Staff
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Lino Covarrubias, MBA – Chief Executive Officer
Rosemarie Coelho, LICSW – Chief Learning, Performance and Strategy Officer
Amanda Coughlin, LICSW – Chief Marketing and Revenue Programs Officer
Jayne Lampert – Senior Director, Philanthropy
Adam Smith –Senior Director, Innovation and Community Engagement
DIRECTORS
Ijeoma (IJ) Anyanwu, MSc, MPP – Volunteer Services
Maryann Cardani, LICSW, CDP – Jewish Family Assistance Network and Healthy Aging Initiative
Wendy Kogan – Operations Systems and Technology
Mayra Tardiff – Homecare
Malka Young, LICSW, CCM – Allies in Aging JFS Elder Care Solutions
MANAGERS
Patrick Dignan – Senior Accountant
Sobely Katzman – Operations
Dámaris Medina-Hernández – Homecare, Training
Abrielle Salloway, LCSW – Jewish Family Assistance Network and Healthy Aging Initiative
IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES
Includes: Basic Needs Distributions, Children’s Clothing Closet at the Framingham Public Schools Resource Room, Citizenship Assistance, Resettlement, and other community programs
Oksana Andreieva
Susan Delahunt, LMHC
Vera DeSouza
Amira Elamri
JEWISH FAMILY ASSISTANCE
Includes: Information and Referral Network, Lucy and Joe Press Food Pantry, and Ready for Success Employment Support
Leslie Bazer
Karen Block
Lindsay Goldberg, LICSW
OLDER ADULT AND FAMILY CAREGIVING SERVICES
Includes: Allies in Aging JFS Elder Care Solutions, Jewish Healthy Aging Initiative, Healthy Partners, Homecare, Patient Navigator, Virtual Visitors, and other community programs
Merrill Adler, LICSW
Joan Hoffman
Wen-Ying (Carol) Ju
Shashona Kaye, RN
Irina Khasanova, RN
Diana O’Brien, M.Ed
Ana Lisa Sanborn
Lynn Schuster, RN
Laila Vehvilainen, MS, MPH, NASM-CPT, CDP
Eileen Winston, MD
Sean Woo
HOMECARE DIRECT SERVICE STAFF
Ela Atreaga Reyes
Olga Cordero
Jacyara Goncalves Barreto
Elsa Gutierrez
Paola Gutierrez Morales
Sharelyn Gutierrez Morales
Tomico Guzman Genao
Josiah Ihechukwu
Mildred Lopez Roca De Lopez
Blanca Lopez Sanchez
Cleotilde Marte Severio
Paola Matias Andino
Felcy Menezes
Keila Mieses
Ysidora Minyetty Suriel
Elidia Morales
Elvia Morales
Sandra P. Morales
Ana Morillo-Rosario
Jessica Ortiz Pomales
Dolores Paredes
Wendy Polanco Morales
Jessica Pomales
Solange Maria Reis Costa
Patricia Ribeiro
Yaneth Yudexi Rivero Guevara
Mirqueya Rosario Rivera
Carmen Santana
Manuel Sayán
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT/TIKKUN OLAM
Amanda (Mandy) Fleming
Sarah Leacu
BUSINESS OFFICE/ADMINISTRATION
Fahim Amin
Natella Dayn
Joanne Kane
Maya Pestov
Justo Rosario-Lebrón
INTERNS
Avi Seri
William Scannell
As of 11/14/2025
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JFS Business News
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