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
Alma Cothias, JD, MBA – Senior Director, Immigrant Services
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
Abygail Frankel – Annual Campaign/Philanthropy
Sobely Katzman – Operations
Margaret (Maggie) Kenney, LCSW – Immigrant Services
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
Shabana Akbari
Mahmoud Aljasem
Hanan Bayyad
Hector Contreras
Susan Delahunt, LMHC
Vera DeSouza
Amira Elamri
Stephanie Juma
Linda Katz
Sabira Khalili
Sarah Leacu
Jennifer Stern-Robbins
Christine Tibor, MA
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
Annette Alderman, RN
Halie Goldwire, LCSW
Joan Hoffman
Wen-Ying (Carol) Ju
Shashona Kaye, RN
Diana O’Brien, M.Ed
Ana Lisa Rodriguez
Laila Vehvilainen, MS, MPH, NASM-CPT, CDP
Eileen Winston, MD
Sean Woo
HOMECARE DIRECT SERVICE STAFF
Ela Atreaga Reyes
Jacyara Goncalves Barreto
Olga Cordero
Jennifer Cuellar-Rivera
Elsa Gutierrez
Tomico Guzman Genao
Josiah Ihechukwu
Solange Maria Reis Costa
Mildred Lopez Roca De Lopez
Blanca Lopez Sanchez
Cleotilde Marte Severio
Paola Matias Andino
Keila Mieses
Aparecida Morais
Elidia Morales
Elvia Morales
Sandra Morales
Paola Gutierrez Morales
Ana Morillo-Rosario
Jessica Ortiz Pomales
Dolores Paredes
Wendy Polanco Morales
Jessica Pomales
Patricia Ribeiro
Mirqueya Rosario Rivera
Carmen Santana
Manuel Sayán
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT/TIKKUN OLAM
Amanda (Mandy) Fleming
BUSINESS OFFICE/ADMINISTRATION
Fahim Amin
Natella Dayn
Joanne Kane
Barbara Mines
Maya Pestov
Justo Rosario-Lebrón
STUDENT INTERN
Esam Alnajjar
As of 10/1/2024
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