Staff & Board
Office of the President
Darrin W. Anderson Sr., PhD ✉
President & CEO
215.985.3220 (ext. 206)
Operations
Open
Operations Project Manager
Fiscal
Scott Schusko ✉
CFO
215.985.3220 (ext. 218)
Chetan Panda ✉
Executive Director, Community and Economic Development
512.350.0055
Samir Patel ✉
Staff Accountant
215.985.3220 (ext. 209)
Advocacy
Melissa Robbins ✉
VP Advocacy & Public Policy
267-534-4453
Workforce Development
Charity Wells ✉
Workforce Development Director
215.985.3220 (ext. 212) or 267.928.1205
Rochonne Preston ✉
Career Services Coordinator
215.985.3220 (ext. 231) or 267.928.1204
Open
Workforce Development Manager
215.985.3220 (ext. 212) or 267.928.1205
Jantra James
Workforce Development Manager
215.985.3220 (ext. 220)
Dennis Nicholson ✉
Director of Re-entry Program
215.985.3220 (ext. 219)
Kenia Murray ✉
Case Manager for Re-entry Program
267.864.9394
Greg El ✉
Director of Philadelphia African American Leadership Development Forum
215.985.3220 (ext. 238)
Tomeka Lee ✉
Director of Youth Programs and Urban Leadership Forum
215.985.3220 (ext. 238)
Youth Programs
Omar Rice ✉
Youth Program Manager
215.985.3220 (ext. 208) or 215.892.5561
Housing Counseling
Abraham Reyes Pardo ✉
Vice President, Office of Housing and Diversion Services
215.985.3220 (ext. 203) or 215.892.6656
Danyielle Gray ✉
Housing Counselor
215.985.3220 (ext. 225) or 215.892.5542
Elena Maldonado ✉
Housing Counselor
215.985.3220 (ext. 222) or 267.928.1197
Crystal Walker ✉
Housing Counselor
215.985.3220 (ext. 204) or 267.928.1210
Jonathan McClain ✉
Housing Data Processor
267.928.1217
Olasunbo Adesanya ✉
Housing Counselor
267.864.9391
Mary Harper ✉
Director, Housing
215.985.3220 (ext. 237) or 267.928.1224
Open ✉
Housing Counselor
215.985.3220 (ext. 226) or 267.928.1202
Bernadette Prater ✉
Sr. Housing Counselor
215.985.3220 (ext. 223) or 267.928.1207
Vicky Lim ✉
Housing Intake Coordinator
215.985.3220 (ext. 235) or 215.892.5539
Cynthia Ellis ✉
Housing Coordinator
267.864.9395
Liz Maratta ✉
Housing Counselor
Entrepreneurship Center
Keith Ellison ✉
Program Director
215.985.3220 (ext. 230)
Marta Coles ✉
Associate Director
215.985.3220 (ext. 213) or 267.928.1203
Board of Directors
Keith Bethel
Co-President
Triple B Hospitality Group
Ernest Campbell
Mortgage Retail Market Manager, Greater Phila., DE, MA
Wells Fargo
Seetal Charotari
SVP, Business Operations Executive National Fulfillment
Bank of America
Justin Davis
Plan President & CEO
PA Health and Wellness
Sonia Hardaway
Global Head of Organizational Development – Human Resources
Cigna
Katharine Hartman
Counsel, Global Legal
Chubb LLC
Andrew Jordan
Partner Northeast Region Assurance
Ernst and Young
Allen Love
Head Fraud Risk Management and Global Security & Investigations, US BSA Officer
TD Bank
Lorina Marshall-Blake
President
Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Lisette Martinez
EVP and Chief Diversity Officer
Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University
Katie Sykes
President
NExT Philadelphia Young Professional Affinity Group
Jennifer Scott
Director, Merchandising Acceleration
The GIANT Company
Christopher C. Nana-Sinkam
Associate
Dilworth Paxson LLP
Douglas Oliver
VP, Government & External Affairs
PECO Holdings
Gloria Temple-Epperson
President
Urban League Guild Affinity Group
Nidhi Chaudhary
Global Head DE&I
CSL Behring
Edward Walters
SVP, COO and Head of Wealth Management
Lincoln Financial Group
Steven Wilmont
AVP of Primary Care, City & NJ Networks
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
