Board of Directors
As a Community Housing Development Corporation, under federal law at least 1/3 of our board of directors consists of representatives of the low-income communities we serve. And we draw 1/2 of board members from the Reformed Church of Highland Park.
Susan Schleck Kleiner, President
Attorney – Outside General Counsel Solutions
Cori Anderson, Vice President
Faculty, Rutgers University
David Hunt, Treasurer
Consultant at Oliver Wyman
Susan (Bosco) Boscarino, Secretary
Securities Law Specialist
Terrence Horyn
Retired, Bell Labs
U.S. Navy
Ricardo Janvier, Ph.D
Faculty – Touro College Graduate School of Social Work
John Rametta
Counselor
Steven Rantung, Ph.D
Pastor, First Indonesian SDA Church
Jennifer Braun
Legal Assistant, Rutgers University
Tara Canavera
LCSW
Sandra Adablah
Resident Life Coach Coordinator, The Door
Toshi Kunisada
Software Engineer
Joyce Jang
Recruitment Director, The Outreach Team
Ellen Walsh
Programming Support Specialist – Rutgers
STAFF
Executive/Administrative
Seth Kaper-Dale – Chief Executive Officer
Carrie Dirks – Chief Operating Officer
Mary Laurano – Chief Financial Officer
Lara Meier – Finance Director
AHC Housing
Harry Pangemanan – Maintenance Director
Lori Freedman – Tenant Services Director
Trysh Vargas – Re-Entry Housing Director
Denise Rivera – Neighbors Housing Neighbors Director
Jim Zarra – Project Development Director
Becca Chapman – Leasing Director – Landlord Facing
Austin Morreale – Leasing Director – Tenant Facing
Mental Health
Bruno Oriti – Mental Health Director
Interfaith-RISE
Diana Bowen – Executive Director
Ruth Cruz – Director of Case Management
Michelle Davis – Co-Director of ELL
Dori Kirkey – Co-Director of ELL
Andrea Mendez-Perez – Director of I-RISE Vineland
Dan Correa – Director of I-RISE Monmouth & Ocean County Offices
Victor Pelaez-O’Toole – Office Director Mercer County Office
Melanie Yu – Director of Preferred Communities
Princess Botu – Refugee School Impact Director
Fida Ayoubi – Volunteer & Donations Director
Accompany Now
Christine Escriba – Director
CAN! (Comunidades para Americanos Nuevos!)
Bella Gerstmann – Program Director
Global Grace Health
Norma Bowe – Program Director
Global Grace Ventures
Meredith Carman – Global Grace Ventures Director and Manager of Global Grace Marketplace
Silvia Palacios Lopez – Global Grace Café Co-Manager
Muhammad Imran Shabbir – Global Grace Café Co-Manager
Ashar Ghumman – Global Grace Farms Director
Soledad Mandil Rivera – Store Manager for The Upcycle
Tim McNeily – Volunteer Shop Manager for I-RISE Recycled Woodshop
Still Waters
Esther Carrion – Case Manager