neighbors, families and friends. Our long-term goal is that 100 percent of the Red Hook Initiative employees will be from the neighborhood.
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Founder & Executive Director
Jill Eisenhard
Social Worker
Anna Ortega
Office Manager / Community Giving Coordinator
Vanessa Staton
Reproductive Health Coordinator
Samora Coles
Community Health Coordinator
Rebecca Fishburne
Community Change Workers
Loretta Bradley
Deanna Cherry
Sandra Hall
Sherri Harden
Joyce Holmes
Alisa Pizarro
Julian Morales
Angela Nieves
Education Advocate
Sandra Serrano
Middle School Coordinator
Nahisha McCoy
Tutors
Ricky Santana
Nedge Guercin
Youth Employment Specialist
Sheryl Nash-Chisholm
Community Health Educators
Pauline Bennett
Beatrice Gonzalez
Naiyma Holmes
Antoine Parkinson
Mary Victor
Kadeem Villanueva
Anthony Wooten, Jr.
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Youth Workers
Desteny Bodrick
Deanna Cherry
Peer Health Educators, Level III
Delcina Irving
Matawah Deberry
Shaniqua Smith
Peer Health Educators, Level II
Divina Temple
Charlene Pratt
Shakima Hayes
RHI Youth Leaders
Jonathan Abreu
Alberto Andujar
Daishaun Banks
Khadijah Bennett
Katina Boyd
Tiwan Burnes
Kiron Cathcart
Keyth Collins
Laikyn Fishburne
Jacqueline Foria
LaRaun Grajales
Ricardo Hill
Christina Johnson
Shalynda Johnson
Taylor Jones
Kareem Lewis
David McCoy
Maria Mercado
Tyshame Ried
Jasmine Rivera
Tabitha Romen
Karin-Jolie Rosado
Crystal Ross
Trevia Ross
Abraham Sanchez
Ijena Smith
Nykia Williams
Facilities Maintenance
Anthony Wooten
Telford Lyles
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RHI Board of Directors
President: Lisa Cowan, Director, Homebase, CUNY Graduate Center
Secretary: Brandon Holley, Editor, Yahoo! Lifestyles
Treasurer: Jeff Ballow, Senior Consultant, Community Resource Exchange
Members:
Dr. Millicent Comrie, Director, LI College Hospital Center for Women's Health
Chris Egleson, Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Jill Eisenhard, Executive Director, Red Hook Initiative
Lissette Resto Brooks, Director of Training, Episcopal Social Services
Janice McGuire, Executive Director, Hudson Guild (retired)
Sonia Gonzalez, Doctorate in Public Health Student, CUNY
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